教育部有约

教育部长黄永宏医生昨晚邀我们于今天（2010年5月8日）早上11点，在教育部总部与他和四位官员会面，并进行有关母语教育课题的对谈。

在对话中，我们传达了民间对有关“教育部考虑降低母语教育在小学会考的分数比重”这个课题的关心与担忧。我们认为，如果教育部接下来的决策是降低母 语教育在小学会考的分数比重，那我们深深感到担忧，不表赞同。如果教育部决定不会降低母语教育在小学会考的分数比重，那我们希望教育部能为大家说明未来的 母语教育方向。

部长多次在会谈中保证，教育部确定小学母语教育的重要性。他也正面证实，来临的星期二他将陪同李显龙总理一起召开记者会，针对整个事件阐明教育部的 方针。

黄部长的表态，我们感到欣慰。

教育部也通过我们发布以下文告：“Minister gave his assurance that the Ministry has no intention whatsoever of reducing the importance of mother tongue languages at PSLE. He emphasised that bilingualism has served Singapore well and will continue to be a cornerstone of our education system. PM and Minister will be meeting the media next Tuesday to speak further on this.”

我们也向部长表明，星期天的聚会纯粹是个让大家表达意愿与关注的活动，目的在于向教育部传达我们对母语教育的关心。部长的回复是，大家的声音他听到 了，并且表示愿意继续聆听我们的心声。

所以，明天（星期天）于芳林公园的签名会将如期举行，时间是傍晚5点至7点。欢迎大家扶老携幼来签名表达意愿。谢谢。

顺祝大家母亲节快乐！

少芬、庆亮、君伟等等等人

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At the invitation of Minister for Education Dr Ng Eng Hen, a group of us held a session with him at the MOE headquarters on 8 May 2010 at 11am. In attendance were four other officials.

During the meeting, we conveyed our concern and the general public’s opinions towards the weightage of mother tongue languages at PSLE.

Minister Ng said, “I agree with everything you said. There is no difference between what you want and what MOE wants.” During the conversation, he said that “MOE has no intention of diluting the importance of MTL” and he emphasised that “the importance of MTL will be maintained”. He also confirmed that a press conference will be held this coming Tuesday to further explain this matter.

MOE gave us this statement to distribute and announce after the meeting: “Minister gave his assurance that the Ministry has no intention whatsoever of reducing the importance of mother tongue languages at PSLE. He emphasised that bilingualism has served Singapore well and will continue to be a cornerstone of our education system. PM and Minister will be meeting the media next Tuesday to speak further on this.”