Dear brothers and sisters in STU.
Just to share with you.
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Friday, November 21, 2008
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Pengajaran dari berita: Man charged with cheating school of five laptops
JOHOR BARU: A 43-year-old man was charged at a Sessions Court here with impersonating an Education Department officer and cheating a vernacular school of five laptops.The accused, Roslan Said, from Kampung Hj Manan, Kluang, was charged with committing the offence on Nov 11 at around 11am at SJK (T) Ladang Kulai Oil Palm in Kelapa Sawit, Kulai.
He allegedly cheated Kalianand Ramasamy, 45, into believing that he was a Kulai Education Department district officer, and knowingly influenced him into handing over five laptops. Roslan was charged under Section 420 of the Penal Code for cheating. He also faced a separate charge under Section 419 of the Penal Code for impersonating an officer from the Education Department in Kulai. Roslan pleaded guilty to both charges and Deputy Public Prosecutor Azreen Yas Mohamad Ramli offered bail at RM15,000.
Kata Pengetua:
Dalam menguruskan harta benda sekolah, kita harus berhati-hati apabila berurusan dengan orang awam. Orang awam boleh datang dengan bertali leher, ada tag nama (yang belum tentu namanya), ada name card dan nampak rasmi. Adalah lebih baik kita mensyaki / bersangka buruk daripada kita kena tipu. Ingat bahawa, harta sekolah adalah kepunyaan sekolah - tidak ada orang lain boleh mengambilnya kecuali dengan izin kita. Jika was-was, sila bertanya / minta pendapat orang kedua seperti GK / PK / saya sendiri.
-- Terima kasih.HJ RAMBLI
-- Terima kasih.HJ RAMBLI
Monday, November 10, 2008
Ensuring men in blue won’t be spent force
BY LOURDES CHARLES
The rising crime rate in the country is worrying the public. In an interview with The Star, Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Musa Hassan assured the public that the police have the situation very much under control.
THE country’s population increased by a whopping seven million the past 10 years while the strength of the Royal Malaysian Police Force remained the same at 95,000. Efforts are under way to recruit another 60,000 personnel over the next five years.
Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Musa Hassan, who admitted that the crime rate has gone up, assured the public that the security of the country was very much under control.
Police records show that 209,559 cases were reported last year (772 cases per 100,000 population) and the figure is expected to remain almost the same this year.
“The crime rate has increased here because of social problems as well as the influx of illegals in the country,” Musa said, adding that the crime rate often increased during an economic slowdown.
“This is due to the fact that many people would be jobless and they turn to crime,” he said.
The IGP stressed that one of the main reasons for the rise in crime was the change in attitudes of youths who do not respect the elders to the extent of fighting with their parents, relatives and even more recently with teachers.
Over the past few months, newspapers have been highlighting gangsterism in schools while racial incidents are on the rise.
Musa has often stressed the need to rehabilitate society rather than focus on catching criminals and locking them up.
“It is society that breeds criminals, not the police,” he said.
The IGP said it saddened him when politicians, who represent the welfare and voice of the people, were sometimes the same people who incited hatred and discord among people.
“Some of these politicians cry about human rights but when they encourage people to break the law, they say it is within their rights to do so.
“They hold illegal gatherings and demonstrations which force us to deploy our personnel to maintain peace and order,” he added.
In 1998, during the height of the reformasi demonstrations, the crime index peaked at 772 per 100,000 population, but that year, the population was only 20 million (total cases were 158,808.)
The high crime rate recorded in 2007 can be attributed to the number of demonstrations organised by political parties and NGOs, including the Hindu Rights Action Force and election watchdog Bersih.
“The crime rate has increased in almost every country, including our neighbours, and despite the huge increase in population here we still keep crime at bay due to the increased efforts by our men.
“There are only 95,000 policemen in the country to protect some 27 million Malaysians but people don’t talk about that.
“They keep on harping on the crime rate but never bother to compare the increase in population with our shortage of manpower.”
It is learnt that whenever a demonstration of about 2,000 people is held, the police had to deploy about 300 personnel to guard the situation.
“The number of personnel deployed is equivalent to the total number of policemen in a district,” he said.
“This is where our manpower is wasted. Our studies show that when street demonstrations and elections are held, crimes tend to increase.
“This is due to the fact that most of our men would be deployed to sensitive areas to watch over rallies and ceramah, thus sacrificing the patrolling in areas of high crime rate,” he added.
The police have sent in proposals to the government seeking additional funds to beef up police presence and made several initiatives to safeguard society.
Musa said he had embarked on an intelligence-gathering programme requiring officers from the Special Branch, CID and other departments to work together to combat crimes.
Despite all their setbacks and shortcomings, the police planned to conduct a massive operation throughout the country, especially in crime prone areas.
“The public must cooperate to ensure that their area is crime free. We can achieve better results only if the people work with us,” Musa added.
The police can only do so much and to achieve the desired results, the public, who are the benefactors, must put aside all criticisms and help the men in blue ensure that Malaysia is a crime-free nation
from: http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2008/11/10/nation/2501582&sec=nation
Kata Pengetua:
Kadar jenayah yang meningkat ini merisaukan masyarakat. Ahli masyarakat amat sukar untuk mengajar / menegur anak orang lain kerana sikap membela ibubapa. Guru memain peranan untuk mendidik anak tersebut dari segi nilai seperti melalui Pendidikan Moral, Pendidikan Agama Islam, melalui penerapan nilai merentasi kurikulum dan penguatkuasaan peraturan seperti yang dikehendaki oleh kementerian. Malangnya, guru tidak mendapat sokongan seperti diharapkan dan ada kala menghampakan apabila tindakan guru disalah ertikan. Akhirnya, kerajaan perlu mengambil peranan menangani masalah jenayah ini demi kesejahteraan rakyat. Akhirnya, kita tidak ke mana ...!
Sunday, November 9, 2008
SLOW LEARNERS NEED HELP
Slow learners need help
By LOH FOON FONG
KUALA LUMPUR: One in every three juvenile delinquent in integrity school in prison or detention centres displays learning difficulties.
There is concern that if these youths are not identified and helped during their schooling years more will end up as criminals.
Hard work: Juveniles in a 3M class in the Kajang Prison. Those in purple uniforms are under remand while those in red are serving their sentence.
Malaysian Prisons Department academic sector head Shamsuddin Mustapha said as of September, 204 or 36.7% of the 556 juvenile delinquents in integrity schools nationwide have been identified with learning difficulties.
“Most of them are categorised as slow learners suffering from mild mental retardation and dyslexia and they fall out of the school system because there is no mechanism to teach them there,” he said, adding that the youngsters tend to drop out and are exposed to negative influences.
Nationwide statistics for 2006 revealed that of 4,798 juvenile delinquents, 1,725 were students.
Shamsuddin said teachers cannot only focus on passing examinations but must help students develop talents, social skills and good attitude.
Shelter Home executive director James Nayagam, who carries out social work among juveniles in prison, said that when a child fares poorly in school, society, including other students and teachers, labels the child “stupid” or “useless”.
“Some were expelled without proper investigation while others dropped out because they did not see a future in studying,” he said, adding that parents and teachers were also unaware of the child’s disorder.
Nayagam said some children also run away from home and are exposed to social ills.
Malaysia needs social workers and psychological analysts, like those in developed countries, to assess children who do not cope in school, he said.
Child and adolescent psychiatrist senior consultant in Kuala Lumpur Dr Toh Chin Lee agrees that early detection and intervention such as special education is vital to keep children with learning disorders away from crime.
Former social welfare assistant director Vijayakumari Pillai, now a member of the Petaling District Juvenile Welfare Committee, said slow learners also come from broken families and deprived environment.
“Children tend to learn faster when there is love and a sense of security,” she said, adding that the committee was training teachers to identify children with disorders.
By LOH FOON FONG
KUALA LUMPUR: One in every three juvenile delinquent in integrity school in prison or detention centres displays learning difficulties.
There is concern that if these youths are not identified and helped during their schooling years more will end up as criminals.
Hard work: Juveniles in a 3M class in the Kajang Prison. Those in purple uniforms are under remand while those in red are serving their sentence.
Malaysian Prisons Department academic sector head Shamsuddin Mustapha said as of September, 204 or 36.7% of the 556 juvenile delinquents in integrity schools nationwide have been identified with learning difficulties.
“Most of them are categorised as slow learners suffering from mild mental retardation and dyslexia and they fall out of the school system because there is no mechanism to teach them there,” he said, adding that the youngsters tend to drop out and are exposed to negative influences.
Nationwide statistics for 2006 revealed that of 4,798 juvenile delinquents, 1,725 were students.
Shamsuddin said teachers cannot only focus on passing examinations but must help students develop talents, social skills and good attitude.
Shelter Home executive director James Nayagam, who carries out social work among juveniles in prison, said that when a child fares poorly in school, society, including other students and teachers, labels the child “stupid” or “useless”.
“Some were expelled without proper investigation while others dropped out because they did not see a future in studying,” he said, adding that parents and teachers were also unaware of the child’s disorder.
Nayagam said some children also run away from home and are exposed to social ills.
Malaysia needs social workers and psychological analysts, like those in developed countries, to assess children who do not cope in school, he said.
Child and adolescent psychiatrist senior consultant in Kuala Lumpur Dr Toh Chin Lee agrees that early detection and intervention such as special education is vital to keep children with learning disorders away from crime.
Former social welfare assistant director Vijayakumari Pillai, now a member of the Petaling District Juvenile Welfare Committee, said slow learners also come from broken families and deprived environment.
“Children tend to learn faster when there is love and a sense of security,” she said, adding that the committee was training teachers to identify children with disorders.
