February 06 2012 13:33:31
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Mission Statement
To provide a platform for parents' feedback on educational issues and enable its transmission to the Ministry of Education

History

For Our Children
Demi Anak Kita


Parent Action Group for Education Malaysia (PAGE)
Persatuan Ibu Bapa Untuk Pendidikan Malaysia [1266-10-WKL]
24-2 Medan Setia 2
Plaza Damansara
Bukit Damansara
50490 Kuala Lumpur

T: +603 20925626
F: +603 20931241
E: pagemalaysia@gmail.com
W: www.pagemalaysia.org
PAGE's Efforts
Memo to PM on 12 October 2009
Memo to PM attachment
Letter to DPM #3
Letter to DPM #2
Letter to DPM #1
The 'Soft Landing'
Memo to PM on 8 July 2010
Mengapa Rakyat Sokong PPSMI
Letter to MPs & UMNO
Letter to PEMANDU
Letter to science adviser to PM
PAGE Diary
Memo to PM on 19 Jan 2011
PHOTOS
Membership
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SK/SMK(SMI)
::Via EGM:: SELANGOR: SK Assunta 1 97%, SK Assunta 2 96% :KUALA LUMPUR: SK Bukit Damansara 98% :PERAK: SK (P) Methodist Ipoh (MGS) 95%, SMK Convent Ipoh 96% :PULAU PINANG: SMK St Xavier's Institution 94%
::Via Survey:: SELANGOR: SK Taman Megah 98%, SMK Taman Sea 97%, SMK (P) Sri Aman 94% :KUALA LUMPUR: SK Seri Hartamas 96%, SMK Seri Hartamas 98%
::Via YDP/PIBG:: MELAKA: SK Kem Terendak (1), (Jointly endorsed by all YDPs) SK St Francis, SMK St Francis, SMK Gajah Berang, SMK Tinggi St David, SMK Canossa Convent, SMK Infant Jesus Convent, SM Catholic, SMJK Tinggi Cina, SM Yok Bin, SMK Tun Tuah, SM Pulau Sebang, Sekolah Tinggi Methodist Melaka, SMK (P) Methodist Melaka :SARAWAK: SK Jalan Arang, SK Batu Lintang, Kuching, Kolej D.Patinggi Abang Haji Abdillah, Kuching, SMK Deshon, Sibu :SABAH: SK Bukit Quoin, Tawau, SK St Francis Convent (M), Kota Kinabalu, SMK All Saints, Kota Kinabalu, SMK La Salle Tanjung Aru, Kota Kinabalu, SMK Shan Tao (CF), Kota Kinabalu, SMK St Francis Xavier, Keningau, SMK Taman Tun Fuad, Kota Kinabalu :Pahang: SK Lenjang, Kuala Lipis, SK LKTP Jengka 25 :JOHOR: SK Perumahan Tampoi 2, SK Taman Universiti 4, Johor Bahru, SMK Sri Rahmat , Johor Bahru :KEDAH: SMK Tunku Bendahara, Kodiang :TERENGGANU: SK Kuala Telemong, SMK Panji Alam, Kuala Terengganu :PULAU PINANG: SK Convent Bukit Mertajam, SMK (P) St George, SMK Batu Kawan, Seberang Perai, SMK Convent Green Lane, SMK Tinggi Bukit Mertajam :Perak: SK La Salle, Ipoh :SELANGOR: SK Methodist (Integ)(M), Sepang, SMK Bandar Utama Damansara 2, SMK La Salle Petaling Jaya, SMK Seafield, Subang Jaya, SMK Sri Istana, Klang, SMK Tropicana :KUALA LUMPUR: SJK(T) Ldg Bukit Jalil, SJK(T) Vivekananda Brickfields, SK Convent (1) Bukit Nanas, SK Putri Pandan 2, SK Seri Bintang Selatan, SK Seri Indah, OUG, SK Seri Kepong, SK Seri Mega, OUG, SK Seri Setia, SK St Mary, SK St Teresa (1), SMK (L) Methodist, SMK Bandar Tun Razak, Cheras, SMK Bukit Jalil, SMK Desa Perdana
