Sekolah Cina lebih diyakini dari sekolah kebangsaan

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(Sumber NST Online 4/1/2010)
More Malay pupils in Kedah Chinese schools
2010/01/04

KUALA NERANG: At first, 7-year-old Muhammad Syakir of Taman Jati here was crying and refused to enter the classroom despite being persuaded by his father. However, several lessons later, Syakir was glowing with excitement while learning numbers in Mandarin together with his new friends on his first day of school at SJK (C) Kou Hua here yesterday.

Syakir was among 14 Malays out of 19 Year One pupils enrolled at the school this term. Government servant Muhammad Suhaimi Shamsudin, 43, said Syakir was the second of his children to attend the school. Syakir's sister, Syamimi, is in
Year Two.

"I want my children to master Mandarin, apart from Bahasa Malaysia. I also want them to mix with other races and compete healthily with each other.

"Syakir's sister has no problems mixing with other pupils and is catching up in her studies. My son was crying this morning, but after watching him blending in well with the school environment after several hours, I am confident that it will be the same for Syakir," said the father of five.

Located 35km from Alor Star, SJK (C) Kou Hua is categorised as Sekolah Kurang Murid for having less than 150 students.

Principal Kok Hooi Chin said the school had been traditionally known for having a large number of Malay students.

"It is the only Chinese school in this area. Last year, we had 105 students in the school. Fifty-four were Malays, 29 Chinese and 22 Siamese.

"This year, half of the 96 students enrolled are Malays,while the rest are Chinese and Siamese."

In Langkawi, out of the 22 pupils in Year One at SJK (C) Min Nam in Kuala Teriang, only three were Chinese.

Its principal, Tee Eee Bee, said about 80 per cent of the 116 pupils studying at the 84-year-old school were Malays.

Tee said the number of Chinese pupils enrolling at the school had been declining because there were no more Chinese families living in the area.

Yesterday, Kedah recorded enrolments of 37,621 Year One pupils and 37,502 Form One pupils.

Nampaknya keyakinan orang-orang Melayu terhadap sekolah Cina semakin meningkat. Mungkin dari segi pencapaian akademik, pengurusan sekolah yang cekap dan kesedaran bahawa Negara Cina akan bangkit menjadi satu kuasa besar maka ramai waris mahu anak mereka menguasai Bahasa Mandarin.

Komitmen dan kesungguhan guru-guru Cina dan pentadbir di sekolah Cina juga satu faktor yang membuatkan sekolah-sekolah kebangsaan lain tidak dapat bersaing dari segi kecemerlangan ilmu.

Ramai guru-guru Melayu malah ada juga di kalangan ustaz yang ponteng mengajar dan tidak bersungguh. Ada guru yang lebih menumpukan bisnis "direct selling" mereka di sekolah dan kelas-kelas tuisyen di luar kerana ganjaran yang lebih lumayan.

Guru-guru Melayu terutamanya lepasan Kursus Perguruan Lepasan Ijazah (KPLI) hanya mengajar seperti melepas batuk di tangga. Kebanyakan mereka diserap menjadi guru kerana tiada pekerjaan lain. Peringkat awal pengajian mereka bukannya mereka bercita-cita untuk menjadi guru, mereka lebih cenderung kearah kerjaya prefessional.

Seperti kenyataan salah seorang waris di atas yang mahu anaknya bercampur dengan kaum lain dan bersaing secara sihat, ini membawa makna sekolah-sekolah kebangsaan yang lain tidak bercampur khasnya Melayu hanya bercampur dengan Melayu.