Kata Pengetua:
Murid yang tercicir daripada sistem persekolahan berpotensi untuk menjadi penjenayah. Penjenayah pula berpotensi untuk menyusahkan kehidupan ahli masyarakat. Selagi masyarakat memberi fokus kepada "A", sekolah akan memenuhi kehendak tersebut. Murid yang lemah dari segi akademik akan ketinggalan / tidak mendapat apa-apa hasil dari sistem dan akhirnya tercicir. Sepatunya sekolah "cannot only focus on passing examinations but must help students develop talents, social skills and good attitude". Kalau perubahan ini hendak dicapai, ianya harus bermula dengan dasar tertentu, program khusus dan petunjuk / signal yang jelas. Sehingga itu, setiap kita akan menanggung bersama apa yang kita buat untuk generasi masa depan kita. Jenayah terus bertambah apabila cawangan-cawangan tertentu yang seharusnya menangani masalah ini sibuk dengan PATI dan penagih dadah (yang terlalu ramai dan makin bertambah).
MUM SEES RED OVER FUNERAL VIDEO CLIP SHOWN IN SCHOOL
Mum sees red over funeral video clip shown in school
By KAREN CHAPMAN and TAN EE LOO
PETALING JAYA: A parent has lodged a police report against a school for allegedly showing an inappropriate video clip to Muslim pupils.
Intan Sabrina Mohamad said her eight-year-old son was terrified on Thursday after watching the 20-minute video clip that had explicit images of a corpse.
She said her son’s religious teacher had allegedly inflicted fear in the pupils by telling them, “you need to pray or this will happen to you.”
“My son said he’s seen hell and cried when I tried to put him to bed on Thursday night,” said the boy’s father Michael O’Leary.
O’Leary said the video clip should have been scrutinised by child psychologists to evaluate its impact before being shown in school.
The video clip allegedly shows scenes of funeral services and a corpse wrapped in white cloth with effects of thunder and lightning.
It had the words Sajak Kematian (Poem of death) at the bottom of the clip.
Intan Sabrina, a rehabilitation physician, said her son told her some pupils cried after watching the video.
The mother of two said a parent-teacher association meeting would be held tomorrow to look into the matter.
She lodged a police report at the Damansara Police Station on Friday morning.
According to the police report, a religious teacher had said he did not have to submit the video for scrutiny.
It is learnt he refused to withdraw the video which was shown during an extra-curriculum religious education programme.
Education Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein has instructed his officers to get to the bottom of the matter.
“If it is true, it is crazy,” he said when contacted.
Ministry director-general Datuk Alimuddin Mohd Dom said officers would visit the school next week and asked parents to write to him so he could investigate the matter.
Meanwhile, Malaysian Exami–nations Syndicate director Datuk Dr Salbiah Ismail clarified the Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) examination will be from Tuesday to Dec 5 and not from Wednesday as was earlier reported.
By KAREN CHAPMAN and TAN EE LOO
PETALING JAYA: A parent has lodged a police report against a school for allegedly showing an inappropriate video clip to Muslim pupils.
Intan Sabrina Mohamad said her eight-year-old son was terrified on Thursday after watching the 20-minute video clip that had explicit images of a corpse.
She said her son’s religious teacher had allegedly inflicted fear in the pupils by telling them, “you need to pray or this will happen to you.”
“My son said he’s seen hell and cried when I tried to put him to bed on Thursday night,” said the boy’s father Michael O’Leary.
O’Leary said the video clip should have been scrutinised by child psychologists to evaluate its impact before being shown in school.
The video clip allegedly shows scenes of funeral services and a corpse wrapped in white cloth with effects of thunder and lightning.
It had the words Sajak Kematian (Poem of death) at the bottom of the clip.
Intan Sabrina, a rehabilitation physician, said her son told her some pupils cried after watching the video.
The mother of two said a parent-teacher association meeting would be held tomorrow to look into the matter.
She lodged a police report at the Damansara Police Station on Friday morning.
According to the police report, a religious teacher had said he did not have to submit the video for scrutiny.
It is learnt he refused to withdraw the video which was shown during an extra-curriculum religious education programme.
Education Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein has instructed his officers to get to the bottom of the matter.
“If it is true, it is crazy,” he said when contacted.
Ministry director-general Datuk Alimuddin Mohd Dom said officers would visit the school next week and asked parents to write to him so he could investigate the matter.
Meanwhile, Malaysian Exami–nations Syndicate director Datuk Dr Salbiah Ismail clarified the Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) examination will be from Tuesday to Dec 5 and not from Wednesday as was earlier reported.
Kata Pengetua:
Sebagai guru, kita perlu ingat bahawa kita mendidik anak orang (walaupun negara menganggap anak itu sebagai sumber negara yang perlu dibekalkan dengan pengetahuan, kemahiran dan nilai masa depan). Kita juga perlu akur dengan kata majikan (ia itu kerajaan yang diwakili oleh YB Menteri, pegawai di KPM, JPN, PPG, pengurusan sekolah). Oleh itu, saya menasihatkan, kalau guru merasa was-was dalam melakukan sesuatu program / aktiviti, sila bincang dengan PK / GK atau saya sendiri untuk mendapat pendapat kedua. Saya masih percaya bahawa banyak lagi perkara dan cara yang boleh dan tidak mengundang kontroversi.-- Terima kasih.HJ RAMBLI ZAINUDIN
Saturday, October 18, 2008
DERITA GURAUAN RAKAN
Derita gurauan rakan Oleh Mohd Jamilul Anbia Md Denin dan Hadzlihady Hassanhttp://sg.mc762.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=am@hmetro.com.my
AMPANG JAYA: 'Gurauan dajal' rakan sekelas yang sengaja menarik kerusi yang hendak diduduki seorang pelajar perempuan tingkatan satu menyebabkan remaja itu menanggung sengsara selepas terjatuh ke lantai bilik darjah, sekali gus menyebabkan kecederaan serius pada pinggang dan tulang belakangnya. Akibat kejadian itu, Zaiton Mohamed Ibune, 12, kini tidak dapat mengawal saluran kencing menyebabkan dia sentiasa membuang air kecil, sejak sebulan lalu. Lebih malang apabila mangsa kini terpaksa bergantung kepada lampin pakai buang setiap hari akibat masalah membuang air kecil berkenaan yang berlaku tanpa mengira masa.Dalam kejadian 26 Ogos lalu, Zaiton yang baru selesai bersolat di surau sekolah, pulang ke kelasnya kira-kira jam 5.30 petang untuk menyambung pembelajaran. Dia kemudian terus ke meja dan ketika hendak duduk di kerusi, seorang pelajar lelaki yang juga rakan sekelasnya menarik kerusi untuk bergurau. Akibatnya, mangsa jatuh terlentang di atas lantai sebelum terbaring sambil mengerang menahan kesakitan di pinggang. Mangsa cuba bangun, namun gagal disebabkan kesakitan di pinggangnya sebelum kejadian itu dimaklumkan kepada seorang guru.Ketika ditemui di sini semalam, Zaiton berkata, sejurus selepas kejadian, gurunya menghubungi ambulans yang datang mengambil dan membawanya ke Hospital Ampang untuk pemeriksaan. "Saya dibawa ke wad kecemasan dan diperiksa seorang doktor yang memberitahu saya tidak cedera. Doktor kemudian membenarkan saya pulang," katanya ketika ditemui, semalam.Namun, selepas tiga hari, Zaiton berkata, dia sakit di bahagian pinggang sebelum dibawa ke klinik berhampiran oleh ibunya untuk menjalani pemeriksaan. Doktor di klinik berkenaan kemudian memberikannya sepucuk surat dan menyuruhnya ke Hospital Ampang untuk menjalani pemeriksaan X-Ray. Selepas menjalani imbasan X-Ray di hospital, Zaiton berkata dia membawa keputusan ujian pemeriksaan terbabit dan menyerahkannya kepada doktor di klinik. Menurutnya, dia terkejut apabila dimaklumkan doktor di klinik itu, ada darah beku di bahagaian pinggangnya."Saya memaklumkan kepada guru sebelum pihak sekolah mengeluarkan satu surat untuk mendapatkan rawatan di Hospital Kuala Lumpur (HKL)," katanya.Sejak itu, Zaiton berkata dia terpaksa menanggung derita apabila air kencingnya keluar tanpa henti menyebabkan dia tidak dapat ke sekolah dan terpaksa menggunakan lampin pakai buang sampai sekarang. Sementara itu, abang mangsa, Abbas Ali, 27, berkata dia ada menghubungi keluarga pelajar lelaki yang menarik kerusi adiknya itu untuk mengadakan perbincangan. Namun, katanya, dia kesal kerana ibu pelajar itu hanya mengakui anaknya memang nakal, tetapi enggan bertemu. "Selain itu, saya memberitahu pihak sekolah dan meminta mengatur pertemuan dengan keluarga pelajar terbabit, namun mereka seolah-olah mengelak," katanya. Mangsa yang tidak puas hati kemudian membuat laporan di Balai Polis Ampang.
