S’wak deputy minister calls for federal law on boosting English proficiency

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Dr Annuar Rapaee says this would prevent flip-flops in education policies, after the prime minister’s call for the strengthening of students’ English proficiency.  Read More: https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2025/02/13/swak-deputy-minister-calls-for-federal-law-on-boosting-english-proficiency/  Free Malaysia Today is an independent, bi-lingual news portal with a focus on Malaysian current affairs.    Subscribe to our channel - http://bit.ly/2Qo08ry   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check us out at https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com Follow FMT on Facebook: https://bit.ly/49JJoo5 Follow FMT on Dailymotion: https://bit.ly/2WGITHM Follow FMT on X: https://bit.ly/48zARSW  Follow FMT on Instagram: https://bit.ly/48Cq76h Follow FMT on TikTok : https://bit.ly/3uKuQFp Follow FMT Berita on TikTok: https://bit.ly/48vpnQG  Follow FMT Telegram - https://bit.ly/42VyzMX Follow FMT LinkedIn - https://bit.ly/42YytEb Follow FMT Lifestyle on Instagram: https://bit.ly/42WrsUj Follow FMT on WhatsApp: https://bit.ly/49GMbxW  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download FMT News App: Google Play – http://bit.ly/2YSuV46 App Store – https://apple.co/2HNH7gZ Huawei AppGallery - https://bit.ly/2D2OpNP  #FMTNews #DrAnnuarRapaee #EnglishProficiency #Sarawak

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00:00Sarawak Deputy Education Minister Dr. Anwar Rapa'i has called on the federal government

00:06to enact a law specifically aimed at strengthening the use of English among students.

00:12Responding to Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim's call for students' English proficiency to

00:16be strengthened, Anwar said a dedicated law on this would prevent flip-flops in education

00:21policies, particularly on the teaching of English in schools.

00:26He also proposed that Malaysian students be required to be proficient in both Bahasa

00:30Melayu and English, in addition to another language of their choice, according to the

00:34Borneo Post.

00:36Anwar praised the Prime Minister's call and said it showed that Putrajaya was now

00:40starting to agree with Sarawak on the importance of the English language.

00:45He also rubbished the claims of certain quarters that emphasizing English was unpatriotic,

00:50saying such arguments should be put to rest.

00:53However, he said the Federal Education Ministry needed to ensure that there were enough quality

00:57English language teachers to improve students' proficiency in the language.

01:02Dhanushwar Jha, FMT News.

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