::Via Parental Request:: TERENGGANU: SMK Panji Alam, SMK Sultan Sulaiman: PUTRAJAYA: SMK Putrajaya 1:SABAH: SK Bukit Quoin, Tawau, SK Bulu Silou, SK St Francis Convent (M), Kota Kinabalu, SMK All Saints, Kota Kinabalu, SMK Gunsanad II Keningau, SMK La Salle, Tanjong Aru, Kota Kinabalu, SMK Shan Tao (CF), Kota Kinabalu, SMK St Francis Xavier, Keningau, SMK Taman Tun Fuad, Kota Kinabalu, SMK Tansau, Penampang, SMK Umas-Umas, Tawau: SARAWAK: Kolej D.P.A.H. Abdillah, Kuching, SK Batu Lintang, Kuching, SK Kenyalang, Kuching, SK Satria Jaya, Kuching, SMK Deshon, Sibu :KEDAH: SJK(C) Pumpong, SK Taman Rakyat, SMK Konvent, Alor Star, SMK Sultanah Asma, SMK Tunku Bendahara, Kodiang :PAHANG: SBP Integrasi, Kuantan, SJK(C) Kong Min, Beserah, SJK(C) Kuang Hwa, SJK(C) Pei Chai, SK Lenjang, Kuala Lipis, SK LKTP Jengka 25, SK Perempuan Methodist, Kuantan, SK St Thomas, Kuantan :PERAK: Malay College Kuala Kangsar, Sekolah Tuanku Abdul Rahman, Ipoh, SK La Salle, Ipoh Garden, Ipoh :PERLIS: SK Dato' Kayaman, Bukit Keteri, SK Stella Maris :MELAKA: MRSM Alor Gajah, SJK(C) Pay Fong (2), SK Bandar Hilir, SK Cheng, SK Kem Terndak (1), SK Jalan Datuk Palembang, Bukit Baru, SMK Canossa Convent Melaka, SMK Gajah Berang, SMK Infant Jesus Convent, SMK St Francis :NEGERI SEMBILAN: Kolej Tuanku Jaafar, Sekolah Bersepadu Kemayan, Seremban, SJK(C) Chung Hua, Tampin, SJK(T) Port Dickson, SK Linggi, SK Panglima Adnan, Port Dickson, SMK Bukit Saujana, SMK Methodist ACS, Seremban, SMK Pasir Panjang, SMK Tunku Besar, Tampin :KELANTAN: SK Kem, Pengkalan Chepa :PULAU PINANG: Chung Ling High School, Penang Chinese Girls' High School, SJK(C) Han Chiang, SJK(C) Lek Teik, SJK(C) Shih Chung, SJK(C) Sin Kang, SJK(C) Sin Ya, Bukit Mertajam, SK Batu Lancang, SK Convent Bukit Mertajam, SK Convent Dato Keramat, SK Convent Green Lane, SK Convent Lebuh Light, SK Hutchings, SK Jalan Hamilton, SK St Mark, Butterworth, SK St Xavier, SMJK(C) Chung Hwa Confucian, SMK (P) St George, SMK Batu Kawan, Seberang Perai Selatan, SMK Convent Dato Keramat, SMK Convent Green Lane, SMK Methodist (L), SMK Penang Free, SMK St Xavier, SMK(P) St George, Uplands International School :SELANGOR: Adni Islamic School, Ampang, Sekolah Wawasan USJ 15, SJK(C) Chen Moh, Petaling Jaya, SJK(C) Damansara, Petaling Jaya, SJK(C) Hin Hua, Klang, SJK(C) Lick Hung, Subang Jaya, SJK(C) Puay Chai 2, Petaling Jaya, SJK(C) Pui Ying, Klang, SJK(C) Subang, Petaling Jaya, SJK(C) Taman Rashna, Klang, SJK(C) Yak Chee, Puchong, SJK(C) Yuk Chai, Petaling Jaya, SJK(T) Ldg Bukit Jalil, Puchong, SJK(T) Simpang Lima, Klang, SK (L) Bukit Bintang (Satu), Petaling Jaya, SK (P) Methodist, Klang, SK Assunta, Petaling Jaya, SK Bandar Utama Damansara 4, Petaling Jaya, SK Bukit Rawang Jaya, SK Damansara Jaya, Petaling Jaya, SK Jalan 4, Bangi, SK Kampung Tunku, Petaling Jaya, SK Methodist (ACS) Klang, SK Methodist (Integ)(M), Sg Pelek, Sepang SK Methodist, Banting, SK Methodist, Petaling Jaya, SK Rawang, Rawang, SK Saujana Utama, Sg Buloh, SK Seafield, SK Seafield 3, SK Selayang Baru (1), SK Seri Selangor, USJ, SK Simpang Lima, Klang, SK Sri Damai, Petaling Jaya, SK Sri Kelana, Petaling Jaya, SK SS17, Subang Jaya, SK Subang Bestari, SK Subang Jaya SK Sultan Alam Shah (1), SK Taman Jasmin, Kajang, SK Taman Klang Utama, SK Taman Megah, Petaling Jaya, SK Taman Universiti, Seri Kembangan, SK USJ 12, Subang Jaya, SK USJ 2, Subang Jaya, SM Sains Hulu Selangor, SMJK(C) Kwang Hua, Klang, Selangor, SMK (L) Bukit Bintang, Petaling Jaya, SMK (P) Sri Aman, Petaling Jaya, SMK Assunta, Petaling Jaya, SMK Bandar Utama Damansara 2, Petaling Jaya, SMK Bukit Rahman Putra, SMK Convent Kajang, SMK Damansara Damai, Petaling Jaya, SMK Damansara Jaya, Petaling Jaya, SMK Katholik, Petaling Jaya, SMK Kwang Hua, Klang, SMK La Salle, Klang, SMK La Salle, Petaling Jaya, SMK Methodist ACS Klang, SMK Rawang, SMK Seafield, Subang Jaya, SMK Sek 4 Bandar Kiinrara, Puchong, SMK Seri Garing, Rawang, SMK Sri Andalas, Klang, SMK Sri Istana, Klang, SMK Sultan Abdul Samad, SMK Taman Klang Utama, SMK Taman SEA, Petaling Jaya, SMK Tropicana, Petaling Jaya, SMK USJ 12, Subang Jaya, SMK USJ 4, Subang Jaya, SMKA Maahad Hamidiah, Kajang, Sri KDU, Kota Damansara, Sri Kuala Lumpur, Subang Jaya, Sri Nobel, Petaling Jaya :KUALA LUMPUR: Chong Hwa Independent High School, SJK(C) Chung Kwok, SJK(C) Jalan Davidson, SJK(C) Kepong Three, SJK(C) Kuen Cheng (1), SJK(C) Lai Chee, SJK(C) Naam Kheung, SJK(C) Nan Kai, SJK(C) St Teresa Brickfields, SJK(C) Yoke Nam, SJK(T) Vivekananda Brickfields, SK (L) Methodist, SK Bandar Sri Damansara (1), SK Bandar Sri Damansara (3), SK Bukit Bandaraya, SK Bukit Damansara, SK Bukit Jalil, SK Cochrane, SK Convent (1) Bukit Nanas, SK Convent (2) Bukit Nanas, SK Convent Sentul, SK Desa Jaya 2 SK Desa Pandan, SK Jalan Gurney 1, SK Kampung Batu, SK Kepong Baru, SK Lembah Keramat, SK Pandan Indah, SK Putri Pandan 2, SK Seri Bintang Selatan, SK Seri Bintang Utara, SK Seri Indah, OUG, SK Seri Kepong, SK Seri Mega, Taman OUG, SK Seri Setia, SK Sri Hartamas, SK Sri Sempurna, Cheras, SK St John (1), SK St John (2), SK St Mary, SK Taman Bukit Maluri, SK Taman Desa, SK Taman Midah, SK Taman Segar, Cheras, SK Taman Tun Dr Ismail 1, SK Taman Tun Dr Ismail 2, SK Wangsa Maju ZR10, SM Teknik, Cheras, SMK (L) Methodist, SMK Aminuddin Baki, SMK Bandar Sri Damansara, SMK Bandar Tasik Selatan, SMK Bandar Tun Razak, Cheras, SMK Bukit Bandaraya, SMK Bukit Jalil, SMK Convent Bukit Nanas, SMK Desa Perdana, SMK Desa Tun Hussein Onn, SMK Dharma, Puchong, SMK Jalan Ipoh, SMK Miharja, SMK Seri Bintang Selatan, SMK Seri Bintang Utara, SMK Seri Hartamas, SMK Seri Sentosa, Kuchai Lama, SMK Sri Sempurna, Cheras, SMK St John, SMK Victoria, SMK(P) Ayer Panas, Setapak, SMK(P) Jalan Ipoh, Sri Cempaka, Sri Garden, SMK Taman Maluri, Sekolah Sri Bestari :JOHOR: SJK(T) Masai, SK Infant Jesus Convent, Johor Bahru, SK Perumahan Tampoi 2, Johor Bahru, SK Taman Nusa Printis, Gelang Patah, Johor Bahru, SK Taman Universiti 2, SK Taman Universiti 4, Johor Bahru, SK Tun Aminah (1), Skudai, SMK Paloh, Kluang, SMK Seri Pinang, Kulai, SMK Sri Rahmat, Johor Bahru, SK Angkatan Tentera, Johor Bahru
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PPSMI Hotline
Parents with concerns or complaints are strongly advised to write to:
Ketua Pengarah,
Kementerian Pelajaran Malaysia,
Blok E8, Kompleks E, Pusat Pentadbiran Kerajaan Persekutuan,
62604 Putrajaya (kpkpm@moe.gov.my , tel: 603-88846077)
cc1 Menteri Pelajaran (muhyiddin@moe.gov.my)
cc2 Pengarah, Jabatan Pelajaran Negeri (the state relevant to you) and
cc3 PAGE (pagemalaysia@gmail.com).