Kata Pengetua: Perkara begini boleh berlaku dalam kelas. Sebagai guru, tanggungjawab berjaga-jaga kita ialah untuk sering mengingatkan pelajar. Kisah sebenar begini boleh menjadi contoh teladan - bila kes masuk mahkamah, ianya boleh melibatkan ganti rugi. Sering, ganti rugi diminta adalah tinggi.-- Terima kasih.HJ RAMBLI ZAINUDIN
AMPANG JAYA: 'Gurauan dajal' rakan sekelas yang sengaja menarik kerusi yang hendak diduduki seorang pelajar perempuan tingkatan satu menyebabkan remaja itu menanggung sengsara selepas terjatuh ke lantai bilik darjah, sekali gus menyebabkan kecederaan serius pada pinggang dan tulang belakangnya. Akibat kejadian itu, Zaiton Mohamed Ibune, 12, kini tidak dapat mengawal saluran kencing menyebabkan dia sentiasa membuang air kecil, sejak sebulan lalu. Lebih malang apabila mangsa kini terpaksa bergantung kepada lampin pakai buang setiap hari akibat masalah membuang air kecil berkenaan yang berlaku tanpa mengira masa.Dalam kejadian 26 Ogos lalu, Zaiton yang baru selesai bersolat di surau sekolah, pulang ke kelasnya kira-kira jam 5.30 petang untuk menyambung pembelajaran. Dia kemudian terus ke meja dan ketika hendak duduk di kerusi, seorang pelajar lelaki yang juga rakan sekelasnya menarik kerusi untuk bergurau. Akibatnya, mangsa jatuh terlentang di atas lantai sebelum terbaring sambil mengerang menahan kesakitan di pinggang. Mangsa cuba bangun, namun gagal disebabkan kesakitan di pinggangnya sebelum kejadian itu dimaklumkan kepada seorang guru.Ketika ditemui di sini semalam, Zaiton berkata, sejurus selepas kejadian, gurunya menghubungi ambulans yang datang mengambil dan membawanya ke Hospital Ampang untuk pemeriksaan. "Saya dibawa ke wad kecemasan dan diperiksa seorang doktor yang memberitahu saya tidak cedera. Doktor kemudian membenarkan saya pulang," katanya ketika ditemui, semalam.Namun, selepas tiga hari, Zaiton berkata, dia sakit di bahagian pinggang sebelum dibawa ke klinik berhampiran oleh ibunya untuk menjalani pemeriksaan. Doktor di klinik berkenaan kemudian memberikannya sepucuk surat dan menyuruhnya ke Hospital Ampang untuk menjalani pemeriksaan X-Ray. Selepas menjalani imbasan X-Ray di hospital, Zaiton berkata dia membawa keputusan ujian pemeriksaan terbabit dan menyerahkannya kepada doktor di klinik. Menurutnya, dia terkejut apabila dimaklumkan doktor di klinik itu, ada darah beku di bahagaian pinggangnya."Saya memaklumkan kepada guru sebelum pihak sekolah mengeluarkan satu surat untuk mendapatkan rawatan di Hospital Kuala Lumpur (HKL)," katanya.Sejak itu, Zaiton berkata dia terpaksa menanggung derita apabila air kencingnya keluar tanpa henti menyebabkan dia tidak dapat ke sekolah dan terpaksa menggunakan lampin pakai buang sampai sekarang. Sementara itu, abang mangsa, Abbas Ali, 27, berkata dia ada menghubungi keluarga pelajar lelaki yang menarik kerusi adiknya itu untuk mengadakan perbincangan. Namun, katanya, dia kesal kerana ibu pelajar itu hanya mengakui anaknya memang nakal, tetapi enggan bertemu. "Selain itu, saya memberitahu pihak sekolah dan meminta mengatur pertemuan dengan keluarga pelajar terbabit, namun mereka seolah-olah mengelak," katanya. Mangsa yang tidak puas hati kemudian membuat laporan di Balai Polis Ampang.
Kata Pengetua: Perkara begini boleh berlaku dalam kelas. Sebagai guru, tanggungjawab berjaga-jaga kita ialah untuk sering mengingatkan pelajar. Kisah sebenar begini boleh menjadi contoh teladan - bila kes masuk mahkamah, ianya boleh melibatkan ganti rugi. Sering, ganti rugi diminta adalah tinggi.-- Terima kasih.HJ RAMBLI ZAINUDIN
the teacher is the school teacher
NST: 2008/10/05
PAST PRESENT: 'The teacher is the school and the school the teacher' - R.P.S. Walker (ex-principal KE VII School)By : A. Kathirasen ASK any teacher what pleases him or her most and almost invariably the answer would be: to see my students succeed. Understandable, as they can take pride in having had a hand, however small, in that success.
Experience has taught me that what pleases them equally, if not more, is being appreciated. It is a warm, heavenly feeling, and I know it.Some 20 years ago, I was walking along Lebuh Pitt in Penang when I heard someone call out, "Sir". I spun around and saw a young man in police uniform smiling broadly. Seeing the quizzical look on my face as he vigorously shook my hand, he asked: "Can't remember me ah, Sir?" I shook my head. "You taught me English at the free tuition classes conducted by a youth organisation at the YMHA school in Taiping. Thank you, Sir, I learned a lot from you," he said.
And those words, I tell you, were worth the hours and effort I had spent with those Form 3 and Form 5 students from poor families. Money cannot buy that feeling.Since then, over the years, I have met some students whom I had taught in similar free tuition classes in Prai and Glugor, Penang. I still remember the way I was "recruited" to teach pupils in Glugor in the early eighties by Kalidas, who now stays in Seberang Jaya, Penang. Kalidas was an office boy at the Moh Gee Chinese primary school in Jelutong. Although he earned little, his heart was bigger than that of many who earned thousands. And that is what attracted me to him. He had undertaken it upon himself to run free tuition classes for poor pupils of all races. One day, he invited me to visit his classes and then asked if I could help teach. There was no way I could refuse a request from someone who, instead of spending the time and energy earning extra money for his family, was helping give poor children a lift in life. Kalidas, for me, is a symbol of dedication. Untrained, yes. But all heart. He had passion, which, we are now increasingly being told, is sorely lacking in today's crop of teachers. The general sentiment is that most teachers lack dedication and that this is so, in large part, due to an uninspiring education system and an insipid bureaucracy.I have been lucky to have had some excellent teachers at King Edward VII School, both primary and secondary. To say that they taught me would not do justice to their passion. They did what a teacher should rightly do: they inspired a desire for learning. This is where, I think, most of today's educators fail. Of course, the school curriculum in those days was more wholesome.I am a journalist today largely because of two of my teachers, Ms Leow Kam Fong and Ms Raja Mahtra Kamaralzaman, who inspired me to continuously read and learn; recognising something in me or my writing, they urged me to consider journalism as a career. I will always be grateful to them. Raja Mahtra has passed on and Ms Leow is in Australia.Carl Jung said it well: "One looks back with appreciation to the brilliant teachers, but with gratitude to those who touched our human feelings."Earlier this year, at the suggestion of my friend Kah Huat, I travelled down to Taiping to meet two of my former teachers, Mr Lim Eng Keat and Mr Francis Ho. Mr Lim taught me Science for several years while Mr Ho taught me Economics in Form Six. I had not seen them since I left school and it was such a joy, sitting there at the Chinese Recreation Club, sipping tea and sharing stories. I have also had the good fortune of meeting up with Haji Razak Osman, my former art teacher, early this year. The years have not robbed him of his jollity nor his wit. Two weeks ago, I joined him as he broke fast for Ramadan. It was a warm feeling.We can only gain by making our teachers, especially those who have had an impact on us, feel appreciated. And today is a good day to show appreciation for our teachers, because it is World Teachers Day. Go ahead, phone your teacher.
PAST PRESENT: 'The teacher is the school and the school the teacher' - R.P.S. Walker (ex-principal KE VII School)By : A. Kathirasen ASK any teacher what pleases him or her most and almost invariably the answer would be: to see my students succeed. Understandable, as they can take pride in having had a hand, however small, in that success.
Experience has taught me that what pleases them equally, if not more, is being appreciated. It is a warm, heavenly feeling, and I know it.Some 20 years ago, I was walking along Lebuh Pitt in Penang when I heard someone call out, "Sir". I spun around and saw a young man in police uniform smiling broadly. Seeing the quizzical look on my face as he vigorously shook my hand, he asked: "Can't remember me ah, Sir?" I shook my head. "You taught me English at the free tuition classes conducted by a youth organisation at the YMHA school in Taiping. Thank you, Sir, I learned a lot from you," he said.
And those words, I tell you, were worth the hours and effort I had spent with those Form 3 and Form 5 students from poor families. Money cannot buy that feeling.Since then, over the years, I have met some students whom I had taught in similar free tuition classes in Prai and Glugor, Penang. I still remember the way I was "recruited" to teach pupils in Glugor in the early eighties by Kalidas, who now stays in Seberang Jaya, Penang. Kalidas was an office boy at the Moh Gee Chinese primary school in Jelutong. Although he earned little, his heart was bigger than that of many who earned thousands. And that is what attracted me to him. He had undertaken it upon himself to run free tuition classes for poor pupils of all races. One day, he invited me to visit his classes and then asked if I could help teach. There was no way I could refuse a request from someone who, instead of spending the time and energy earning extra money for his family, was helping give poor children a lift in life. Kalidas, for me, is a symbol of dedication. Untrained, yes. But all heart. He had passion, which, we are now increasingly being told, is sorely lacking in today's crop of teachers. The general sentiment is that most teachers lack dedication and that this is so, in large part, due to an uninspiring education system and an insipid bureaucracy.I have been lucky to have had some excellent teachers at King Edward VII School, both primary and secondary. To say that they taught me would not do justice to their passion. They did what a teacher should rightly do: they inspired a desire for learning. This is where, I think, most of today's educators fail. Of course, the school curriculum in those days was more wholesome.I am a journalist today largely because of two of my teachers, Ms Leow Kam Fong and Ms Raja Mahtra Kamaralzaman, who inspired me to continuously read and learn; recognising something in me or my writing, they urged me to consider journalism as a career. I will always be grateful to them. Raja Mahtra has passed on and Ms Leow is in Australia.Carl Jung said it well: "One looks back with appreciation to the brilliant teachers, but with gratitude to those who touched our human feelings."Earlier this year, at the suggestion of my friend Kah Huat, I travelled down to Taiping to meet two of my former teachers, Mr Lim Eng Keat and Mr Francis Ho. Mr Lim taught me Science for several years while Mr Ho taught me Economics in Form Six. I had not seen them since I left school and it was such a joy, sitting there at the Chinese Recreation Club, sipping tea and sharing stories. I have also had the good fortune of meeting up with Haji Razak Osman, my former art teacher, early this year. The years have not robbed him of his jollity nor his wit. Two weeks ago, I joined him as he broke fast for Ramadan. It was a warm feeling.We can only gain by making our teachers, especially those who have had an impact on us, feel appreciated. And today is a good day to show appreciation for our teachers, because it is World Teachers Day. Go ahead, phone your teacher.
