Enrol more SPM holders for teacher training

2010/07/19

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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