Name your school in your letter or else nothing can be done. Next, pay a visit to your MP.
Invitation to be a PAGE Member
Dear Malaysian Parent,

We are pleased to inform you that the Parent Action Group for Education Malaysia (PAGE) is now a fully registered national society in Malaysia. After many months of exchanges and overcoming a host of challenges, PAGE’s application to be formalised as a national society has finally been approved by the Malaysian Government.
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Only 56% can read, 41% can count
Have we plunged that low in Maths and Science?
Published 14/01/2012 by megat terawis

Students in Malaysia attained an average score on the PISA reading literacy scale that was below the average attained in all OECD countries and equivalent to the average scores estimated for Brazil, Colombia, Miranda-Venezuela, Montenegro, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago. In Malaysia, 56% of students are estimated to have a proficiency in reading literacy that is at or above the baseline needed to participate effectively and productively in life. This compares to 81% in the OECD countries, on average.
Writer's Bloc with..
Social media power not to be down-rated
Wednesday, February 1, 2012 - 20:04
by Noor Azimah Abdul Rahim

Through PAGE’s appointed state co-ordinators in Kuala Lumpur, Penang, Ipoh and Sabah with associates in Selangor and Malacca and via an active online presence, the Facebook group ‘1M Malaysians say Yes to PPSMI as an Option’, coupled with physical and online petitions, we have managed to garner a quarter of a million supporters to prove to the powers that be the gravity of discontent on the ground with regards to the handling of PPSMI and the declining state of education in the country.
70 million more people fed
‘Father Of Hybrid Rice’ Yuan Longping Wins Mahathir Science Award
Asian Scientist Newsroom
February 2, 2012

The disastrous famine in China from 1958 to 1961 led Yuan to focus his research on the development of high-yielding rice. By then, he had given up his experiments on asexual crossing and begun using artificial hybridization to develop new rice varieties. Observing the results of hybridization in corn, he developed the novel idea of utilizing hybrids to increase rice yield.
Is PAGE heard?
February 02, 2012 19:03 PM
People's Views Will Be Considered In Study On Improvement To Education System - Muhyiddin

KOTA BAHARU, Feb 2 (Bernama) -- The study on improving the national education system will take into consideration the views of the public and stakeholders, said Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin.
Dengarlah kami suara ibu bapa
Kajian sistem pendidikan ambil kira pandangan masyarakat: TPM

