KOTA KINABALU : Sabah Progressive Party (SAPP) advised the government to engage more local teachers rather than depend on West Malaysians to teach either at Primary or Secondary schools statewide.
SAPP Vice President Jaafar Ismail said Sabah teachers are well accustomed with local cultures, which would make it easier for them to teach the young generations here.
“West Malaysian teachers despite lack of knowledge about local cultures are also prone to home sick, which affects their concentration.
“In addition, the government have to fork out more funds to bring West Malaysian teachers into the State due to many extra allowances that they stand to receive,” he said.
He said the government is required to pay transfer allowance and monthly housing allowance as well as other allowances to those West Malaysian teachers.
Jaafar said such allowances are very big when head counts are made on West Malaysian teachers currently working here and the number of them arriving every year.
He said Assistant Minister in the Chief Minister's Department, Datuk Radin Malleh, had revealed that as of 2011, they are 8, 152 West Malaysians working at Sabah Education Department.
According to Jaafar, Dewan Rakyat Deputy Speaker Datuk Ronald Kiandee had also revealed that West Malaysian teachers are receiving more than double the allowances Sabah teachers are receiving.
Sabah teachers are being given allowances of RM250 and RM350 while West Malaysian teachers are receiving between RM730 and RM830, according to the Deputy Speaker and that prove double standards are being practised, Jaafar said.
Jaafar said Sabah teachers could perform better because they knew the social and cultures of the students that they are being tasked to teach.
He went on saying that placement could also play a great role in ensuring better performances.
He said local teachers placed at their own district could lighten their respective cost of living and make them feel more comfortable to discharge their duties.
He added that once teachers are comfortable, their performance would automatically getting better.
Jaafar said the government could kick start make changes by providing more placements to Sabahans to pursue teaching courses at Teachers' training colleges and universities. - Sabahkini
Truth be told, I think Sabah should use its own teachers due to language constraints.
ReplyDeleteThe Ministry of Education should deeply look into this matter. Sabahan teachers should be used.
ReplyDeleteHarap2 Kementerian Pendidikan akan mempertimbangkan mengenai perkara ni. mungkin lepas ni guru dari SM akan dikurangkan dan lebih banyak orang tempatan Sabah sendiri yang mengisi kekosongan guru.
Deleteguru tempatan ramai berkebolehan, mereka harus diutamakan.
DeleteThis is not about SAPP. This is about the wellbeing of the local teachers.
ReplyDeleteHopefully Muhyddin will have something to say about this.
ReplyDeleteWest Malaysian teachers should be kept there.
ReplyDeleteTak payah advise pun saya yakin kerajaan tahu apa yang terbaik demi memastikan sistem pendidikan di Sabah cemerlang dalam semua segi.
ReplyDeleteSaya setuju jika guru tempatan diberi peluang untuk mendidik di tempat sendiri kerana mereka tahu adat budaya Sabah.
ReplyDeleteya.. dan kadar elaun untuk guru Sabah pun kenalah selaras dgn guru2 dari SM.
DeleteHarap hal ini akan diberi perhatian sewajarnya demi kebaikan bersama.
ReplyDeletesabahan teachers should be the one teaching the sabahans. Why the need to get west malaysian teachers to teach our sabahan children?
ReplyDeleteThe government could save a lot of money if they opt to hire sabahans to be fill in the teaching position rather than to bring in west malaysians to teach.
ReplyDeleteDon't get me wrong, i know the west malaysian teachers are qualified but so is our sabahan teachers. In fact, the students would much prefer to have a sabahan like themselves to teach.
ReplyDeletePeluang orang Sabah sendiri untuk berkhidmat sebagai guru janganlah sampai ditutup oleh pengambilan guru dari SM. dengar2 masih ada lagi bekas GSTT yang belum mendapat tempat begitu juga dengan mereka yang berkelulusan pendidikan, masih berlambak lagi di Sabah ni.
ReplyDeleteNampaknya guru-guru tempatan Sabah sekarang diperjuangkan hak mereka. Itu adalah yang teraik.
ReplyDeletePerjuangkan kepentingan guru Sabahan sendiri. Kalau boleh berikan lagi banyak peluang kepada penduduk Sabah yang berkelayakkan dalam bidang perguruan ini.
ReplyDeleteThe Parent Action Group for Education Malaysia (Page) wants the government to ensure trained teachers are available before English Literature is reintroduced as a subject in schools.
ReplyDeleteIts president, Datin Noor Azimah Abdul Rahim, said besides this, there should also be sufficient resource materials .
Delete"Teachers' ability to handle the subject is important so that a situation does not arise where it is beyond the capability of students to handle English Literature which was not a 'light' subject," she said in commenting on the government's plan to re-introduce English Literature in secondary schools.
DeleteDeputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin, who is also education minister, had said the ministry planned to re-introduce the subject as part of the review of the national education system.
DeleteNational Union of the Teaching Profession president Hashim Adnan held the opinion that a more indepth study was needed before the plan was implemented.
Delete"It must be borne in mind that it is rather difficult to even get students interested in Malay literature, what more English literature."
DeleteHowever, he added that if the government was able to find ways to attract students to take up the subject (English Literature), then there should not be any problems.
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