SARAWAK TEACHERS' UNION SAMARAHAN DIVISION

STU POSTING

2011-05-01T17:34:00.001-07:00

Ghani: MOE must provide guidelines to non-teaching or support staff

Posted on May 1, 2011, Sunday

SIBU: Sarawak Teachers' Union (STU) has called on the Ministry of Education (MOE) to provide guidance to non-academic staff in schools as they are dealing with students.

Its president William Ghani Bina said this would make them better aware of the dos and don'ts to avoid taking matters into their own hands.

He was referring to a case involving a primary one pupil at SK Sungai Buloh, Selangau, who alleged that a Teaching Assistant there had mistreated him.

"There is a pressing need for MOE to provide guidance to non-teaching or support staff in schools since they are also directly dealing with the children.

"Knowing the procedures and guidelines better, they will be able to restraint and avoid taking matters into their own hands," he told thesundaypost when contacted yesterday.

The pupil, Bomay Edwin, was reported to have spilled the beans to his grandmother Engut Jampong, 64, alleging that he was caned by a 'kakak' in school.

The 'kakak', a Teaching Assistant, was alleged to have punished the boy for stealing another pupil's T-shirt.

The boy also claimed that the assistant knocked his head with some objects.

To this, Ghani added: "STU deeply regrets such an incident has happened. There are means and ways to discipline pupils in school. There are proper guidelines and procedures that must be strictly adhered to."

He explained that only those teachers with a written approval from principals or headmasters could carry out caning.

The written approval, he said, is normally given on a year-to-year basis and according to the guidelines, a student could be caned not more than three times a day.

"In school, we cane to educate students to make them aware of their mistakes and guide them towards the correct path. But in prison, caning is done to punish," he clarified.

He felt that the assistant should not have taken the matter into his own hands.

This was because Primary 1, being pupils' first year at school, would make them afraid of going to school if they were punished.

He figured some pupils were already dragging their feet in attending school and meting out punishment would give them even more reasons not to go to school.

"What is more important is to make schooling attractive and appealing to young children," he pointed out.

Ghani thus hoped that the parents of the child would give opportunity for the assistant to correct herself.

To the assistant, he advised: "Never, never, ever repeat that kind of action again."

Ghani stressed that a key criteria to become a teacher is that one must love and be comfortable with children.

Former educationist Dr Johnny Kieh urged the relevant authority to mete out exemplary action against the assistant.

He warned that the assistant should not be left off the hook, as it would 'motivate' others to copy her act.

"School is an institution to acquire knowledge and there are proper rules and regulations. In the first place, she did not have the authority to mete out any form of punishment," he grimaced.

He opined that the assistant should have brought the matter to the headmaster or disciplinary teacher instead of meting out the punishment herself.

"Being too emotional or impulsive can land one into a heap of trouble," he cautioned.

Dr Johnny did not discount the possibility of the child suffering from psychological fear, following the incident, which can affect his thinking and future.

