Give chance to locals in interior of Sabah to become teachers

29th May, 2011 (Sources:Newsabahtimes)

TENOM: Assistant Minister to the Chief Minister Datuk Radin Malleh has appealed to the Education Ministry to immediately review and relook at the decisions of the interviewers during an open interview for the teaching profession, meant for the locals in Nabawan and Kemabong in the interior of Sabah, on May 7.

He said this was because many parents and students felt that the interviews were not conducted according to the intended target.

“The main objective of the interview is to give opportunity to locals in the interior of Sabah, especially in Nabawan and Kemabong, to become teachers,” he told Bernama.

However, he added that candidates from outside the interior districts had also been taken in, depriving the locals of the opportunity to become teachers.

Radin, who is Parti Bersatu Sabah (PBS) vice-president, said he was made to understand that initially the target groups for the intake were locals in the interior who achieved six credits including in Bahasa Melayu and History in SPM, and active in co-curriculum activities.

“Scoring ‘A’ (credit) is not compulsory for the interior students of Nabawan and Kemabong. The interviewers came all the way from Putrajaya; they didn’t know who these candidates were, so they just picked at random and the qualifications applied were the normal one, for example, 4As for male candidates and 5As for female, thus depriving the locals in the area,” he said.

Radin said what was saddening was the fact that local education officers were not being involved at all in the intake process.

“Hence the main objective to give opportunity to the locals is defeated. This is not fair to the locals in Nabawan and Kemabong,” he said.

If these things go on, he said, the locals would be forever deprived of the opportunity to become teachers.

“That’s why the parents want the decisions be reviewed so that the locals are given the chance to realise their dreams.”

Radin said that schools in the interior including in Nabawan and Kemabong were still lacking in many aspects including infrastructure and information technology facilities.

These should be taken into account in the intake of teachers through open interview, he added.

Local teachers' problems are neglected

(Sources: SAPP official website)


SAPP worries 80,000 Peninsula teachers coming here and Sarawak.
KOTA KINABALU, 27 May 2011: - Sabah Progressive Party (SAPP) felt that the Education Ministry's plan to transfer 80,000 Peninsula teachers to Sabah and Sarawak is worrying.

SAPP Deputy President Datuk Eric Majimbun said it is a saddening scenario when tenth of thousands young Sabahans holding Degrees, STPM and SPM certificates are jobless.

"Those young locals were not even given consideration when they applied for place at teachers training colleges either within or outside the," Eric who is also Sepanggar Member of Parliament said in a statement, here, today.

He was commenting on the Ministry's plan which, was made public recently and were totally rejected by either one of the ruling coalition party member as well as the opposition parties.

On the State Education Department's statement that more than 20 per cent of the teachers placed all over Sabah are outsiders, Eric said the real figure could be higher.

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SAPP menyokong mendirikan kolej KDM

(source: SAPP official website)


KOTA KINABALU, Mei 21, 2011: Timbalan Presiden Parti Maju Sabah (SAPP) Datuk Eric Majimbun menyokong dengan mengalu-alukan syor untuk mendirikan kolej bagi kaum KadazanDusunMurut di Sabah.

"Sememangnya dengan adanya pendidikan tinggi tentu dapat mempertingkatkan bahasa ibunda dan sendirinya akan meneruskan tradisi dan kebudayaan KDM," katanya.

Beliau berkata SAPP juga mencadang agar institusi dapat di perkembangkan untuk mempastikan undang-undang adat istiadat khasnya bagi anak negeri Sabah diperkukukan.

"Tentunya dengan perkembangan ini sistem Mahkamah Anak Negeri dapat diiktiraf setaraf dengan Mahkamah Sivil dan Mahkamah Syariah.

"Kerajaan persekutuan seharusnya memberi sokongan serta kelulusan kedudukan institusi pengajian tinggi ini demi untuk memertabatkan setiap kaum bangsa Malaysia.

School to examine milk before distributing to pupils

by Christy Chok. Posted on May 13, 2011, Friday

TAWAU: Teachers of a primary school at Pasir Putih here will examine all milk supplied to them to determine the expiry date before distributing them to the pupils.

Assistant headmistress Madam Lim said they would discard milk that had expired, including those near their expiry date, adding that milk that had about seven days’ shelf life would be distributed immediately and sometimes they gave away several packets of milk to the each pupil.

“We hope the pupils could drink the milk before the expiry date. As we know, the milk sold in the market has a short shelf life and cannot be kept for two years,” she said, yesterday.

According to her, distributors should understand the situation and should never distribute milk that are near their expiry date.

Lim said it was a waste to throw away the milk, adding that no report of ill health caused by milk had been reported so far.

She also disclosed that many schools here, including her school, had received smaller sized school uniforms and shoes from Yayasan Sabah. The schools would just distribute the uniforms and shoes to the pupils but they could not wear them.

Lim was responding to the call from the Tawau Municipal Council (TMC) to the Education Department to monitor the dry food and milk supplied to schools in the district and take stern action against suppliers if the products sold to students are found to be close to expiry.

TMC president Ismail Mayakob said they had received complaints from parents about food and milk products sold to students were near expiry date.

A headmistress from another primary school in town, who declined to be named, said her school does not face such a problem. She said this situation normally occurred in the rural schools.

The Tawau Education Department could not comment on this matter as they have no authority to do so except the Sabah education director.

(News sources:The Borneo Post )

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