Union wants programmes not related to PdPR put off
KUALA LUMPUR: The National Union of Teaching Professions (NUTP) has urged the Ministry of Education to temporarily postpone several programmes to enable teachers to focus fully on Home-based Teaching and Learning (PdPR). Its secretary-general Harry Tan Huat Hock said if the programmes are continued, it would only add burden and cause teachers to lose concentration […]
Close contact teachers to undergo quarantine leave
KUALA LUMPUR: The National Union of the Teaching Profession (NUTP) yesterday asked Senior Education Minister Datuk Dr Radzi Jidin to give quarantine leave to teachers who are close contacts of the Covid-19 positive case. NUTP secretary-general Harry Tan Huat Hock said currently, close contact teachers had to take special leave before receiving a quarantine letter […]
What gaji buta?
Teachers union says stop accusing teachers of ‘makan gaji buta’ during MCO KUALA LUMPUR: The public has been urged to stop accusing teachers of getting paid for not doing anything with the implementation of the home-based teaching and learning (PdPR) method during the movement control order (MCO) period following the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic. […]
‘Not teachers’ job to take care of students after school’
KUALA LUMPUR: Students’ compliance to standard operating procedures (SOPs) after school hours is not the responsibility of the teachers, says National Union of Teaching Profession (NUTP) secretary-general, Harry Tan. Tan lambasted at parties who questioned the teachers’ whereabouts in monitoring the students after school hours, and stressed that parents are the ones who should bring […]
Improve internet access, MOE urged
KUCHING: The Ministry of Education (MOE) has been urged to pay greater attention to the need for internet access and speed, especially in rural areas. Minister of Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah said many rural students could not enjoy online learning during the movement control order (MCO). She […]