Thursday, October 16, 2008
guru wanita dakwa ditendang pelajar perempuan-berita harian
Guru wanita dakwa ditendang pelajar perempuan
KANGAR: Seorang guru wanita mendakwa ditendang di perut oleh seorang pelajar perempuan Tingkatan Dua ketika dia sedang mengajar di sekolahnya di sini, hari ini. Azhana Ibrahim berkata, beliau diserang pelajar itu kira-kira jam 10 pagi berikutan tindakannya cuba mendapatkan penjelasan daripada pelajar itu tentang perkataan 'gila babi' yang tertulis di belakang satu folio yang diarahkannya. Pelajar itu bersama seorang lagi pelajar perempuan yang menemui guru itu memanggil rakan mereka selepas berlaku pertengkaran dengan guru itu.
Ketika semakin ramai rakan pelajar itu datang, guru berkenaan ditendang sebelum lari menyelamatkan diri. Guru itu kemudiannya membuat laporan polis di balai polis Kangar selepas waktu persekolahan pada tengah hari kerana bimbang diancam pelajar itu. Beliau yang sudah lima tahun berkhidmat sebagai guru berkata, insiden itu adalah yang pertama ditempuhinya sepanjang perkhidmatannya.
Ketua Polis Daerah Kangar, Superintendan Yusof Mohd Diah mengesahkan menerima laporan kejadian berkenaan dan kes disiasat mengikut Seksyen 323 Kanun Keseksaan. Sekolah itu mendapat perhatian ramai baru-baru ini apabila beberapa pelajar Islamnya terbabit mengiringi perarakan berhala sempena perayaan tokong sayur Buddha, di sini. - Bernama
KANGAR: Seorang guru wanita mendakwa ditendang di perut oleh seorang pelajar perempuan Tingkatan Dua ketika dia sedang mengajar di sekolahnya di sini, hari ini. Azhana Ibrahim berkata, beliau diserang pelajar itu kira-kira jam 10 pagi berikutan tindakannya cuba mendapatkan penjelasan daripada pelajar itu tentang perkataan 'gila babi' yang tertulis di belakang satu folio yang diarahkannya. Pelajar itu bersama seorang lagi pelajar perempuan yang menemui guru itu memanggil rakan mereka selepas berlaku pertengkaran dengan guru itu.
Ketika semakin ramai rakan pelajar itu datang, guru berkenaan ditendang sebelum lari menyelamatkan diri. Guru itu kemudiannya membuat laporan polis di balai polis Kangar selepas waktu persekolahan pada tengah hari kerana bimbang diancam pelajar itu. Beliau yang sudah lima tahun berkhidmat sebagai guru berkata, insiden itu adalah yang pertama ditempuhinya sepanjang perkhidmatannya.
Ketua Polis Daerah Kangar, Superintendan Yusof Mohd Diah mengesahkan menerima laporan kejadian berkenaan dan kes disiasat mengikut Seksyen 323 Kanun Keseksaan. Sekolah itu mendapat perhatian ramai baru-baru ini apabila beberapa pelajar Islamnya terbabit mengiringi perarakan berhala sempena perayaan tokong sayur Buddha, di sini. - Bernama
Saturday, September 13, 2008
Matematik, Sains disyor dalam bahasa Malaysia
Oleh Mohamed Farid Noh mfarid@bharian.com.my
KUALA LUMPUR: Sebanyak 38 pertubuhan bukan kerajaan (NGO) mendesak kerajaan melaksanakan semula pengajaran subjek Sains dan Matematik serta subjek lain dalam bahasa Malaysia kecuali bagi subjek bahasa pilihan. Ini berikutan kegagalan 146,000 murid sekolah negara ini memahami aspek asas subjek Sains dan Matematik yang diajar menerusi sistem Pengajaran dan Pembelajaran Sains dan Matematik Dalam Bahasa Inggeris (PPSMI). Ahli Jawatankuasa Kerja Gabungan Persatuan Penulis Nasional Malaysia (Gapena), Prof Datuk Dr Zainal Kling, berkata laporan keputusan peperiksaan serta kajian yang dibuat beberapa pihak mendapati 30 peratus murid sekolah ternyata gagal memahami langsung subjek Sains dan Matematik yang diajar menerusi sistem PPSMI.
"Tahun lalu saja, 146,000 atau 30 peratus murid yang mengambil peperiksaan awam menjadi mangsa PPSMI apabila mencatat gred D dan E bagi subjek Sains dan Matematik. Kebanyakan mereka gagal memahami aspek paling asas subjek berkenaan dan ini menjadi beban kepada mereka sehingga ke sekolah menegah. "Satu memorandum akan dihantar kepada Kementerian Pelajaran minggu depan mengenai resolusi yang dicapai pada persidangan ini," katanya selepas persidangan meja bulat NGO berkenaan.
Sebelum ini, beberapa pihak turut menggesa kerajaan mengembalikan semula penggunaan bahasa Melayu bagi menggantikan PPSMI yang dilaksanakan sejak 2003, jika ia gagal mencapai matlamat. Zainal berkata, jika kerajaan tidak memandang serius perkara ini, ia akan mengakibatkan jurang lebih ketara antara masyarakat bandar serta luar bandar.
KUALA LUMPUR: Sebanyak 38 pertubuhan bukan kerajaan (NGO) mendesak kerajaan melaksanakan semula pengajaran subjek Sains dan Matematik serta subjek lain dalam bahasa Malaysia kecuali bagi subjek bahasa pilihan. Ini berikutan kegagalan 146,000 murid sekolah negara ini memahami aspek asas subjek Sains dan Matematik yang diajar menerusi sistem Pengajaran dan Pembelajaran Sains dan Matematik Dalam Bahasa Inggeris (PPSMI). Ahli Jawatankuasa Kerja Gabungan Persatuan Penulis Nasional Malaysia (Gapena), Prof Datuk Dr Zainal Kling, berkata laporan keputusan peperiksaan serta kajian yang dibuat beberapa pihak mendapati 30 peratus murid sekolah ternyata gagal memahami langsung subjek Sains dan Matematik yang diajar menerusi sistem PPSMI.
"Tahun lalu saja, 146,000 atau 30 peratus murid yang mengambil peperiksaan awam menjadi mangsa PPSMI apabila mencatat gred D dan E bagi subjek Sains dan Matematik. Kebanyakan mereka gagal memahami aspek paling asas subjek berkenaan dan ini menjadi beban kepada mereka sehingga ke sekolah menegah. "Satu memorandum akan dihantar kepada Kementerian Pelajaran minggu depan mengenai resolusi yang dicapai pada persidangan ini," katanya selepas persidangan meja bulat NGO berkenaan.
Sebelum ini, beberapa pihak turut menggesa kerajaan mengembalikan semula penggunaan bahasa Melayu bagi menggantikan PPSMI yang dilaksanakan sejak 2003, jika ia gagal mencapai matlamat. Zainal berkata, jika kerajaan tidak memandang serius perkara ini, ia akan mengakibatkan jurang lebih ketara antara masyarakat bandar serta luar bandar.
FALSAFAH PENDIDIKAN GURU
Guru yang bepekerti mulia,
berpandangan progresif dan saintifik,
bersedia menjunjung aspirasi negara serta menyanjung warisan kebudayaan negara,
menjamin pembangunan individu dan memelihara suatu masyarakat yang bersatu padu,demokratik,
progresif dan berdisiplin.
berpandangan progresif dan saintifik,
bersedia menjunjung aspirasi negara serta menyanjung warisan kebudayaan negara,
menjamin pembangunan individu dan memelihara suatu masyarakat yang bersatu padu,demokratik,
progresif dan berdisiplin.
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
amalan mandi malam
MELAKA - Amalan mandi malam boleh menyebabkan lumpuh!
Mungkin ramai yang tidak mempercayainya dan menganggap ia hanya mitos.
Namun bagi Umar Abdul Rahman, 62, amalan mandi malam dipercayai telah menyebabkan isterinya, Asnah Yaman, 60, lumpuh seluruh badan sejak empat bulan lalu.
Menurutnya, isteri beliau mula mengamalkan mandi malam iaitu antara pukul 8 dan 9 malam setiap hari sejak enam tahun lalu.
"Saya pernah menasihatkan isteri agar tidak mandi malam kerana pernah terdengar petua orang tua bahawa mandi malam tidak elok untuk kesihatan," katanya ketika ditemui di rumahnya di Bukit Lintang di sini semalam.
Umar memberitahu, nasihatnya itu tidak diendahkan oleh isterinya itu dan beliau (isteri) terus mengamalkan mandi malam setiap hari.
"Kira-kira empat bulan lepas, secara tiba-tiba isteri saya mengadu badannya rasa lemah dan hanya berbaring di katil saja.
"Namun setelah dua hari, keadaan isteri saya masih tidak berubah lalu saya membawanya ke hospital dan disahkan lumpuh," kata pesara tentera itu.
Beliau memberitahu, setelah isterinya lumpuh, beliau semakin yakin bahawa petua itu memang ada kebenarannya dan amalan mandi malam memang boleh mengundang pelbagai penyakit.
Ujarnya, selain boleh menyebabkan lumpuh, beliau juga percaya amalan mandi malam boleh menyebabkan seseorang itu tidak subur.
"Kepada yang suka mandi malam, saya nasihatkan agar tinggalkan amalan itu sebelum terlambat," katanya.
Mungkin ramai yang tidak mempercayainya dan menganggap ia hanya mitos.
Namun bagi Umar Abdul Rahman, 62, amalan mandi malam dipercayai telah menyebabkan isterinya, Asnah Yaman, 60, lumpuh seluruh badan sejak empat bulan lalu.
Menurutnya, isteri beliau mula mengamalkan mandi malam iaitu antara pukul 8 dan 9 malam setiap hari sejak enam tahun lalu.
