Compiled by MARTIN CARVALHO, C. ARUNO and R. ARAVINTHAN
IN a bid to address the shortage of teachers at Chinese vernacular schools, the Education Ministry will be asking nearly 500 temporary teachers to sign up for training as full-fledged educators, Sin Chew Daily reported.A spokesman for Deputy Education Minister Datuk Dr Mah Hang Soon’s office said 471 candidates – all of whom were temporary teachers in 2020 – would be receiving letters to attend a one-year teacher training programme.
The letters will specify which course the candidates will be taking as well as the teachers’ training college that they will be attending.
The spokesman said the course was designed to be taken during school holidays to minimise the disruption to the teachers’ duties.