I would say that your sentiment is wrong. The protection of Sabah and Sarawak is deem a necessity due to the fact that Sabah and Sarawak have more resources and less development. just look at the size of the land in Sabah and Sarawak, These land housed a lot of resources. Majority of the produced income has been channeled to the Peninsular for development. I could put it this way, If there is no Sabah and Sarawak, there will probably wont be a Petronas Twin Towers in KL. In stead, it might be build in Kuching or Miri. The Peninsular's people should realised that the protection of Sabah and Sarawak shall always be there to balance the equation, not to second grade the people from Peninsular. in retrospect, federal will enjoy the resources and produced income that is been channeled from Sabah and Sarawak to the vast development that is happening in the Peninsular.

However, I do agreed that certain thing such as the Education Qualification System should be reviewed. I did came across with a certain formula to mark Bumiputra student in general (including Peninsular, Sabah and Sarawak)

X=total correct questions/total questions
Y=passing mark +10
Z=((X/10)+Y)*10

Z is the result.

To me, this system is not just. But the protection of Sabah and Sarawak; to me is just.

I agree with the top comment. Maybe try to look at it from a broader point of view and why do you think things were done like that in Sabah and Sarawak? By doing that, you would have the answer to all your questions. Comparison will lead you nowhere.

first of all, thanks for the comments. yes, its true that most of the resources come from borneo. but some of the restrictions are unnecessary. and most of the time, its redundant. students that are doing their master here need to get out of sabah and come back here at least once in every 3 months. it's a must. as they are not allow to stay here for more than 3 months.

only local lawyers are allow to practise here(sabah). that means, the competition between the lawyers are very limited here. how can they lift up to the standard?

the same thing goes to the colleges. there are very very few colleges here. most of the parents prefer to send their kids overseas or maybe to peninsula. and all these is due to the restrictions.

sometimes u need healthy competitions to improve.

"If this goes on, the rich will be richer, and the poor poorer"

Hi Eri Lim. Your comment on the situation in Sabah and Sarawak is quite interesting. However I disagree with the first opinion and I would like to refute.

The fact that our government is having "double standards", in which Borneo students is assessed in a less stringent manner is perfectly reasonable, at least for now. It is by no way possible for an education system which covers the whole nation having a wide range of socioeconomic status to be fair by having the same bench mark. In contrary, it is by having this uniform assessment criteria which will make our education system seem unfair. The fact that, GENERALLY, there are better facilities and better teachers in the cities (i.e. KL) itself is already ample to justify our education system's method of assessment. *You might argue that my statement is general and there are specific cases of which that is simply not true, however you have to bear in mind that there are a lot of rural schools in Sabah and Sarawak which are less fortunate, as the facilities are not very complete, and the teachers are not very experienced, compared to states like KL or Selangor. I know this based on my own experience, as I received my secondary education in a rural school in Sabah up til Form 5. My secondary school teachers are mostly (almost 80%) fresh graduates who are "forced" to teach in Sabah and Sarawak, and they will normally be there for at most 4 years before applying to be transferred to schools in states like KL or Penang. So generally, most experienced teacher will opt to teach in developed places. And I don't even know where to start when it comes to facilities shortage as there are so many examples. Eg: I did not have the experience of doing some labs as there are insufficient material, and I did not have physics class for almost a month as our physics teacher was transferred.

Why the government is having such method of assessment is for a long term objective. Let me give you a possible scenario if the assessment is set in the way that you have wished.

1) SPM result of most of the students in Sabah and Sarawak are less than 3 A's

2) Very little manage to get into tertiary level due to competition with Semenanjung students

3) Even few graduates from Sabah and Sarawak

4) High unemployment rate and most work as blue collar as very few qualified Sabahan and Sarawakian employers, hence most position taken by richer and more competent Semenanjung's.

5) Dissatisfaction as imbalance in society and wide range in socioeconomic status, causing chaos

The last one might seem a bit far-fetched but it is quite probable based on history and current situation in some country.

It is true that some of the students from Sabah and Sarawak which are less competent will sooner or later be "filtered out" of the tertiary institution, but there is no denying that there will be others who will manage to do better as they are exposed to better facilities (as most tertiary education are heavily concentrated in West Malaysia - which are more easily accessible to new development, technologies and facilities) and achieve success in life, and will go back and contribute to their state and make it a more developed place (--> better school and facilities). When that time comes, then only it is reasonable to abolish the "double standard" and make the assessment uniform.

Analogy: Two sprinters, one running on a smooth track, another one over obstacles, is it fair to have the same finishing line?

(* One might argue that there are a lot of rural places in West Malaysia far from KL like Temerloh, but a place separated by Highways is nothing compared to a place separated by The South China Sea

evil me: There's a lot of "cleverlites" from KL and Penang, I don't go around blaming their rich background and better primary & secondary education)

The regulations made in 1963 was when Singapore, Sabah and Sarawak joined Malaya to form Malaysia. It may sound discriminatory, but bear in mind that before Malaysia was formed Sabah and Sarawak were separate countries just like Singapore. The two states joined Malaysia under the condition that they remain autonomous (but not indepedant) - ie, similar to Hong Kong joining China. And that makes all the difference.