"Saya pernah menasihatkan isteri agar tidak mandi malam kerana pernah terdengar petua orang tua bahawa mandi malam tidak elok untuk kesihatan," katanya ketika ditemui di rumahnya di Bukit Lintang di sini semalam.
Umar memberitahu, nasihatnya itu tidak diendahkan oleh isterinya itu dan beliau (isteri) terus mengamalkan mandi malam setiap hari.
"Kira-kira empat bulan lepas, secara tiba-tiba isteri saya mengadu badannya rasa lemah dan hanya berbaring di katil saja.
"Namun setelah dua hari, keadaan isteri saya masih tidak berubah lalu saya membawanya ke hospital dan disahkan lumpuh," kata pesara tentera itu.
Beliau memberitahu, setelah isterinya lumpuh, beliau semakin yakin bahawa petua itu memang ada kebenarannya dan amalan mandi malam memang boleh mengundang pelbagai penyakit.
Ujarnya, selain boleh menyebabkan lumpuh, beliau juga percaya amalan mandi malam boleh menyebabkan seseorang itu tidak subur.
"Kepada yang suka mandi malam, saya nasihatkan agar tinggalkan amalan itu sebelum terlambat," katanya.
Monday, September 8, 2008
TEACHING OF MATHS AND SCIENCE IN ENGLISH:Study reveals policy's flaws
By : Elizabeth John and Aniza Damis
nst ONLINE
TANJUNG MALIM: Five years after schools began teaching Mathematics and Science in English, tests on thousands of students have revealed poor scores in these subjects.
The tests and surveys, part of a study of that policy, have also shown that the majority of students still find it hard to follow Mathematics and Science lessons in English.
Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris (UPSI) put over 3,000 Year Five pupils and about 2,800 Form Two students around the country through short Mathematics, Science and English language tests between February last year and January.
The schoolchildren were from a mix of urban, rural and vernacular schools in Peninsular Malaysia.
The tests were made up of modified past-year examination questions. Some were taken straight out of textbooks.
Some 1,700 Year Five pupils tested this January had a mean score of 7.89 out of a maximum 20 for Mathematics.
The results were not much better for Science: a mean of 4.08 out of 14. English proficiency was not good either: a mean of 11.87 out of 31.
The mean scores of Malay and Orang Asli pupils were also much lower than those of the Chinese and Indians, said study leader Professor Emeritus Datuk Isahak Haron.
Isahak has called the policy a failure, particularly in terms of its impact on Malay students in national schools (Sekolah Kebangsaan), and is asking for a return to the teaching of Mathematics and Science in Bahasa Malaysia.
In the survey, many Year Five pupils told researchers they found it hard to learn Mathematics and Science in English, saying they did not understand the lessons.
In one sample, less than a fifth of the Year Five Malay students surveyed considered it easy to learn Science in English and only about a third thought it was easy to learn Mathematics in English.
When a sample of 1,300 Malay students were asked how well they understood the Mathematics and Science lessons when it was taught in English, over 60 per cent said they only understood the lessons "sometimes".
The policy had even failed in its aim of improving the pupils' command of English, said Isahak, a lecturer at the Faculty of Cognitive Science and Human Development.
Students struggled to correctly complete even simple sentences, he said, citing the following sentence in a passage taken out of a school textbook: "He ..... to bed" (The answer is "went".)
An average of 14 per cent and 19 per cent (two different groups) got the answer right.
Even the highest score according to racial breakdown -- 41 per cent of Chinese students in one group answered correctly -- did not speak well of the policy's aim of improving English.
Isahak suggested that it would do more good to allocate more time, staff and money to the teaching of English at the primary school level.
He urged a change in how the language was taught in schools. He said the standardised syllabus should be scrapped in favour of lessons tailored to suit the abilities of different students.
The UPSI study also incorporated findings from other surveys of secondary school students that pointed to similar problems.
Shortly after the policy was implemented in 2003, Associate Professor Hashima Jalaluddin of Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia interviewed 43 teachers and 971 Form One students from six schools in the central and southern states of Peninsular Malaysia .
Most of the teachers said students had problems following Mathematics and Science lessons in English, while 70 per cent of the students said they would be more interested if the two subjects were taught in Bahasa Malaysia.
Only a quarter said they had no problem following the lessons in English.
In 2004, Zainuddin Bikum surveyed 229 students in two schools in Kuala Kubu Baru, Selangor, for his dissertation at UPSI and found that more than half of the group was facing difficulties.
Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia's Professor Juriah Long found that about half the students in both urban and rural schools were worried because they found it difficult to follow Mathematics and Science in English. This was one of the results of her 2005 survey of over 7,000 Form Two students nationwide.
Her study, which also looked at the location of schools and the socio-economic background of students, found the concern was greater among Malay students, those in rural schools, and poor students.
Isahak said Malay students in national schools, mostly in rural areas and from lower socio-economic backgrounds, had lost out the most as a result of the decision to teach Maths and Science in English.
The ones who gained from the policy were a small percentage of Malay students from upper middle class families who went to good schools, he said.
However, UPSI's own test results showed Year Five Malay students from rural schools scored highest in nine out of 10 Maths questions and two out of seven Science questions compared with Malay students in big town and city schools.
Meanwhile, Malay students in city schools consistently fared the lowest.
Isahak believes the difference in the percentages is marginal and because there are more Malay students in rural areas, it is these students who will be most affected.
nst ONLINE
TANJUNG MALIM: Five years after schools began teaching Mathematics and Science in English, tests on thousands of students have revealed poor scores in these subjects.
The tests and surveys, part of a study of that policy, have also shown that the majority of students still find it hard to follow Mathematics and Science lessons in English.
Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris (UPSI) put over 3,000 Year Five pupils and about 2,800 Form Two students around the country through short Mathematics, Science and English language tests between February last year and January.
The schoolchildren were from a mix of urban, rural and vernacular schools in Peninsular Malaysia.
The tests were made up of modified past-year examination questions. Some were taken straight out of textbooks.
Some 1,700 Year Five pupils tested this January had a mean score of 7.89 out of a maximum 20 for Mathematics.
The results were not much better for Science: a mean of 4.08 out of 14. English proficiency was not good either: a mean of 11.87 out of 31.
The mean scores of Malay and Orang Asli pupils were also much lower than those of the Chinese and Indians, said study leader Professor Emeritus Datuk Isahak Haron.
Isahak has called the policy a failure, particularly in terms of its impact on Malay students in national schools (Sekolah Kebangsaan), and is asking for a return to the teaching of Mathematics and Science in Bahasa Malaysia.
In the survey, many Year Five pupils told researchers they found it hard to learn Mathematics and Science in English, saying they did not understand the lessons.
In one sample, less than a fifth of the Year Five Malay students surveyed considered it easy to learn Science in English and only about a third thought it was easy to learn Mathematics in English.
When a sample of 1,300 Malay students were asked how well they understood the Mathematics and Science lessons when it was taught in English, over 60 per cent said they only understood the lessons "sometimes".
The policy had even failed in its aim of improving the pupils' command of English, said Isahak, a lecturer at the Faculty of Cognitive Science and Human Development.
Students struggled to correctly complete even simple sentences, he said, citing the following sentence in a passage taken out of a school textbook: "He ..... to bed" (The answer is "went".)
An average of 14 per cent and 19 per cent (two different groups) got the answer right.
Even the highest score according to racial breakdown -- 41 per cent of Chinese students in one group answered correctly -- did not speak well of the policy's aim of improving English.
Isahak suggested that it would do more good to allocate more time, staff and money to the teaching of English at the primary school level.
He urged a change in how the language was taught in schools. He said the standardised syllabus should be scrapped in favour of lessons tailored to suit the abilities of different students.
The UPSI study also incorporated findings from other surveys of secondary school students that pointed to similar problems.
Shortly after the policy was implemented in 2003, Associate Professor Hashima Jalaluddin of Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia interviewed 43 teachers and 971 Form One students from six schools in the central and southern states of Peninsular Malaysia .
Most of the teachers said students had problems following Mathematics and Science lessons in English, while 70 per cent of the students said they would be more interested if the two subjects were taught in Bahasa Malaysia.
Only a quarter said they had no problem following the lessons in English.
In 2004, Zainuddin Bikum surveyed 229 students in two schools in Kuala Kubu Baru, Selangor, for his dissertation at UPSI and found that more than half of the group was facing difficulties.
Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia's Professor Juriah Long found that about half the students in both urban and rural schools were worried because they found it difficult to follow Mathematics and Science in English. This was one of the results of her 2005 survey of over 7,000 Form Two students nationwide.
Her study, which also looked at the location of schools and the socio-economic background of students, found the concern was greater among Malay students, those in rural schools, and poor students.
Isahak said Malay students in national schools, mostly in rural areas and from lower socio-economic backgrounds, had lost out the most as a result of the decision to teach Maths and Science in English.
The ones who gained from the policy were a small percentage of Malay students from upper middle class families who went to good schools, he said.
However, UPSI's own test results showed Year Five Malay students from rural schools scored highest in nine out of 10 Maths questions and two out of seven Science questions compared with Malay students in big town and city schools.
Meanwhile, Malay students in city schools consistently fared the lowest.
Isahak believes the difference in the percentages is marginal and because there are more Malay students in rural areas, it is these students who will be most affected.
Pupil beaten up over missing handphone
From New Straits time Online.
IPOH: A 13-year-old student was allegedly punched and kicked by his teacher who had accused him of stealing his handphone.
The student's father, S. Arrumugam, 48, has lodged a police report at the Sungai Siput police station on Friday, claiming his son was "violently" beaten up.He also claimed that the school's assistant principal and discipline teacher had failed to stop the teacher from beating his son, Rasokumar.Speaking here yesterday, Arrumugam said his son had complained of body aches and headache after he returned from school on Friday.Rasokumar, a Form One student at SMK Methodist in Sungai Siput, had told him that he was hit on the head, kicked in the legs and punched in the face and ears several times by his teacher.
