What a late order from the ministry!
The education is the most fundamental issue of a country and if the education is failed, thus the country will not progress. We can see from the down south neighbour, Singapore, how they treated the teachers with praised and prides. Of course not all the time sweet candies. The teachers have lots of pressures too.
I suggest that all those who want to be promoted to the higher level, based on the 5 years rural serving history. If they head of the department or the headmasters did not serve in the rural schools before, they should not be promoted.
i think the best is after promoting, they should serve in the rurual schools.
Don't the rural schools need the best quality teachers. Why only the inexperinced teachers be sent to the rural schools.
Besides, the ministry should also take consideration on the promotions. NO POLITICS PLEASE.
Rural duty for teachers
BY V.P. SUJATA
PUTRAJAYA: Compulsory rural posting is an option the Education Ministry is looking at to plug the shortage of teachers in rural areas.
Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein said making it compulsory for teachers to serve in the rural areas after they graduate would stop the practise of teachers refusing to take up such postings.
Another option to solving the shortage would be to decentralise the intake and make teachers serve in the rural areas of the state where they filed their application, he said.
The ministry planned to have one or both options in the Education Ministry’s blueprint for the Ninth Malaysia Plan to be launched by the Prime Minister next month.
“The ministry wants to impose stricter conditions on teacher intake and are looking into these two options,” he told reporters after attending a luncheon with 80 teachers serving in rural areas from various states here yesterday.
“These moves will not give the teachers a choice anymore after they complete their teaching course,” he said, adding that people should decide if they want to become teachers before they apply to join the course.
He said those who were not willing to make sacrifices such as teaching poor children in rural areas should not apply to become teachers.
“Don’t choose teaching as the last resort because it is not an easy job.
“It takes a lot of sacrifice including working in difficult conditions in rural areas,” he said.
At the luncheon, the teachers related the difficulties of teaching in rural schools but said they were proud to be able to help the rural children get a sound education.
It is learnt that of the 320,000 teachers in the country only 15,000 are serving in rural areas.
As for those under the Special Programme for Non-Graduate Teachers who had to be separated from their families due to transfers, Hishamuddin said their appeal would be looked into.
He thanked the National Union of the Teaching Profession and the education bureaus of political parties for highlighting the teachers’ problems.
He, however, said an amicable solution would be found by next week after the post-Cabinet meeting.
The married teachers from Penang, Perlis and Kedah had enrolled in full-time degree programmes especially for critical subjects like English. They have been asked to report for duty in Johor on June 1 and July 1.
Related Story:Shahrizat to intervene on behalf of teachers
The education is the most fundamental issue of a country and if the education is failed, thus the country will not progress. We can see from the down south neighbour, Singapore, how they treated the teachers with praised and prides. Of course not all the time sweet candies. The teachers have lots of pressures too.
I suggest that all those who want to be promoted to the higher level, based on the 5 years rural serving history. If they head of the department or the headmasters did not serve in the rural schools before, they should not be promoted.
i think the best is after promoting, they should serve in the rurual schools.
Don't the rural schools need the best quality teachers. Why only the inexperinced teachers be sent to the rural schools.
Besides, the ministry should also take consideration on the promotions. NO POLITICS PLEASE.
Rural duty for teachers
BY V.P. SUJATA
PUTRAJAYA: Compulsory rural posting is an option the Education Ministry is looking at to plug the shortage of teachers in rural areas.
Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein said making it compulsory for teachers to serve in the rural areas after they graduate would stop the practise of teachers refusing to take up such postings.
Another option to solving the shortage would be to decentralise the intake and make teachers serve in the rural areas of the state where they filed their application, he said.
The ministry planned to have one or both options in the Education Ministry’s blueprint for the Ninth Malaysia Plan to be launched by the Prime Minister next month.
“The ministry wants to impose stricter conditions on teacher intake and are looking into these two options,” he told reporters after attending a luncheon with 80 teachers serving in rural areas from various states here yesterday.
“These moves will not give the teachers a choice anymore after they complete their teaching course,” he said, adding that people should decide if they want to become teachers before they apply to join the course.
He said those who were not willing to make sacrifices such as teaching poor children in rural areas should not apply to become teachers.
“Don’t choose teaching as the last resort because it is not an easy job.
“It takes a lot of sacrifice including working in difficult conditions in rural areas,” he said.
At the luncheon, the teachers related the difficulties of teaching in rural schools but said they were proud to be able to help the rural children get a sound education.
It is learnt that of the 320,000 teachers in the country only 15,000 are serving in rural areas.
As for those under the Special Programme for Non-Graduate Teachers who had to be separated from their families due to transfers, Hishamuddin said their appeal would be looked into.
He thanked the National Union of the Teaching Profession and the education bureaus of political parties for highlighting the teachers’ problems.
He, however, said an amicable solution would be found by next week after the post-Cabinet meeting.
The married teachers from Penang, Perlis and Kedah had enrolled in full-time degree programmes especially for critical subjects like English. They have been asked to report for duty in Johor on June 1 and July 1.
Related Story:Shahrizat to intervene on behalf of teachers
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