2-point concession to Higher Mother Tongue students unfair

I am curious to know what is the rationale for the two-point concession to enter junior college that is awarded to secondary school students who pass both English and Higher Mother Tongue Language, and who qualify for admission? On what basis do we reward those who excel in language, especially their mother tongue?

Our late Minister Mentor Mr Lee Kuan Yew admitted in 2009 that “nobody can master two languages at the same level. If (you think) you can, you’re deceiving yourself”.

And here we are, still insisting on prejudicing those with a lesser aptitude for languages by burdening them with what is effectively a two-point handicap.

If we want to create such an unfair system by recognising the importance of one subject over another, then we might as well give the same two-point concession to those who have an aptitude for science, or mathematics, or history, or English language.

We should eliminate such biases once and for all, and have an educational system that recognises the holistic achievements of all students equally, rather than keep rewarding a select few and giving them an unfair advantage over other students’ talents or abilities.