... it is important that every effort should be made to provide education in the mother tongue. ...
On educational grounds we recommend that the use of the mother tongue be extended to as late a stage in education as possible. In particular, pupils should begin their schooling through the medium of the mother tongue, because they understand it best and because to begin their school life in the mother tongue will make the break between home and school as small as possible.
(UNESCO 1951:691)
Mengapa mereka hendak "bodohkan" dan "menyekat" peluang belajar anak-anak bangsa kita?
Saya ingat semasa kami (anak-anak Melayu) dipanggil pihak sekolah seminggu dua sebelum SRP. Kami diberi penerangan tentang Sekolah Vokasional. Kehidupan di sekolah tidak lagi sama. Kami seakan "disusahkan" dengan pelbagai perkara. Ramai diantara kami mula "benci". Sebaik selepas mendapat keputusan SRP, kami sekali lagi dipanggil dan diberi borang permohonan ke Sekolah Vokasional. Ramai yang memohon - walaupun ramai di antara kami mendapat "A".
Kehidupan di Sekolah Vokasional...tidak payahlah saya beritahu. Kita tahu Sekolah Vokasional untuk mereka yang gagal...
Kini anak-anak bangsa kita "ditekan" lagi...mengapa?
*Sekolah saya dahulu, La Salle PJ.
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