為華文科考生鳴不平

2004年SPM成績終於公佈，許多華裔考生在獲悉考獲幾乎全A1的興奮心情下驚悉本身蠻有把握考獲華文科 A1成績竟滑落至A2，影響了申請JPA獎學金的良機。隨即而來的是家長的指責聲，罵孩子為何選考華文，以致JPA獎學金泡湯；考生一臉的無奈與驚愕，不 相信自己只考獲A2，竟警告學弟、學妹千萬別選考華文；華文教師都在質疑有關當局的評分標準。本人更加驚愕，300名考生，只有3名獲A1，百餘名獲 A2。

翻閱報章報導，國文A1，也有10%，英文6.6%，為何華文只有1.2%？華裔考生應用了十多年華文功力竟然還不如英文成績？有 關當局華文組應向全體華 文科考生作一個明確的交代。你們虧欠了考生：第一，考試格式遲至2004年2月中才公佈，考生的準備時間不足；第二，考題中的名句精華竟然出現錯字，圖表 的資訊又含糊不清。既然這是考試局的錯誤，你們還提高A1的分數來打壓考生，公理何在？你們獲得ISO的標準規格又去了哪裡？

據本人學生 的回饋，超過90%以上考生都能在試卷（二）的客觀題獲得滿分，意謂著許多考生在試卷（二）上考獲90分以上，加上試卷（一）的分數，總平均都 在90分以上。考試局A1固打為1.2%，如此一推測，也就是考獲90分以下者全無資格獲A1。天呀！如果這推測準確的話，那麼大馬華裔考生在考華文科豈 不是人人都要成為語文天才，才有資格問鼎A1？

考試局華文組負責官員注意：你們必須為此向全體考華文科的學生作出澄清，向他們道歉，並還一個公道給他們。該給A1就給A1，別再為難莘莘學子了。

至 於尊貴的教育部長說全A生滑落了約30%，不知問題出在哪裡，必須專人研究。只要研究，華文一科其定分標準是否高到離譜，就知道原因何在。華基政黨必須 重視此次華文成績的影響力和所產生的殺傷力。全體考華文的考生家長們也應針對此課題發表意見，以達集思廣益之效，則幸甚矣！（作者為輔導中心講師）

星洲日報／言路‧作者：陳育坤‧2005/03/15

Source: http://www.sinchew-i.com/columns/index.phtml?sec=15&sdate=&artid=200503152071

Came across this commentary in Sin Chew Daily.
I fully agree with what the writer says. What's wrong with the marking system for SPM Chinese?
Each and every year, there have always been numerous cases where many chinese students fail to get A1 in Chinese, thus, they are disqualified to be straight A1 scorers and hence, being at a disadvantage when applying for scholarships.
I have known a lot of friends who are really good at Mandarin, but failed to get A1 in Chinese. In my batch, 4 friends of mine who were the representatives of Perlis in the Ujian Bertulis Bahasa Cina Peringkat Kebangsaan failed to get A1 in Chinese. Heck...their chinese command is among the best in my state, but what things turned out to be? An A2 in Chinese.
In 2003 batch, the same thing happened again. There were only 2 0r 3 students from my school got A1 in Chinese. The most recent bactch, from what I heard, only 2 managed to get A1 in Chinese. What's going wrong here???????
I really don't like such a situation. This will only discourage students to take Chinese in SPM, as the chance of getting an A1 is quite slim. Not being able to be a straight A1 scorer will definitely ruin the chances of getting scholarships....Many people will give up taking chinese by then...No no no...I can't imagine less and less students taking Chinese....Hey, this is our mother tongue, our language, our root.....NEVER GIVE UP TAKING CHINESE!!!!