Making sure all teachers, caregivers are jabbed
KUCHING: The Ministry of Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development assures that teachers, assistant teachers and caregivers in Sarawak are vaccinated against Covid-19. Its minister Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah said to date, there are a total of 10,133 teachers, assistant teachers and caregivers under various agencies in Sarawak and out of that, 9,937 […]
Parents, teachers responsible for children’s safety
BY NAZRINZULAIQA HASBI KUCHING: Parents and teachers are responsible for ensuring the safety of children in nurseries or kindergartens during the current Covid-19 pandemic, stressed Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah. The Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development Minister added that honesty among the parents was also important. She was commenting on a news report […]
New guidelines allow teacher transfer applications year round
KUALA LUMPUR: The Education Ministry (MOE) has prepared new guidelines for teacher transfer applications, which will be announced in the near future. Education Minister Datuk Dr Radzi Jidin said the guidelines would replace the ministry’s circular (Surat Pekeliling Ikhtisas) 1975, on guidelines for the transfer of teachers. “In the new guidelines, we will introduce many […]
9,938 teachers, caregivers of childcare centres vaccinated
MIRI: Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah on Sunday (Aug 8) revealed that 98 percent or 9,938 of the 10,133 teachers and caregivers at childcare centres in Sarawak had been vaccinated against Covid-19. The Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development Minister hoped that this figure would assure parents that it was safe for them to […]
All teachers expected to receive first vaccine dose before September
KOTA TINGGI: Some 85,000 teachers in schools nationwide, are expected to receive at least one dose of the Covid-19 vaccine before the school session begins this September. Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Adham Baba said the Ministry of Education (MOE) has given the full list of names to the Covid-19 Immunisation Task Force (CITF) to […]
PdPR should continue until situation safe for face-to-face
KUALA LUMPUR: Home-based Teaching and Learning (PdPR) for school students should be continued until the current Covid-19 situation in the country is safe for the face-to-face Teaching and Learning (PdP) to resume. Although face-to-face learning is still accepted as the best education method, PdPR, whose implementation can be further improved either online or offline, is […]
MOE reviews more efficient approach to teacher transfer issue
KUALA LUMPUR: The Ministry of Education (MOE) is currently in the final phase of reviewing a more efficient and comprehensive approach regarding the country’s teacher transfer policy. Senior Education Minister Datuk Dr Mohd Radzi Jidin said the ministry was aware that the issue of transfer requests among teachers in the country had dragged on for […]
Call to expedite vaccination for teachers
KUCHING: The government has been urged to expedite Covid-19 vaccination for teachers as to date, only 36 per cent have been inoculated. “This is still way below the ideal vaccination of 100 per cent. I hope the Ministry of Education (MoE) and Ministry of Health (MoH) speed up the process for teachers by August. “Hopefully […]
Online or offline, teachers determined to make PdPR interesting
KUALA LUMPUR: To the general public, home-based Learning and Teaching (PdPR), is simply an online learning method through the Zoom application, Google Meet, Google Classroom or Skype. The fact is, PdPR can also be implemented ‘manually’, like distributing modules directly to students, especially for schools in the rural and remote areas that do not have […]
Announcement on ‘one-off’ teacher recruitment by tomorrow afternoon
KUALA LUMPUR: An announcement will be made by 5.30pm tomorrow on the special recruitment of grade DG41 Education Service Officers on a one-off basis. The Education Service Commission (SPP), which is responsible for making the appointments, said priority would be given to graduates in education, whether from local public or private universities or overseas graduates. […]