2012/02/02
KOTA BAHRU: Kajian bagi penambahbaikan sistem pendidikan negara akan turut mengambil kira pandangan masyarakat dan badan yang ada kepentingan dengan pendidikan, kata Timbalan Perdana Menteri, Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin.
Democracy should apply to education too
Thursday February 2, 2012
Using English in schools will benefit all students

The Government should listen to the people with regard to the use of English, especially in Science and Mathematics. The people should be allowed to choose.
Thais catching up in English
Asia Pacific News
Thai students decreed to speak English
By Anasuya Sanyal | Posted: 27 January 2012

In 2015, when the ASEAN Economic Community comes into effect, there are concerns jobs will quickly go to foreign nationals with superior English skills and not to Thais.
Cambodians speak better English than us.. I was there
31 January 2012 |
Tourism has turned Siem Reap into Cambodia’s second-largest educational hub, writes Thomas Fuller

The sons and daughters of impoverished rice farmers flock here to work as tour guides, receptionists, bartenders and waitresses. When their shifts are over, they study finance, English and accounting.
Principals cannot ignore students' preference
Monday January 30, 2012
Thanks for the clear views on PPSMI

THE Parent Action Group for Education Malaysia (PAGE) wishes to thank Deputy Education Minister Datuk Wee Ka Siong for explicitly expressing in a recent statement his view that “schools must teach Science and Mathematics in a language the students want".
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25/01/2012 22:01
leela: dep edu min says complain to moe. Pls do that and cc to page. Tq.

25/01/2012 17:38
Sk Tmn Desa2, Rawang, students were told to transfer out or choose bilingual mode. Can they do that? Textbooks for Yr 4 is in BM and both subjects are taught fully in BM. Children become the victims.

24/01/2012 22:22
Welcome, EdwardNRMP.

14/01/2012 23:13
Block your calendar for P4P (Parents for PPSMI) on Sunday 4 March 2012, Padang Timur, Petaling Jaya. All welcome.

13/01/2012 22:47
pw: submission date by 21/1 & ruling on 17/2.

13/01/2012 18:24
I heard that the Judge at yesterday's hearing-in-chamber
s for Mdm Eve's case has accepted the case because it has public interest and that he was willing to judge on the legal merits ...

12/01/2012 11:57
Saw that. Thank you, cplee.

11/01/2012 08:43
Last thurs Star http://thestar.co...se
c=nation
DPM said PPSMI till f5

10/01/2012 23:11
Madam Eve, You are very brave for doing this for our children. Smile

10/01/2012 23:10
Sue, workbooks will be in English, too. Patience.

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Misi/Mission

Membangunkan sistem pendidikan yang berkualiti bertaraf dunia bagi memperkembangkan potensi individu sepenuhnya dan memenuhi aspirasi Negara Malaysia

To develop a world-class quality education system which will realize the full potential of the individual and fulfil the aspiration of the Malaysian nation

Objektif/Objectives

Melahirkan bangsa Malaysia yang taat setia dan bersatu padu

Melahirkan insan yang beriman, berakhlak mulia, berilmu, berketrampilan dan sejahtera

Menyediakan sumber tenaga manusia untuk keperluan kemajuan Negara

Memberi peluang-peluang pendidikan kepada semua warganegara

To produce loyal and united Malaysians

To produce happy, well-mannered individuals who have faith, knowledge and vision

To prepare the nation’s human resource for development needs

To provide educational opportunities for all Malaysians
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Let The Schools Decide - John Lee
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The World Does Not Owe Us a Living - Farish A. Noor
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PPSMI: Bila Sesat, Balik ke Pangkal Jalan - DE MINIMIS
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Chaining the Children of the Poor - M. Bakri Musa
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Mapping the World of Science
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Quality, Quantity, and Equity in Malaysian Education #1 - M. Bakri Musa
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Quality, Quantity, and Equity in Malaysian Education #2 - M. Bakri Musa
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Quality, Quantity, and Equity in Malaysian Education #3 - M. Bakri Musa
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