Article: Must pass for SPM next

Hamidah Atan
New Straits Times
07-09-2009
Must pass for SPM next
Byline: Hamidah Atan
Edition: Main/Lifestyle
Section: Main Section

PUTRAJAYA: Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said yesterday the government's decision to revert to teaching Science and Mathematics in Bahasa Malaysia was not a political one.

"I have not taken this opportunity to get political mileage. What is there in Manik Urai (by-election) compared with the future of the country and our children?
"It is not a consideration at all. The question is the future of our children and the government's decision is very objective, not political."

Muhyiddin, who is also education minister and Barisan Nasional deputy ...

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