Amenity fee payment in one lump sum next year: STU By Peter Boon
SIBU: Schools will collect the amenity fee in lump sum from students starting next year.
HUMAN CAPITAL MANAGEMENT: (Seated, from second left) Huo, Ghani, Teng, Jong and others at the STU Third Executive Council meeting.
This was stated by Sarawak Teachers’ Union (STU) president William Ghani yesterday, who added that the amount would be collected at the beginning of the year.
Ghani added that the fee varied according to schools as the amount was fixed by the parent-teacher associations (PTA) and the school management.
“PTAs and school committees must come to agreement on the amount to be collected from students after working out their respective requirements.
“But the amount must not be a burden to parents particularly those from the lower income bracket,” he told a press conference after the Third Executive Council Meeting of STU at a hotel here.
Citing an example, he said if they fixed the fee at RM100, it could drain parents financially if they had several school-going children.
Asked what if the amount was not agreeable to parents, he said that was why they insisted parents turned up for the PTA meetings to voice their concern.
Admitting that many parents do not usually turn for the meetings, Ghani suggested that PTA chairmen drafted a letter for parents to sign to get their consent on the matter.
The letter, he said, should clearly state that parents would abide by whatever decision made in the PTA meetings.
This, he added would help to prevent any conflict or misunderstanding between them later.
He however did not discount the possibility that some parents might refuse to pay, creating glitches for the schools.
Asked what if parents had problem in making the lump sum payment, Ghani said parents could always approach the schools to work out a solution.
“The schools may allow them to pay in instalment after studying their situation in detail,” he pointed out.
Turning to the parents, he hoped that they would be able to contribute as the amenity fee was utilised to benefit their children.
The fee, he added, was for printing and photocopying of examination papers, for purchasing of other educational aid and so forth.
Dwelling into detail, he said the amount collected would be split into two separate accounts – school and PTA.
For that matter, students would be issued with two receipts for the lump payment received, he added.
He said this would ensure that the money collected was properly managed and accounted for.
“The schools will manage their side of the fund and the PTAs will manage theirs,” he said, adding that this would prevent any confusion that might crop up in the future.
Earlier, a six-point resolution was passed, among others, urging the government to set up a teachers’ council to complement the role of the Education Service Commission and implement the Malaysian Teachers’ Standard.
STU also proposed that a Teacher Development Community be formed in every division to enhance pedagogical skills and continuous professional development of members.
They also urged the government to implement a consolidated one-tier teaching service having better career path for teachers.
Among those present were STU secretary-general Thomas Huo, treasurer-general Jong Lai Fook and vice-president Polycarp Teng.

-BORNEO POST

Ganjaran Khas Pendidik
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PORT DICKSON 18 Sept. - Kerajaan akan mengumumkan satu bentuk ganjaran khas kepada seluruh warga pendidik berdasarkan prestasi mereka menjelang Oktober ini.
Timbalan Menteri Pelajaran, Dr. Mohd. Puad Zarkashi (gambar) berkata, ia selari dengan hasrat kerajaan mempertingkatkan akses pengajaran dan pendidikan berkualiti di negara ini.
''Ia masih pada peringkat penelitian yang kini sudah hampir 90 peratus selesai dibincangkan di bawah perincian Bidang Keberhasilan Utama Negara ketiga (NKRA-3).
''Saya yakin ia akan diumumkan sendiri oleh Menteri Pelajaran, Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin pada bulan depan," kata beliau.
Mohd. Puad berkata demikian kepada pemberita selepas menghadiri program perjumpaan khas bersama warga pendidik daerah Port Dickson di sini malam tadi.
Beliau memberitahu, ganjaran itu akan diberikan kepada sekolah, pengetua dan guru di seluruh negara yang mempamerkan prestasi cemerlang.
''Mana-mana sekolah, guru besar, pengetua dan guru yang menunjukkan prestasi cemerlang, layak untuk diberikan ganjaran berkenaan.
''Inisiatif ini adalah untuk memberikan ganjaran kepada warga pendidik yang komited dalam membantu kerajaan bagi membentuk sekolah berprestasi tinggi menjelang 2012,'' katanya.
Menurutnya, dengan ganjaran itu, warga pendidik tidak lagi perlu memikirkan atau menunggu pemberian bonus serta kenaikan pangkat.
Dalam perkembangan lain, Mohd. Puad memberitahu, kementerian itu akan mewujudkan sebuah unit khas dalam memperincikan soal pembangunan pendididkan luar bandar.
''Menerusi unit ini, kita yakin ia mampu merapatkan jurang pendidikan antara sekolah di bandar dan luar bandar.
''Unit ini juga akan berfungsi mempertingkatkan bukan sahaja keadaan fizikal sekolah di luar bandar dari segi infrastruktur dan kemudahan malah termasuk soal pemantapan pengisian pendidikan di kawasan terlibat," jelas Mohd. Puad.

