After many years, efforts by the Malay Community Leaders to improve their performance has been unsuccessful.
Less than 60% passed the PSLE Maths compared to more than 90% national average.
Answering the question only on the light of those Malays who did not perform well was mainly because their parents and peers does not support them so, both in example, dedication and encouragement.
Another possible( may not be accurate) reason is probably due to the Malays being an unwilling community for competitively academic and community excellence. I can see Malays chatting about new cars, bikes, houses, TVs, games, soccer, and fashion just like other non-Malays do too, but I see a small (if not negligible proportion of Malays (sadly in my variety of circle; from schools, weddings, colleagues to social networks) excited on academics advancement, innovative startup enterprise or even community developments issues. It is of course, by first glance, the Malays are seemingly seen to be more materialistically inclined than other non-Malays rather than in academic or social skills, though there are definitely exceptions in some respects.
Sadly too, the Malays are also defined as a largely Muslim community first hand, which is not a positive news, when reflecting on the Quran sura At-Takathur. As to why the Malays have such developed to such issues, there are already journals and organizations (such as ISEAS ) who published articles and books on the criticism on the development/social life of Malay community in Singapore in history and social development at present or in history.
I think its because a combination of factors.
1. Lack of understanding of the subject.
2. Lack of effort to learn the subject.
3. Lack of practice. In Maths you need to do a lot of practice.
The above three points are the basic needs to be good in Maths. Obviously the Malay students who fail are lacking with the above three points.
Maths is also considered one of the most difficult subject and to do well extra effort must be put in. They must take it as a challenge and sacrifice more time and energy to the learning and practice of the subject.
Bmtalib;
Maths is considered as one of the most difficult subject by the Malays, but not by the other races. In fact it is one of the easiest to pass and to get an A.
Lack of dedication and practice must be one of the reasons, but this affected their Maths results the most.
Is this problem peculiar to the Malays in Singapore, or is it a worldwide phenomena ?
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