The alternative implementation for the language switch which was accepted by the Barisan Nasional supreme council yesterday is the best example of a "political solution" to education issues in the country, an influential education group said today.

"It is obvious, the decision was made from a political angle rather than based on education concerns. For us (educationists), the solution is highly illogical," Dong Zong deputy president Dr Yap Sin Tian said when contacted.

He said it is preposterous for primary school pupils to devote more time on the two technical subjects than the language itself in the initial stage of learning.

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