Stop warning teachers who post criticisms on social media, says Fadhlina

Updated 3 years ago · Published on 27 Jan 2023 9:06PM · 1 Comments

Education Minister Fadhlina Sidek has urged ministry officials to immediately stop giving warnings to teachers who post criticisms on social media. – The Malaysian Insight file pic, January 27, 2023.

EDUCATION Minister Fadhlina Sidek has urged ministry officials to immediately stop giving warnings to teachers who post criticisms on social media.  

She said she was informed that Hasmadi Hamdan, the special education teacher at SMK Jalan Reko, had been given a warning by officials for airing his criticisms on social media. 

“Special education teachers are my front line in developing the madani concept in teaching students with special needs. His concerns are mine too,” she said in a post on her official Facebook page today. 

“It is important to have an avenue for constructive criticism as a check and balance process,” she said, adding that it was good to have differences of opinion if relevant to students and their welfare.  

According to her, a good administrative management approach could only succeed where there was transparency at classroom, school, and education office levels. 

Through the post Fadhlina also shared Hasmadi’s public message to the education minister that was taken from the teacher’s social media channel. – Bernama, January 27, 2023.  

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  • Why should any teacher have to resort to social media to draw the attention of his higher-ups in the hierarchy to any shortcomings he comes across, or to provide suggestions or constructive criticism if those higher-up were not "sombong" or "angkuh"? When those higher-ups feel that no teacher has any business to raise any questions or provide any suggestions, what can that teacher, who is apparently concerned about something, do if not take to social media and "wash dirty linen in public"?

    Posted 3 years ago by Ravinder Singh · Reply