Muhyiddin proposes a review of education curriculum

Monday May 11, 2009
Muhyiddin proposes a review of education curriculum

KUALA LUMPUR: Sports must once again be given serious emphasis in schools so as to produce well-rounded students.
Pointing out that education should be fun and interesting, Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin, who is also Education Minister, proposed a review of the education curriculum to place more importance on sports.
“When I was in school, sports was a very important co-curricular activity. We would go back to school to train and our teachers would guide and motivate us,” he said.
“Sports Day in schools was something the whole town would get involved in. It was such a big event with our parents showing up to lend their support.” Muhyiddin said that the present situation was nothing like that.
“I have a son who is in Victoria Institution, and I did not even know when his Sports Day was. I did not even see him go for training,” he said.
Congratulations: Muhyiddin (right) presenting the trophy to winner Jamalluden Abdul Rosli at the Mines Golf and Country Club yesterday.
“I think we are missing something that is very important in life. Sports is not only for health but also provides a form of bonding,” he said, adding that children now bonded with the use of a computer.
Muhyiddin said as the new Education Minister, he wanted to “bring back sports to schools.”
“In the United Kingdom, it is compulsory to take up two sports, even in universities,” he said in his speech at the prize-giving ceremony of the Tan Sri Muhyiddin Patron’s Cup here.
However, Muhyiddin added that it would not be easy to revamp the system. “For one, not all schools have fields now and there are also not enough sports teachers.”