Jul 13, 2011
Enrol more SPM holders for teacher training
KUCHING: The Sarawak Teachers' Union (STU) has proposed to the Education Ministry to enrol more Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) holders for teacher training courses and reduce that of the Post-graduate Teacher Education Course (KPLI). Its president, William Ghani Bina, said this would ensure that only those who were genuinely interested in the profession join teacher training courses and posted to rural areas.
He said as most KPLI trainees choose the teaching profession as the last resort after failing to get other jobs, this would be detrimental to the quality of education in the long run.
"STU proposes to the ministry to enrol more SPM holders from Sabah and Sarawak for teacher training courses as many of them are keen to be teachers," he told Bernama here today.
Ghani claimed that SPM leavers, who were trained as teachers, were more dedicated and committed to their profession.
On the Education Ministry's decision to deploy teachers from Sabah and Sarawak to their home states, he said this could help change the rural community's perception on education.
"For example, if a Penan teacher is posted to serve his community, he may be able to change the perception of elderly people on education and ways to improve their livelihood," he said.
Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said yesterday Sabah and Sarawak had asked for their own teachers to be deployed to the two states as students could understand them better and this could solve some of the problems.
-- BERNAMA
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Teachers to get 5 promotion methods: PM
The five promotion methods, allocated only to the teaching profession, comprises promotions to fill vacancies, promotion given Special to a holder of a post (Khas Untuk Penyandang), time-based promotion, promotion for excellent principals or headmasters and promotion for excellent teachers. KUCHING: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak today announced five promotion methods for teachers, which will take effect on January 1, 2012.
In his recorded Teacher's Day message, which was telecast at the 40th National Teacher's Day celebration here, Najib said the government took the decision because it was aware of the contributions and the heavy burden shouldered by the teachers.
The celebration, themed "Teachers, Catalysts for the National Education Transformation", was launched by Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin, who is also Education Minister.
The five promotion methods, allocated only to the teaching profession, comprises promotions to fill vacancies, promotion given Special to a holder of a post (Khas Untuk Penyandang), time-based promotion, promotion for excellent principals or headmasters and promotion for excellent teachers.
Najib said in line with the excellent transformation needed in the service and to uplift the status of the teaching profession, taking into consideration the uniqueness of teachers' duties, the promotion methods, especially the time-based promotion, should be given a new direction.
"At present, the government finds the majority of teachers, after spending 25 years of teaching students at schools, will end their service only at Grade DG48," the prime minister said.
Hence, he said, it was high time for the career path for these teachers to be improved so that teachers, who are responsible for shaping the nation's human capital, could be given appropriate recognition and rewards.
"The new promotion method is introduced specifically for teachers involved in the teaching and learning process, namely "Guru Wibawa" (high calibre teachers) and "Pendeta Guru" (teaching luminaries), who will be categorised according to four tiers of positions, he said.
Overworked teachers losing their temper
2010/09/17
By Ling Poh Lean
news@nst.com.my
By Ling Poh Lean
news@nst.com.my
"Some have little passion for the job. This is probably because they are being overloaded with non-academic duties, such as administrative work," he told the New Straits Times yesterday.
He said teachers needed clerical assistants for non-academic duties to help them be good teachers.
He was commenting on reports yesterday about a music teacher who threw a metal hand-percussion shaker at a pupil and another music teacher who was sentenced to 25 years' jail and two strokes of the rotan for molesting a pupil.
"I think teachers have to be disciplined before they can discipline pupils."
He suggested that teachers undergo identity crisis workshops since there had been several cases recently that highlighted a lack of morality in their ranks.
"They perhaps lose touch with their identity as a teacher when they mix with the wrong company."
National Union of the Teaching Profession secretary-general Loke Yim Pheng said teachers who could not follow the professional code of ethics should leave.
"We only want quality teachers who are professional enough to control their emotions."
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