"According to my son, the teacher had forced him to confess that he had stolen the handphone before punching and kicking him."There are procedures to be followed before any punishment is meted out. This teacher crossed the line when he assaulted my son," said the factory supervisor.He said if the teacher had suspected his son of stealing the handphone, he should have referred the matter to the principal."Instead, he took matters into his own hands. "This is a violation of the school's disciplinary code."Sungai Siput district police chief Supt Azman Salim said police were investigating the matter.
IPOH: A 13-year-old student was allegedly punched and kicked by his teacher who had accused him of stealing his handphone.
The student's father, S. Arrumugam, 48, has lodged a police report at the Sungai Siput police station on Friday, claiming his son was "violently" beaten up.He also claimed that the school's assistant principal and discipline teacher had failed to stop the teacher from beating his son, Rasokumar.Speaking here yesterday, Arrumugam said his son had complained of body aches and headache after he returned from school on Friday.Rasokumar, a Form One student at SMK Methodist in Sungai Siput, had told him that he was hit on the head, kicked in the legs and punched in the face and ears several times by his teacher.
"According to my son, the teacher had forced him to confess that he had stolen the handphone before punching and kicking him."There are procedures to be followed before any punishment is meted out. This teacher crossed the line when he assaulted my son," said the factory supervisor.He said if the teacher had suspected his son of stealing the handphone, he should have referred the matter to the principal."Instead, he took matters into his own hands. "This is a violation of the school's disciplinary code."Sungai Siput district police chief Supt Azman Salim said police were investigating the matter.
Explore practices in teaching and learning
By Eve Sonary Heng
Research will enhance teachers’ development: Director
KUCHING: Every educator needs to know how to do research as there are many situations and phenomena in relation to pedagogy that need to be explored further.
Research not only improves one’s knowledge but also opens up the mind and improves the ability to produce pedagogical innovation, said the director of Batu Lintang Teacher Training Institute, Abdillah Adam, when opening a seminar called ‘Research Culture as Prime Mover of Pedagogical Innovation’ held at Tun Ahmad Zaidi Adruce Auditorium recently.
He stressed that research and pedagogical innovation were important practices that promoted teachers’ professional development.
Both activities played important roles in assisting mankind generally and educators specifically to seek meaning and truth of world phenomena.
“This would eventually assist educators overcome issues, especially pedagogical ones, professionally.
“Those who have been doing research continuously are only able to look at problems or issues that arise due to the ability of researchers to conclude and give in-depth opinions based on evidence and facts. They are also said to be pioneers to other researchers in exploring particular fields,” he said.
The objectives of the one-day seminar were to demonstrate how research activities and pedagogical innovation are implemented in teaching and learning situation; provide a suitable platform for researchers and educators to share, disseminate and obtain feedback on the pedagogical innovation or product produced based on research; build supporting network and strengthen the spirit of educators as researchers in the attempt to cultivate research culture among educators in order to be prime movers of pedagogical innovation.
Eight papers produced by 10 educational researchers and experts in the field of Science (primary education), Special Education, English, Music, Mathematics, Economics and Chemistry were presented in the seminar.
The presenters also demonstrated the pedagogical innovation aspect of their papers in line with this years’ theme.
A total of 180 participants - educators from Sarawak and Sabah teachers training institutes and teachers from secondary and primary schools in Kuching Division - attended the seminar.
Research will enhance teachers’ development: Director
KUCHING: Every educator needs to know how to do research as there are many situations and phenomena in relation to pedagogy that need to be explored further.
Research not only improves one’s knowledge but also opens up the mind and improves the ability to produce pedagogical innovation, said the director of Batu Lintang Teacher Training Institute, Abdillah Adam, when opening a seminar called ‘Research Culture as Prime Mover of Pedagogical Innovation’ held at Tun Ahmad Zaidi Adruce Auditorium recently.
He stressed that research and pedagogical innovation were important practices that promoted teachers’ professional development.
Both activities played important roles in assisting mankind generally and educators specifically to seek meaning and truth of world phenomena.
“This would eventually assist educators overcome issues, especially pedagogical ones, professionally.
“Those who have been doing research continuously are only able to look at problems or issues that arise due to the ability of researchers to conclude and give in-depth opinions based on evidence and facts. They are also said to be pioneers to other researchers in exploring particular fields,” he said.
The objectives of the one-day seminar were to demonstrate how research activities and pedagogical innovation are implemented in teaching and learning situation; provide a suitable platform for researchers and educators to share, disseminate and obtain feedback on the pedagogical innovation or product produced based on research; build supporting network and strengthen the spirit of educators as researchers in the attempt to cultivate research culture among educators in order to be prime movers of pedagogical innovation.
Eight papers produced by 10 educational researchers and experts in the field of Science (primary education), Special Education, English, Music, Mathematics, Economics and Chemistry were presented in the seminar.
The presenters also demonstrated the pedagogical innovation aspect of their papers in line with this years’ theme.
A total of 180 participants - educators from Sarawak and Sabah teachers training institutes and teachers from secondary and primary schools in Kuching Division - attended the seminar.
Prasekolah di sekolah rendah
Oleh Lucia John
Kerajaan sasar di setiap sekolah rendah menjelang 2010
KUCHING: Kerajaan mensasarkan setiap sekolah rendah diperuntuk dengan sebuah kelas tadika menjelang 2010, bagi memastikan lebih ramai kanak-kanak berpeluang mendapat pendidikan awal prasekolah.
Menteri Muda di Pejabat Ketua Menteri (Sumber Ma-nusia dan Latihan) Datin Fatimah Abdullah berkata Kementerian Pelajaran bertekad melaksanakan perkara ber-kenaan bagi mengelak lebih ramai kanak-kanak tercicir daripada mendapat pendidi-kan awal prasekolah.
“Usaha ini akan tertumpu kepada kanak-kanak di luar bandar, yang lebih berpotensi tidak mendapat pendidikan awal,” katanya ketika ditemui selepas merasmikan Hari Keluarga Creative Kids 2008 di Stampark BDC, semalam.
Fatimah berkata menerusi langkah itu, kerajaan berharap dapat merapatkan jurang pendidikan antara kanak-kanak di luar bandar dan bandar.
“Bagi kita di bandar, senario adalah jauh berbeza dengan mereka di luar bandar memandangkan masih ramai kanak-kanak yang belum pandai berdikari, menyusu dan sebagainya apabila mencecah usia lima hingga enam tahun.
“Keadaan ini tidak sepatutnya berlaku jika mereka layak memasuki tadika dan oleh itu kita mensasarkan agar tahun 2010 menjadi nafas baru untuk semua,” ujarnya.
Terdahulu, beliau mahu setiap Taman Asuhan Kanak-kanak (Taska) didaftarkan dengan jabatan kebajikan masyarakat secepat mungkin bagi menjamin kualiti serta keselamatannya.
“Saya percaya di negeri ini terdapat masih banyak taska yang belum didaftarkan memandangkan ia mengambil masa yang cukup panjang untuk pihak-pihak tertentu mendapat pengesahan,” katanya yang juga Menteri Muda di Pejabat Ketua Menteri (Ekonomi Rumah Tangga dan Latihan).
Selain itu, ibu bapa juga dinasihatkan agar sentiasa memastikan setiap taska mendapat pengiktirafan se-patutnya daripada pihak-pihak tertentu agar tidak timbul sebarang kerumitan selepas itu.
“Ibu bapa yang dipertanggungjawabkan memberi pendidikan awal kepada kanak-kanak harus memilih taska berdasarkan kelayakannya sama ada ia sudah didaftar ataupun sebaliknya, bukan semata-mata kerana bayaran bulan, lokasi serta kualitinya.
“Perkara ini amat dititikberatkan kerana kita tidak mahu orang ramai mengalami kerugian begitu sahaja,” katanya kepada pemberita.
Kira-kira 118 buah taska telah dikenal pasti di seluruh negeri dan sebilangan besar adalah di Kuching iaitu sebanyak 87 buah.
Kerajaan sasar di setiap sekolah rendah menjelang 2010
KUCHING: Kerajaan mensasarkan setiap sekolah rendah diperuntuk dengan sebuah kelas tadika menjelang 2010, bagi memastikan lebih ramai kanak-kanak berpeluang mendapat pendidikan awal prasekolah.
Menteri Muda di Pejabat Ketua Menteri (Sumber Ma-nusia dan Latihan) Datin Fatimah Abdullah berkata Kementerian Pelajaran bertekad melaksanakan perkara ber-kenaan bagi mengelak lebih ramai kanak-kanak tercicir daripada mendapat pendidi-kan awal prasekolah.
“Usaha ini akan tertumpu kepada kanak-kanak di luar bandar, yang lebih berpotensi tidak mendapat pendidikan awal,” katanya ketika ditemui selepas merasmikan Hari Keluarga Creative Kids 2008 di Stampark BDC, semalam.
Fatimah berkata menerusi langkah itu, kerajaan berharap dapat merapatkan jurang pendidikan antara kanak-kanak di luar bandar dan bandar.
“Bagi kita di bandar, senario adalah jauh berbeza dengan mereka di luar bandar memandangkan masih ramai kanak-kanak yang belum pandai berdikari, menyusu dan sebagainya apabila mencecah usia lima hingga enam tahun.
“Keadaan ini tidak sepatutnya berlaku jika mereka layak memasuki tadika dan oleh itu kita mensasarkan agar tahun 2010 menjadi nafas baru untuk semua,” ujarnya.
Terdahulu, beliau mahu setiap Taman Asuhan Kanak-kanak (Taska) didaftarkan dengan jabatan kebajikan masyarakat secepat mungkin bagi menjamin kualiti serta keselamatannya.
