00:00Just bring back retired teachers to teach English
00:08Former Minister Rafida Aziz said there is no need to bring in teachers from Singapore
00:14to teach English as they will need to be paid in Singapore dollars.
00:20Rafida said bringing back retired teachers would be better as there are many of them
00:25around with the necessary experience and proficiency in teaching English.
00:32Rafida, a former international trade and industry minister, was commenting on Prime Minister
00:38Anwar Ibrahim saying that he had discussed with his Singapore counterpart Lawrence Wong
00:43the possibility of sending Singaporean teachers to Malaysia.
00:49Rafida suggested that the government revise the teacher training syllabus to include English
00:54competency and the school syllabus to include English proficiency.