I never fancy talking about matters involving the government because i'm afraid of committing sedition to the government but after reading eri lim's comment on sabah and sarawak, i can't stop thinking about the part where she mentions that sabahans and sarawakians are STUPID if compared to people from west malaysia.. to me, a reasonable person.. i am able to see why you uttered such word which is not proven as a fact. i mean..to measure one's ability to think is for god's sake not just through examinations but practical approach, technical and so on... but have u thought of why this happens? have u heard of the word federal bias? sarawak, for example, is one of the riches state in the federation, however, development in education sector is slightly slower if compared to your self claimed great kuala lumpur which is the centre of the development. we have very little rights to make use of our own money in order to develop our home. and we thank the sarawakian millionaires and businessman for making our goals a reality. we are tired of people like u, my dear, who freely accused us of being a primates who lives in the jungle and think like a cave man. even though we are not so developed, that doesn't mean that we are stupid. its the matter of resource. if there is enough resource for us to find information we need to study, what difference do we have? if u can be smart with all the facilities, why can't we? why don't u try to live in sarawak, instead ok kuala lumpur. having said this, i am not saying that we live in the jungle, we are better than some states in peninsular malaysia, for example miri, somehow, our education system is left behind because we are not the one who control it.. plus..if u are smart enough, why think that going to the university is the only way to achieve your goals, haven't u heard of few rich people who doesn't go to the university but is very successful in life. before u can say that other people is stupid, measure ur self ability first, remember, mirror is the best jugde to reflect urself. we are not baboons or apes who would feel happy to be underestimated and insulted. we are humans like u, don't let ur anger to the government spread to the people. we don't want 13th may riot to strike again, do we? just remember, law is law and it needs to respected, it cannot be amended in seconds just because u r not happy with it. anger is not the way or means to change the law. to say that it is not fair, yes.. what is fair in this world? if u knew it is not fair, why agree on the special privilege provisions in the first place? that is what we sarawakian and sabahan did when we join the federation, we are trying to protect our people, our land and our rights. don't think that we are happy with everything, attempt to be independent like singapore has cause problems to the sarawakian leader, for example, stephen kalong ningkan..plus, if not because of that reason, we could've build our own country, independent and free to use our source, oil, agriculture, gas and so on.. and in my humble opinion, we could've been more developed than singapore nowadays. all we need is money, money which is ours and that is used to developed your heaven of greed and pride which is good enough to label us stupid. but i still thank god, we are not facing exessive crime rates, at least we have love for each other as brothers and sisters. for your information, we do feel that the non bumiputeras should be given rights to education as to give a healthy competition to the students but we do not fancy being labelled the stupid ones, just because we are pampered doesn't mean that we do not have to achieve certain standard to go to the university. some of us even make it to the top and some are better than people like u whom i never have thought to say such word, that we're stupid, i mean why look only at our failure? what about our success? doesn't that count as well my dear? having heard the word bumiputras, how many native sabahans and sarawakians that u know who enters university? are they stupid? i bet u don't have friends from sabah and sarawak as they don't suit ur level of wisdom, knowledge and pride. i am not sure about the marking systems in the education sector, but being arrogantly claiming urself to be intelligent than the sabahans and sarawakians, u must have no problems at all in order to get the marks which is over and beyond the average level.. but in my opinion, person with great mind uttered pleasant word. such word may instigate a raging emotions, anger and hatred. to say that sabahans and sarawakians are stupid is not just mean.. but also stupid..

shalom

puteri santubong

I wonder which  part in my blog did I mentioned that the people from the east Malaysia are stupid ? well, my fren, please read that particular line again if u do have the ability to read properly. Throughout your comment, the only thing that I can see is the anger in you because of the word ‘STUPID’, which u assume that it is what I call them (sabahan /sarawakian ), including YOU?? It’s obvious here that u are better than me in making assumptions than I do.

People do complain when they are not treated fairly, and this is what I did in my blog. And this doesn’t mean that I hate the sabahans/ sarawakians. To be honest, I envy them ; because of the priorities, privileges, and the attentions that they get. And I get frustrated when we do not have any of it just because of our identity, even though we work extra hard. (And mind you, Im proud of my identity). However, this is the factor that drives us to work harder though, which is somehow good in another way.   

Need not worry whether I have any frens from the east Malaysia. I am getting along very well with them. Thanks for your comment anyway.

 

 

And yes, I don’t have any problem in scoring beyond the average level. Merci.

 

eri

Just got link to ur entry from Kimberlycun.com . I'm not going to be defensive just because I'm a Sarawakian bred and born. I agree with your statement that the government needs to learn, but I think you are misinformed in certain information.

How sure are you that your 'numbers' are accurate? Because, as far as I remember, 15 years of education in Swak is not what you will call breezy. In my secondary school, a public school, 60 was the passing mark, NOT an A grade. 60-65 was a D, 65-75 a C, and 75-86 a B, 86 and above are As.

86 for an A, which was actually a REAL experience, not smthing I read up from a bogus article hidden in the Net, and 60% is a whopping 26% difference. And if my maths doesn't fail me, despite me being a BORNEO (which includes Kalimantan, INDONESIA) student, 26% is QUITE an amount.

It would be less contradictory if you had not generalised this statement to all BORNEO teenagers. What the government really needs to learn is to stop pampering the one kind. I think you know what I mean. If there's any discrimination against anybody, it's against you and me, not West Msians.

As with the unfairness in purchasing houses and such, why is it a problem? KLCC was not built solely on west malaysians' money. We are all tax payers here. Think of all the facilities you have in kl, then come back and tell me we are equal to you in terms of infrastructure and facilities. And most west msians think 'borneo-ians' live on trees and take the sampan to school.

'Look at how they struggle when they compete with those from the peninsula.'?? This is coming to me as a suprise from a smart girl like u, but im not suprised this is coming from a west msian. I beat my west msian classmates just fine, thank you very much. In fact, I don't even remember struggling.

Honestly, the whole post is just directed to the wrong people. It may be better for u to think of the truth in your rants before you spit them out for all to see. Peace.