THE Education Services Disciplinary Board which met today on the issue involving mathematics teacher Mohd Fadli Mohamed Salleh will inform the latter of its decision tomorrow, says Senior Education Minister Dr Radzi Jidin. 

“The Educational Services Disciplinary Board meeting on the issue has just ended and tomorrow the secretariat will deliver the result to the teacher (Mohd Fadli),” he told reporters after attending the ‘Touch’ sports programme today. 

Yesterday, Education director-general Pkharuddin Ghazali said that the disciplinary board was scheduled to meet the following day after receiving the letter of representation submitted by Mohd Fadli on October 14. 

Pkharuddin said that the show cause letter received by Mohd Fadli did not mean that a punishment had been handed down. 

Mohd Fadli had previously claimed on his Facebook page that he would be fired or demoted for voicing his views on the learning syllabus, which he believed was of too high a level and inappropriate for students.  

He also claimed that the number of students in class was too high, with too many subjects being taught and having to carry heavy bags being harmful to them. 

Commenting on the matter, Radzi said that his ministry had already taken action on the issues raised. 

For example, he said that the ministry had introduced seven initiatives on March 6 to deal with the issue of heavy bags, including better arrangement of timetables and the installation of lockers. 

He added that the syllabus currently used in schools was introduced in 2017. 

“I have explained many times that the Ministry of Education (MoE) is open and accepts the views of all parties regarding this syllabus issue,” he said. 

He asked that the matter not be politicised during the coming general election. 

“Politicians, my sincere advice, don’t politicise the syllabus issue because the MoE always reviews the syllabus, and we want the best (for the students),” he said, adding that the ministry always engaged with teachers to improve the national education syllabus. – Bernama, October 17, 2022.