Due to Globalization, regional economies, societies, and cultures have become integrated through a globe-spanning network of communication and trade. Thus it is clear that students who are equipped with the ability to speak different languages would be at the advantage in the future society. For small countries like Singapore whom most important asset is its human resources, Singapore should not risk losing out to foreigners who take up a second language.
Although most of the students in Singapore are from english-speaking families, reducing the weighing of Mother Tongue should not be deemed as an option to allow students to concentrate in other core subjects like English, Mathematics and Science. If such policy is to be implemented, it will cause a wrong impression that Mother Tongue is inferior to the other subjects, thus students will not put in effort in the subject. Without a basic foundation for Mother Tongue, students will then have to suffer in secondary schools as Mother Tongue is still a compulsory subject in 'O' Level examinations.
As quoted in the article "Don't fall for easy route",
In conclusion, mother tongue may be hard to learn and make it difficult for a pupil to get into a good secondary school. However, that is no excuse for taking the easy way out. In the long term, MOE is not helping society by lowering the bar, but hindering the next generation of leaders who may be less fluent in their second language.
Yap Si Ling (100832P)
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