MELAKA: The National Union of the Teaching Profession (NUTP) has called on the government to set up a special committee to review the workload of teachers.
Its president, Aminuddin Awang, said the committee was important so that teaching and learning at school can proceed smoothly.
He said the proposal to establish the committee had been submitted to several education ministers before but no action was taken.
“We will bring up this matter to the new education minister, Fadhlina Sidek, in the near future.
“Nowadays, teachers are heavily burdened with irrelevant tasks such as clerical work, thus taking away precious time between teachers and students,” he told reporters after a memorandum of understanding signed between NUTP and Tech Insure Sdn Bhd (A Tech) here today.
Aminuddin said other issues that will be presented at a meeting with the minister include the implementation of the academic session final examination (UASA) next year. This is seen as further burdening teachers as they have to check test papers, print questions and enter marks online.
He said that if the workload was not handled carefully, it was feared that it will cause teachers to be even more angry with the education ministry. This was also the reason why many teachers were choosing to retire early.
Aminuddin hoped Fadhlina would continue the good policies or initiatives that the government had implemented so that teachers and students were not burdened with policy changes every time there is a change of government or minister.
On the MoU signed today, he said about 400,000 teachers under the education ministry have the opportunity to renew their vehicle insurance in instalments of up to 10 months without interest through the MyEzyCover Civil Servant Vehicle Insurance Financing Programme.
He said the initiative, implemented in collaboration with A Tech, was aimed at helping civil servants, especially teachers with many financial commitments. - FMT
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