Gagal PMR, ulang semula tingkatan tiga?
KUALA LUMPUR 10 Sept. - Seorang tokoh pendidikan menyarankan supaya pendekatan mengulang tingkatan dilaksanakan semula terhadap pelajar tingkatan tiga yang gagal dalam Penilaian Menengah Rendah (PMR) berbanding membenarkan mereka naik ke tingkatan empat secara automatik.
Presiden Majlis Permuafakatan Persatuan Ibu Bapa dan Guru (PIBG) Nasional, Prof. Madya Dr. Mohamad Ali Hassan berkata, perkara tersebut merupakan cadangan yang perlu diberi perhatian oleh kerajaan selain membenarkan pelajar meneruskan pelajaran dengan mengambil mata pelajaran vokasional.
''Ia untuk mengelakkan berlakunya pembaziran tenaga dan kewangan dalam sistem pendidikan negara," jelasnya ketika dihubungi Utusan Malaysia di sini hari ini.
Beliau berkata demikian ketika diminta mengulas surat pembaca di ruangan forum akhbar ini yang meminta kerajaan mengkaji semula dasar yang membenarkan pelajar naik ke tingkatan empat biarpun gagal dalam PMR.
Timbalan Presiden Gabungan Pelajar Melayu Semenanjung (GPMS), Syed Annuar Syed Mohamad pula berkata, pihaknya memang tidak bersetuju dengan tindakan Kementerian Pelajaran melonggarkan syarat ketat untuk naik ke tingkatan empat sebelum ini.
Katanya, sudah tiba masanya sistem itu diteliti semula bagi membolehkan proses penilaian sebenar dilakukan terhadap pelajar.
''Pelajar PMR yang gagal tidak boleh dipaksa naik ke tingkatan empat untuk mengambil mata pelajaran yang tidak diminati kerana ia membuang masa mereka sahaja.
''Sebaliknya, beri pilihan dan peluang kepada pelajar untuk mengikuti mata pelajaran berasaskan kemahiran di sekolah vokasional,'' ujarnya.
Menurut Syed Annuar, memang tidak dinafikan golongan pelajar tersebut juga boleh mendatangkan masalah kepada sekolah, oleh itu kajian segera dasar itu perlu dilakukan demi menjana pembinaan modal insan.
Pandangan sama turut disuarakan oleh tokoh pendidikan, Tan Sri Ainuddin Wahid yang berpendapat kerajaan perlu melihat dan mengkaji semula dasar tersebut.
''Sesebuah sistem peperiksaan diadakan adalah untuk menilai kemampuan dan tahap penguasaan pelajar terhadap sesuatu mata pelajaran yang dipelajari,'' ujarnya.
Beliau berkata, tidak perlu diadakan peperiksaan sekiranya pelajar hanya mengambilnya tanpa mahu menguasai mata pelajaran tersebut dan sekadar melengkapkan syarat untuk naik tingkatan.

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From Borneo Post-Boy wit JE sues school for over RM 1 Mln

