Let’s bring back ‘hero teachers’, says Maszlee

Yasmin Ramlan Yasmin Ramlan Updated 5 years ago · Published on 2 Oct 2018 12:31PM · 3 Comments

Education Minister Dr Maszlee Malik vows to bring back the glory days of teachers. – The Malaysian Insight pic by Afif Abd Halim, October 2, 2018.

THE government will announce measures to lessen the administrative workload of teachers, in a move to return to an era where educators were passionate and took pride in their jobs, said Education Minister Dr Maszlee Malik.

“I’m hopeful we can bring back the golden era of teachers. When there were teachers who were ‘hero teachers’, he told reporters today.

“I think every single one of you, maybe not the younger ones, elder generations, we still have our hero teachers. Why?

“Because the teachers then loved their careers. They teach us, they love us like their own children and when they teach us, they want us to learn. They want us to succeed.”

Maszlee said he was aware that many of today’s teachers were bogged down by extra administrative responsibilities, which did not allow them to focus on their actual jobs of teaching.

“We are going to change this. We are going to change back, we going to bring back the era of glory for the teachers. And it’s going to be soon.”

He said his ministry would soon have “good news for teachers” by early next year, adding that his officers were working hard to study ways to ease the work burden of teachers. – October 2, 2018.

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  • Let's wait and see....

    Posted 5 years ago by Luke Skywalker · Reply

  • The era of glory teachers are those missionary teachers, non-Malay teachers as well as the administrators of Education Ministry comprising of all races.

    Reducing workload means nothing when race, religion and politics are the norm in the current education system.

    Posted 5 years ago by Jackal Way · Reply

  • Seriously??? No problem with the teachery nowadays. Its you, the ministry, is the weak point. We all know everyone is doing their best. But when it comes to problem solving, its always finger pointing back to the teachers. This will always ends with the rakyat first slogan being held up high. They forgot, teachers are rakyat too.

    Posted 5 years ago by Ismail Ibrahim · Reply