“Saya percaya di negeri ini terdapat masih banyak taska yang belum didaftarkan memandangkan ia mengambil masa yang cukup panjang untuk pihak-pihak tertentu mendapat pengesahan,” katanya yang juga Menteri Muda di Pejabat Ketua Menteri (Ekonomi Rumah Tangga dan Latihan).
Selain itu, ibu bapa juga dinasihatkan agar sentiasa memastikan setiap taska mendapat pengiktirafan se-patutnya daripada pihak-pihak tertentu agar tidak timbul sebarang kerumitan selepas itu.
“Ibu bapa yang dipertanggungjawabkan memberi pendidikan awal kepada kanak-kanak harus memilih taska berdasarkan kelayakannya sama ada ia sudah didaftar ataupun sebaliknya, bukan semata-mata kerana bayaran bulan, lokasi serta kualitinya.
“Perkara ini amat dititikberatkan kerana kita tidak mahu orang ramai mengalami kerugian begitu sahaja,” katanya kepada pemberita.
Kira-kira 118 buah taska telah dikenal pasti di seluruh negeri dan sebilangan besar adalah di Kuching iaitu sebanyak 87 buah.
Sunday, September 7, 2008
Atasi 'diskriminasi' guru lulusan IPTA
SERDANG 29 Julai - Kerajaan akan berusaha mengatasi masalah 'diskriminasi' yang dialami guru lepasan institusi pengajian tinggi awam (IPTA) yang dibebankan dengan pelbagai syarat ketat sebelum dibenarkan mengajar di sekolah.
Menteri Pengajian Tinggi, Datuk Seri Mohamed Khaled Nordin berkata, antara syarat itu ialah mesti lulus dengan purata gred kumulatif (CGPA) minimum 2.75 sebelum layak mengambil ujian dan ditemuduga untuk jawatan guru.
"Syarat ini yang ditetapkan oleh Kementerian Pelajaran perlu dikaji semula memandangkan guru-guru lepasan Institut Pendidikan Guru (IPG) tidak perlu mematuhinya sebaliknya terus di tempatkan di sekolah.
"Perkara ini seolah-olah menafikan pendidikan dan latihan yang diberikan pensyarah di IPTA dan mengurangkan minat graduan untuk menjadi guru," katanya dalam ucapan perasmian Program Sekolah Kluster-Universiti dan Seminar Permuafakatan Kementerian Pengajian Tinggi dan Kementerian Pelajaran Tahun 2008 di sini hari ini.
Teks ucapan beliau dibacakan oleh Timbalannya, Datuk Idris Haron.
IPG kini melatih guru untuk peringkat prasekolah dan sekolah rendah manakala IPTA memberikan fokus untuk melahirkan tenaga pengajar di sekolah menengah, kolej matrikulasi, kolej komuniti dan politeknik.
KualitiMohamed Khaled yang berharap masalah itu diselesaikan menerusi seminar permuafakatan itu berkata, isu lain yang perlu diatasi ialah berkaitan sebilangan kecil pelajar perguruan di IPTA yang mendapat pembiayaan Kementerian Pelajaran berbanding pelajar di IPG yang semuanya diberikan pembiayaan.
"Kualiti pelajar yang memohon program perguruan juga perlu dilihat semula oleh kedua-dua kementerian kerana berlaku ketidakseragaman syarat asas kemasukan.
"Syarat kemasukan di IPG ialah Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) manakala ke IPTA pula Sijil Tinggi Persekolahan Malaysia (STPM) atau matrikulasi," jelasnya.
Sementara itu, Menteri Pelajaran, Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein dalam ucapan yang dibacakan oleh Timbalannya, Dr. Wee Ka Siong berkata, sebanyak 60 sekolah kluster akan dijadikan sekolah angkat kepada IPTA menerusi Program Sekolah Kluster-Universiti.
Beliau berkata, langkah itu akan membolehkan IPTA berperanan sebagai mentor kepada pihak sekolah yang akan dibenarkan menggunakan kemudahan di universiti bagi melakukan penyelidikan dan pengkomersialan ciptaan baru.
"Sekolah angkat ini akan berpeluang menggunakan perpustakaan dan juga terlibat dalam program akademik dan kemasyarakatan anjuran IPTA.
"Sekolah juga akan dapat menggunakan gimnasium, kolam renang dan mendapatkan nasihat pakar pemakanan dan pensyarah sukan yang berkelayakan tinggi di universiti," jelasnya
Menteri Pengajian Tinggi, Datuk Seri Mohamed Khaled Nordin berkata, antara syarat itu ialah mesti lulus dengan purata gred kumulatif (CGPA) minimum 2.75 sebelum layak mengambil ujian dan ditemuduga untuk jawatan guru.
"Syarat ini yang ditetapkan oleh Kementerian Pelajaran perlu dikaji semula memandangkan guru-guru lepasan Institut Pendidikan Guru (IPG) tidak perlu mematuhinya sebaliknya terus di tempatkan di sekolah.
"Perkara ini seolah-olah menafikan pendidikan dan latihan yang diberikan pensyarah di IPTA dan mengurangkan minat graduan untuk menjadi guru," katanya dalam ucapan perasmian Program Sekolah Kluster-Universiti dan Seminar Permuafakatan Kementerian Pengajian Tinggi dan Kementerian Pelajaran Tahun 2008 di sini hari ini.
Teks ucapan beliau dibacakan oleh Timbalannya, Datuk Idris Haron.
IPG kini melatih guru untuk peringkat prasekolah dan sekolah rendah manakala IPTA memberikan fokus untuk melahirkan tenaga pengajar di sekolah menengah, kolej matrikulasi, kolej komuniti dan politeknik.
KualitiMohamed Khaled yang berharap masalah itu diselesaikan menerusi seminar permuafakatan itu berkata, isu lain yang perlu diatasi ialah berkaitan sebilangan kecil pelajar perguruan di IPTA yang mendapat pembiayaan Kementerian Pelajaran berbanding pelajar di IPG yang semuanya diberikan pembiayaan.
"Kualiti pelajar yang memohon program perguruan juga perlu dilihat semula oleh kedua-dua kementerian kerana berlaku ketidakseragaman syarat asas kemasukan.
"Syarat kemasukan di IPG ialah Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) manakala ke IPTA pula Sijil Tinggi Persekolahan Malaysia (STPM) atau matrikulasi," jelasnya.
Sementara itu, Menteri Pelajaran, Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein dalam ucapan yang dibacakan oleh Timbalannya, Dr. Wee Ka Siong berkata, sebanyak 60 sekolah kluster akan dijadikan sekolah angkat kepada IPTA menerusi Program Sekolah Kluster-Universiti.
Beliau berkata, langkah itu akan membolehkan IPTA berperanan sebagai mentor kepada pihak sekolah yang akan dibenarkan menggunakan kemudahan di universiti bagi melakukan penyelidikan dan pengkomersialan ciptaan baru.
"Sekolah angkat ini akan berpeluang menggunakan perpustakaan dan juga terlibat dalam program akademik dan kemasyarakatan anjuran IPTA.
"Sekolah juga akan dapat menggunakan gimnasium, kolam renang dan mendapatkan nasihat pakar pemakanan dan pensyarah sukan yang berkelayakan tinggi di universiti," jelasnya
Kementerian Pelajaran tubuh tiga bahagian baru
Oleh HASHNAN ABDULLAH
PUTRAJAYA 1 Ogos - Kementerian Pelajaran menubuhkan tiga bahagian baru bagi memperkasakan sistem pendidikan negara di bawah penstrukturan semula kementerian itu yang bermula sejak Mac lalu.
Menterinya, Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein (gambar) berkata, tiga bahagian baru tersebut adalah Bahagian Pengurusan Sekolah Berasrama Penuh dan Sekolah Kluster, Bahagian Psikologi dan Kaunseling dan Unit Pengurusan Sumber Manusia.
''Di samping itu, sektor pendidikan juga dibahagikan kepada tiga teras utama iaitu Sektor Dasar dan Pembangunan Pendidikan, Sektor Operasi Pendidikan dan Sektor Pembangunan Profesionalisme.
''Menerusi penstrukturan semula itu, sebanyak 17 jawatan guru dan pegawai telah dinaikkan gred," katanya.
Beliau berkata demikian pada sidang akhbar selepas Majlis Anugerah Perkhidmatan Cemerlang (APC) 2007 dan Perhimpunan Bulan Ogos di sini hari ini.
Turut hadir Timbalan Menteri Pelajaran, Datuk Dr. Wee Ka Siong.
Seramai 354 pegawai dan guru menerima APC 2007.
Kali terakhir proses penstrukturan semula kementerian dilakukan pada 1995.
Hishammuddin memberitahu, bagi memastikan sistem penyampaian pendidikan dapat disalurkan dengan lebih berkesan, pemantapan organisasi turut dilaksanakan di peringkat pejabat pelajaran daerah (PPD).
''Keputusan kerajaan untuk meluluskan penubuhan lapan PPD baru telah mewujudkan 92 jawatan baru dan daripada jumlah tersebut, 52 jawatan Pegawai Perkhidmatan Pendidikan (PPP).
''Selain itu, 20 jawatan Pegawai Pelajaran Daerah Model A yang melibatkan negeri Johor, Kedah, Kelantan, Melaka, Negeri Sembilan, Perak, Pulau Pinang, Selangor, Terengganu dan Kuala Lumpur, telah dinaikkan gred," katanya.
PUTRAJAYA 1 Ogos - Kementerian Pelajaran menubuhkan tiga bahagian baru bagi memperkasakan sistem pendidikan negara di bawah penstrukturan semula kementerian itu yang bermula sejak Mac lalu.
Menterinya, Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein (gambar) berkata, tiga bahagian baru tersebut adalah Bahagian Pengurusan Sekolah Berasrama Penuh dan Sekolah Kluster, Bahagian Psikologi dan Kaunseling dan Unit Pengurusan Sumber Manusia.
''Di samping itu, sektor pendidikan juga dibahagikan kepada tiga teras utama iaitu Sektor Dasar dan Pembangunan Pendidikan, Sektor Operasi Pendidikan dan Sektor Pembangunan Profesionalisme.