Boy with JE sues school for over RM1 mln

By Churchill Edward
KUCHING: A 13-year-old boy, who has been diagnosed with Japanese Encephalitis (JE) when he was a boarder of a school in 2006, is now suing the school and the school principal for more than RM1 million in damages for allegedly failing to ensure that the school environment was safe and healthy.
The Education Ministry and the Health Ministry as well as the federal and state governments were named as co-defendants.
The plaintiff is claiming that the defendants failed to take all reasonable steps to protect him and other children of the boarding school from the ‘deadly’ viral attack in 2006.
According to the boy, the school is situated just next to a pig farm.
The first session of the hearing in the Sessions Court here started on Monday and ended yesterday.
The next hearing will be from Oct 7 to 10.
The boy’s 43-year-old father is suing the six defendants on his behalf.
The plaintiff’s lawyer, Shankar Ram, has called six witnesses, namely two virologists, three health experts and one high ranking official from the Health Ministry to support the minor’s claim.
At least five more witnesses, including the boy’s parents, would be called during the next hearing session.
The boy was a fee-paying student of the boarding school.
After a weekend break on Sept 24, 2006, he was placed under the care and supervision of the teacher and principal.
On Sept 27, 2006, the boy claimed that a teacher and the principal sent him home and left him there, unattended.
The next day, his father got to know of his ‘serious fever’ and the boy was taken to a district hospital, where the doctors suspected him of having contracted JE.
The boy was subsequently referred to the Sarawak General Hospital (SGH) here which confirmed that he had contracted JE.
The suit also stated that as a result of the viral attack the boy sustained “significant dysfunction of the brain and therefore he is now permanently disabled, both physically and mentally, with serious neurological deficit.”
The suit also referred to various articles from the website which was summed up as:
“In early 1999, Malaysia as a whole experienced a major outbreak of the viral attack. Human vaccination is the only method that has been proven effective against the viral attack.
JE occurred in most Asian countries because countries such as China, Malaysia and Taiwan are the main exporters of pork in Asia that still practised the traditional ways of rearing pigs.
The farmers who are still using the old ways did not vaccinate their pigs even though the farms are built in areas of known JE activity. Staff who work in these farms are lacking of vaccination, too.
These farmers also did not invest in treatment plants to clear effluents because the traditional ways can help them cut down their costs and contribute to higher profitability.
As a result of using the traditional ways, the rivers are clogged with pig wastes because those farmers just ‘dump everything’ into the river. The clogged rivers then become the perfect place for culex mosquito to breed.
To make the situation worse, those farmers and workers do not wear any protection gear such as masks, aprons and gloves during their daily work in the pig farms making them an easy target for culex mosquito.
The majority of these farmers also stay near the pig farms. This also contributes to the spread of the disease. To summarise the whole scenario, the spread of this disease is because of poor management and condition of the pig farms.
The case is presided by Sessions Court Judge Sharizat Ismail.

Komen daripada Tuan Haji Rambli - Pengetua SMK Serian

Angkat tangan siapa ingin jadi Pengetua?
2. Saya ingat orang politik yang banyak saman menyaman. Rupanya golongan guru pun boleh kena saman. Bayangkan kerja yang perlu Pengetua ini buat untuk menjawab apa juga perkara yang dibangkitkan di mahkamah nanti. Sekolah akan ditanya tentang apa yang sekolah telah buat dan tidak buat. Pengetua boleh bercakap itu dan ini. Mahkamah tidak akan percaya sehingga ada dokumen sokongan. Contoh dokumen nanti ialah nota / minit perhimpunan dengan pelajar yang menyatakan nasihat sekolah kepada pelajar. Bayangkan Pengetua, yang merasa telah "berbakti" kepada sekolah selama ini, akhirnya kena saman ... oleh pelajarnya sendiri! Sudah tentu Pengetua merasa bahawa penyakit ini adalah di luar kawalannya, tetapi mahkamah ingin tahu apa yang sekolah telah buat untuk mengelakkan penyakit tersebut. Ini bukan kes main-main!

3. Nanti pelajar boleh saman sekolah kerana dia dijangkiti H1N1, patah kaki kerana bermain bola, kena jangkitan kuman kerana terpijak paku berkarat di asrama, pelajar jatuh tingkap, pelajar cedera kerana bergaduh, dan seribu satu kemungkinan di sekolah, apa tah lagi di asrama. Kalau pelajar menyusup keluar waktu malam, dan cedera di luar, adalah sekolah masih di anggap cuai kerana tidak mengawal pergerakan pelajar? Kalau pelajar ponteng dan jatuh dari rumah kosong di luar sekolah, adakah sekolah cuai kerana tidak memaklumkan ibu bapa bahawa anaknya ponteng pagi tersebut?

4. Bagaimana kalau satu hari nanti, guru disaman oleh ibu bapa kerana anaknya gagal dalam peperiksaan awam, kerana guru cuai dalam mendidik sehingga pelajar gagal. Boleh terjadi? Ada doktor yang disaman kerana pembedahan yang gagal!
-- Thank you. Wishing you a prosperous day.

Hj Rambli Zainudin

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