Local media frequently reported that Mr. Anwar had proposed sending Singapore’s faculty to Malaysia to teach English as a result of the attend.
Malaysians on social media reacted negatively to his comments, some of whom claimed the land lacked respect for its own citizens.
Malaysia’s National Union of the Teaching Profession also rejected the proposal, saying that the country had enough locals who could do the job, Free Malaysia Today ( FMT ) reported.
However, a writer’s email sent in to FMT even questioned Mr Anwar’s plan.
” First of all, have we eventually reached the bottom of the pit, where a 34 million people cannot find its own British teachers but must seek out a six million-person neighbor for assets?” asked the user.  ,
He also cited criticisms of “plunging ratings” and other forms of criticism against Indonesian authorities as well as the “erosion of our mastery of the English language” that netizens had recently called on the Indonesian authorities.  ,
However, Mr. Anwar made it clear on Friday that Mr. Anwar’s suggestion, which he claimed was part of efforts to establish diplomatic ties with neighbors, just involved hiring Singapore-funded “volunteers” to teach English in Malaysia’s urban poor and inaccessible areas like Sabah and Sarawak.
” Listen second. ( Do n’t just hear ) three- minute experts and throw ( criticism ) on social media. The statistics are wrong”, he said, stressing that Malaysia was not appointing English professors from Singapore.
” What I discussed with Prime Minister Lawrence Wong, is to create a volunteer program, paid by the Singapore state, to go to urban poor places, rural places, and the inside of Sabah and Sarawak to instruct English”.
This is so that Malaysia you develop good relationships with “important” neighbouring places like Thailand, Singapore, Brunei and Indonesia, he said, adding that the discussions with Mr Wong even involved topics like the Johor- Singapore Special Economic Zone as well as trade and investment.
Take the initiative to establish a strong relationship with Singaporeans who are eligible for this volunteer program to teach English, as I said. That’s my suggestion”, Mr Anwar said.
The premier then brought up some social media criticism of his suggestion, claiming that some netizens had accused it of not respecting Malaysians and an attempt to” combine” Singapore.
” Luckily, I am the prime minister. If not, I would have flared up”, he mused.
Mr. Anwar mentioned that Malaysia also shared educational resources with Japanese and Uzbeks universities.
He said,” This is what a world that is trying to work together looks like.” ” So, do n’t be so quick to shoot off, to attack, and ( end up being ) wrong in that criticism”.