Friday, 23 Apr 2021 03:48 PM MYT
KUALA LUMPUR, April 23 ― The National Union of the Teaching Profession (NUTP) today asked Senior Education Minister Datuk Radzi Jidin to give quarantine leave to teachers who are close contacts of the Covid-19 positive cases.
NUTP secretary-general Harry Tan Huat Hock said currently, close contact teachers had to take special leave before receiving a quarantine letter from the District Health Office (PKD).
He said the process of obtaining a quarantine letter from PKD would take time due to the increase in Covid-19 cases in the country.
“The special leave quota is insufficient. The teachers who are close contacts will have no choice but to come to the office to work as usual.