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Anwar wants student proficiency in English improved

PUTRAJAYA: There is a need to improve the quality of English proficiency among students from 2024 while mastering the Malay language is not compromised, said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim. At a thanksgiving ceremony in conjunction with one year administration of Madani government here last night, he said efforts to master English need to […]

Move is to ensure better education

KUCHING: Sarawak’s initiative to set up international schools in the state was to ensure better education for Sarawak children, said Batu Kitang assemblyman Lo Khere Chiang. He said English was an accepted official medium after Bahasa Malaysia for the Sarawak government. It was also an international language for science and technology. “One has to be […]

‘Practise to improve your English’

KUCHING: Early exposure and practise is pivotal to improve English competency among graduates, said Chuah Kee Man, a lecturer at Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (Unimas)’s Faculty of Language and Communication. To hold and enhance graduates’ proficiency in English, Chuah suggested intensifying the dual-language programme in school, which would encourage greater use of the English language among […]

English for BEM pupils gets the thumbs-up

MIRI: The Bible League (BL) and Borneo Evangelical Mission (BEM) Sarawak Centre’s joint effort to implement the English language programme beginning at primary school level, is in line with the Sarawak government’s policy of increasing English language proficiency among students in Sarawak. Sarawak Legislative Assembly (DUN) Deputy Speaker Datuk Gerawat Gala commended this action recently […]