Maths and Science in English?

Guests:

Datin Noor Azimah Abdul Rahim, chairman, Parent Action Group for Education (PAGE)
(in favour of Maths and Science in English)

Professor Emeritus Isahak Haron, Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris
(in favour of Maths and Science in Bahasa Malaysia/mother tongue)


The maiden episode of POV attracted lots of comments from office personnel surprisingly. The producing team was surprised that in our very own back yard, were so many people with passionate opinions about this subject. Pity we don't allow NTV7 staff to appear on the Vox Pops segments. I'm sure we would have had a lot of great soundbites from the guys in the editing department, the cameramen, production crew - it seemed like everyone actually had something to say about maths and science.

Securing the guests for this show was relatively easy because there are a fair number of lobby groups formed by parents who are keen to be heard in the mainstream media on this subject. The debate did get somewhat heated with the Professor - I find out later that the producing team thought it was almost a little too heated.

We also got great feedback from the viewers although there were a fair number of viewers who also felt I was a little too hard on the guests.