ArticleAuthors: Lai Fong Yang; Md. Sidin Ahmad Ishak (2012)
In 2003, the Malaysian Government announced the policy of Teaching of Mathematics and Science in English [ETeMS or better known by its Malay
acronym, Pengajaran dan Pembelajaran Sains dan Matematik dalam Bahasa
Inggeris (PPSMI)]. The policy has, however, caused a furore, with both Malay nationalists and Chinese educationists treating the decision as an attack on their identity. Later in July 2009, the Malaysian Government announced to reverse the PPSMI policy starting from 2012. Researchers have long understood news as an artefact of a socially constructed reality. In making news, journalists shape a reality that reflects the political economic and ideological boundaries within whic... 
