X Close   Published: Wednesday October 9, 2013 MYT 9:32:00 PM
Updated: Wednesday October 9, 2013 MYT 10:57:44 PM  Dr M warns
Malays will be left behind without PPSMI  Tun Dr Mahathir
Mohamad.  Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad.  KUALA LUMPUR: Former Prime
Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad warned that Malays will be left
behind in the acquisition of knowledge if the government
continues to neglect the teaching of science and mathematics in
the English language.  "I don't like to see a Malay speaker who
is lacking in knowledge," he said when addressing participants
at the National ICT Association's (Pikom) Leaders Summit here
Wednesday.  "You may be able to speak fluently in Malay but you
will not be able to talk science," he said, adding there were
limited scientific books and materials in Malay.  "Every day,
new discoveries are made and scientific papers published in
English but not translated into Bahasa Malaysia.  "Besides this,
Malay books which have been translated are not up to date with
scientific developments," h