''Menerusi penstrukturan semula itu, sebanyak 17 jawatan guru dan pegawai telah dinaikkan gred," katanya.
Beliau berkata demikian pada sidang akhbar selepas Majlis Anugerah Perkhidmatan Cemerlang (APC) 2007 dan Perhimpunan Bulan Ogos di sini hari ini.
Turut hadir Timbalan Menteri Pelajaran, Datuk Dr. Wee Ka Siong.
Seramai 354 pegawai dan guru menerima APC 2007.
Kali terakhir proses penstrukturan semula kementerian dilakukan pada 1995.
Hishammuddin memberitahu, bagi memastikan sistem penyampaian pendidikan dapat disalurkan dengan lebih berkesan, pemantapan organisasi turut dilaksanakan di peringkat pejabat pelajaran daerah (PPD).
''Keputusan kerajaan untuk meluluskan penubuhan lapan PPD baru telah mewujudkan 92 jawatan baru dan daripada jumlah tersebut, 52 jawatan Pegawai Perkhidmatan Pendidikan (PPP).
''Selain itu, 20 jawatan Pegawai Pelajaran Daerah Model A yang melibatkan negeri Johor, Kedah, Kelantan, Melaka, Negeri Sembilan, Perak, Pulau Pinang, Selangor, Terengganu dan Kuala Lumpur, telah dinaikkan gred," katanya.
Pelajar kongsi pengalaman pelancaran MEASAT
CYBERJAYA 1 Ogos - Lima pelajar bertuah yang diberi peluang menyaksikan pelancaran satelit Malaysia keempat, MEASAT-3a di Baikonor, Kazakhtan pada 21 Ogos ini bertekad mahu menimba pengalaman dan pengetahuan mengenai sains angkasa lepas untuk dikongsi dengan rakyat Malaysia apabila pulang nanti.
Menurut pelajar Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan (SMK) Agama Maahad Hamidiah, Kajang, Lina Na'ilah Abdul Talip, 16, dia berasa bertuah dan bersyukur kerana dipilih antara ribuan pelajar untuk menyaksikan satu lagi sejarah dicipta dalam industri angkasa lepas negara.
''Walaupun saya rasa sedikit berdebar untuk ke sana memandangkan saya satu-satunya pelajar perempuan, tetapi saya anggap ini satu cabaran dan akan membuktikan bidang angkasa sesuatu yang menarik untuk dikaji," katanya.
Dia ditemui ketika menghadiri taklimat yang disampaikan oleh Angkasawan Negara, Datuk Dr. Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor Sheikh Mustapha di Pusat Satelit Measat di sini hari ini.
Selain Lina, empat lagi pelajar ialah Ahmad Ruiz Mohd. Asri dari SMK Taman Tun Dr. Ismail, Kuala Lumpur; K. Chandra Sekhar (SMK Dato Penggawa Timur, Masai Johor), Cliff Asher R Ongil (SM St. Paul Beaufort, Sabah) dan Edmund Lau dari SMK Kuching High School, Kuching, Sarawak.
Pelajar terbabit dipilih berdasarkan kecemerlangan dalam peperiksaan Penilaian Menengah Rendah (PMR) serta minat yang mendalam dan aktif dalam aktiviti berkaitan sains dan teknologi.
Seorang lagi pelajar, Ahmad Ruiz berkata, cita-citanya untuk menjadi jurutera robot akan tercapai apabila diberi peluang melihat sendiri teknologi yang telah dikuasai negara maju lain.
''Industri angkasa lepas ini banyak menggunakan teknologi komputer dan robot. Jadi saya sungguh teruja apabila diberi peluang menyaksikan sendiri kecanggihan teknologi ini dan diberi pendedahan awal mengenai industri ini," katanya.
Edmund Lau pula berkata, negara memerlukan lebih ramai pakar dalam industri angkasa lepas untuk bersaing dengan negara maju lain.
''Selepas pulang ke Malaysia nanti saya akan berkongsi dengan pelajar lain supaya mereka lebih minat untuk menceburi industri ini dan mampu menyumbangkan sesuatu kepada negara," katanya.
Sementara itu, Sheikh Muszaphar ketika ditemui pemberita berkata, beliau mahu kesemua pelajar tersebut mempelajari sesuatu mengenai industri angkasa lepas supaya dapat menyumbangkan kepakaran kepada negara apabila dewasa nanti.
''Jangan lepaskan peluang yang diberikan ini dan cuba untuk bertanya apa sahaja supaya rakan-rakan lain seusia mereka dapat berkongsi pengalaman mereka mengenai kecanggihan sains dan teknologi," katanya yang meluangkan masa kira-kira satu jam bersama pelajar tersebut.
Ramai guru Sains, Matematik lemah bahasa Inggeris
BESUT 2 Sept. - Guru yang mengajar mata pelajaran Sains dan Matematik diminta meningkatkan penguasaan bahasa Inggeris mereka dengan memanfaatkan sepenuhnya pemberian Bayaran Imbuhan Subjek Penting (BISP) untuk tujuan itu.
Timbalan Menteri Pelajaran, Datuk Razali Ismail berkata, imbuhan yang mereka terima sepatutnya digunakan untuk membeli buku atau menghadiri kelas tuisyen bahasa Inggeris bagi mempertingkatkan penguasaan bahasa itu.
''Ramai guru Sains dan Matematik dikesan menggunakan wang itu untuk tujuan lain menyebabkan penguasaan bahasa Inggeris di kalangan mereka masih di takuk lama,'' katanya ketika ditemui selepas mengadakan perjumpaan dengan pengetua dan guru besar serta guru penolong kanan sekolah daerah Besut di sini hari ini.
Razali berkata, sejak Program Pengajaran Sains dan Matematik Dalam Bahasa Inggeris (PPSMI) diperkenalkan, kerajaan telah membayar BISP kepada guru Sains dan Matematik berdasarkan kelulusan iaitu lima peratus tambahan daripada gaji untuk guru berkelulusan ijazah manakala 10 peratus pula untuk mereka yang berkelulusan diploma.
Beliau tidak menafikan PPSMI menghadapi sedikit masalah yang berpunca daripada kelemahan guru dalam menguasai kemahiran bahasa Inggeris untuk mengajar subjek itu.
Razali berkata, setakat ini kerajaan telah membelanjakan hampir RM5 bilion untuk program itu.
Timbalan Menteri Pelajaran, Datuk Razali Ismail berkata, imbuhan yang mereka terima sepatutnya digunakan untuk membeli buku atau menghadiri kelas tuisyen bahasa Inggeris bagi mempertingkatkan penguasaan bahasa itu.
''Ramai guru Sains dan Matematik dikesan menggunakan wang itu untuk tujuan lain menyebabkan penguasaan bahasa Inggeris di kalangan mereka masih di takuk lama,'' katanya ketika ditemui selepas mengadakan perjumpaan dengan pengetua dan guru besar serta guru penolong kanan sekolah daerah Besut di sini hari ini.
Razali berkata, sejak Program Pengajaran Sains dan Matematik Dalam Bahasa Inggeris (PPSMI) diperkenalkan, kerajaan telah membayar BISP kepada guru Sains dan Matematik berdasarkan kelulusan iaitu lima peratus tambahan daripada gaji untuk guru berkelulusan ijazah manakala 10 peratus pula untuk mereka yang berkelulusan diploma.
Beliau tidak menafikan PPSMI menghadapi sedikit masalah yang berpunca daripada kelemahan guru dalam menguasai kemahiran bahasa Inggeris untuk mengajar subjek itu.
Razali berkata, setakat ini kerajaan telah membelanjakan hampir RM5 bilion untuk program itu.
'Paksa rela' punca guru PPSMI lemah bahasa Inggeris
KUALA LUMPUR 3 Sept. - Situasi 'paksa rela' dikesan sebagai antara punca utama yang menyumbang kepada kelemahan penguasaan bahasa Inggeris oleh guru-guru yang terlibat dalam Program Pengajaran Sains dan Matematik Dalam Bahasa Inggeris (PPSMI).
Setiausaha Agung Kesatuan Perkhidmatan Perguruan Kebangsaan (NUTP), Lok Yim Pheng berkata, apabila dasar PPSMI dilancarkan beberapa tahun lalu, ramai guru dikerah menyertai program itu bagi menampung masalah kekurangan tenaga pengajar.
Katanya, keadaan itu merupakan 'hasil' daripada dasar PPSMI yang dicadang dan diluluskan secara terburu-buru tidak lama dahulu.
''Keadaan 'paksa rela' ini menyebabkan sesetengah sekolah turut mendapatkan khidmat ustaz dan ustazah bagi membantu menyemarakkan usaha PPSMI.
''Justeru, saya tidak nafikan bahawa memang terdapat guru-guru yang tidak fasih berbahasa Inggeris mengajar kedua-dua subjek itu dalam bahasa tersebut," katanya ketika dihubungi Utusan Malaysia di sini hari ini.
Beliau mengulas kenyataan Timbalan Menteri Pelajaran, Datuk Razali Ismail, yang meminta guru-guru berkenaan memanfaatkan sepenuhnya pemberian Bayaran Imbuhan Subjek Penting (BISP) untuk tujuan itu.
Menurut Razali, pihaknya mendapati ramai guru yang menggunakan BISP mereka untuk tujuan lain, seterusnya membantutkan penguasaan mereka dalam bahasa Inggeris.
Bagaimanapun Yim Pheng menegaskan, BISP tidak harus dihentikan kerana ia akan mewujudkan rasa kurang senang di kalangan guru-guru.
Katanya, pemberian BISP hanya wajar dihentikan apabila Kementerian Pelajaran dapat menyediakan jumlah guru yang mencukupi untuk PPSMI.
''PPSMI masih dalam fasa percubaan, jadi memang banyak kelemahan yang dikesan," jelasnya
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