Week 4 Blogging: Mother Tongue Weightage

The change in weighting of the mother tongue subject has both bane and bone.

For families who speaks their mother tongue at home, this would be a huge impact because their child would most probably be stronger in mother tongue than in English. In this case their PSLE score would be pulled down because they may have scored well in mother tongue, but not as well as in English.

But however, for English speaking families this would be good news because students who speak English at home (in my opinion) would score less in mother tongue. The new scheme will improve their PSLE score.

Singapore is a country that is constantly keeping pace with the world. Therefore the next generation should be well equipped with knowledge that is comparable to the rest of the globe. English is a language that is widely used throughout the world. Thus, it is important that the next generation of students are able to speak and write English. In my opinion, the Ministry of Education is making the change in weight of the mother tongue because they want to stress the importance of English.