annual general meeting STU Samarahan Division

2010-06-27T04:12:00.000-07:00

STU Memebers, please read this and give your comments

2010-04-04T21:55:00.000-07:00

Mencemburui gaji guru
Oleh WAHID HASHIMpendidikan@utusan.com.my

SAYA mencemburui guru muda kerana gaji permulaan mereka sekarang berada dalam ranking ketiga selepas doktor dan jurutera awam. Dengan gaji permulaan sebanyak RM2,500 hingga RM2,700 - termasuk beberapa elaun - maka gaji pokok mereka sebenarnya mengatasi sebahagian besar pendapatan eksekutif syarikat swasta.Kalau di pedalaman, mereka cuci kaki kerana kerajaan menyediakan rumah, televisyen katil tilam, dapur, malah khabarnya set televisyen dan 'mangkuk' Astro di bumbung! Bukan itu sahaja, guru juga ada elaun khas, dengan jumlahnya bergantung kepada tafsiran pedalaman tempat mereka mengajar.Memang mereka bekerja keras. Tetapi, seribu satu pengumuman tentang kenaikan, elaun, kebajikan, kemuliaan, pengiktirafan dan penghormatan kepada golongan guru sepatutnya telah meletakkan profesion itu pada tahap yang sepatutnya sekarang.Seperti kata Abraham Lincoln: ''Jangan fikir apa yang negara boleh beri kepada kita, tetapi fikirkanlah apa sumbangan yang boleh kita berikan kepada negara."Maksud tokoh itu, jangan seperti seekor burung yang keluar pagi balik petang, sekadar mahu mengisi perut sendiri dan untuk anak-anaknya. Berfikirlah lebih daripada itu. Perjuangan lebih penting.Jadi, apabila Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin mahu bersemuka dengan ahli kesatuan dan beberapa guru yang terlalu ghairah memperjuangkan nasib guru, maka saya ingin mengingatkan 'kepala-kepala' persatuan dan kesatuan ini supaya bersedia dengan fakta dan hujah yang waras dan logik atau laras senapang mungkin akan menghala ke arah kepala anda sendiri!Dua isu besar yang selalu dibangkitkan ialah kerja perkeranian nan remeh temeh sehingga menambah beban seorang guru, dan kedua kenaikan gred atau mata gaji yang terlalu lembap oleh guru, apabila dibandingkan dengan pegawai tadbir dan diplomatik (PTD).Memang isu yang pertama selalu bermain di bibir, tetapi tidak ada kes, data atau contoh yang boleh dijadikan asas kukuh untuk Kementerian Pelajaran melakukan tindakan susulan.Kita perlu perhalusi bukti dan fakta. Kalau dikatakan kerja berlebihan, maka kerja lebih yang bagaimana, apa dan di mana? Nyatakan bukti dan skop. Lakukan analisis keperluan atau analisis jurang profesion. Kemukakan kertas lengkap kepada pejabat Menteri Pelajaran.Apakah berlebihan seandainya seorang guru diminta membuat plan tindakan kecemerlangan pelajar kalau pelan itu boleh membantu meningkatkan prestasi sesebuah sekolah?Kini sudah terdapat seramai 400,000 guru yang mendidik anak-anak kita di seluruh negara. Dalam setandan, ada sebiji yang rosak. Bukan semua. Kita faham benar dengan kekecewaan guru khususnya apabila isu tentang kenaikan gaji yang lembap disuarakan.Memang benar kenaikan sebahagian besar gaji memang lembap berbanding PTD. Seorang ibu yang sudah 25 tahun menjadi guru mungkin baru menikmati mata gaji DG48, berbanding anaknya, pegawai PTD yang baru lima tahun berkhidmat sudah menikmati tangga gaji itu.Untunglah kalangan guru yang cepat naik pangkat, kerana cepat jugalah kenaikan tangga gaji mereka. Bagi yang di bawah Khusus Untuk Penyandang (KUP) atau mengikut tempoh perkhidmatan, maka terpaksalah menunggu sehingga beranak, bercucu dan bercicit.Tetapi perlulah juga diingatkan bahawa bagi setiap kenaikan gaji, maka ada beban tanggungjawab yang menyusulinya.Maksudnya, mereka ini mungkin perlu diikat dengan konsep bai'ah. Pengetua dan guru besar mungkin sudah biasa dengan konsep bai'ah, tetapi belum bagi guru.Di bawah konsep bai'ah, pengetua atau guru besar membuat perakuan dan bersetuju bahawa dalam tempoh tiga tahun perlu ada peningkatan prestasi di sekolah mereka mengajar. Jika gagal, mereka mungkin 'dipencenkan' lebih awal.Sekarang, guru tidak mempunyai komitmen atau akujanji terhadap pencapaian prestasi. Hal ini mungkin menyebabkan mereka goyang kaki.Memang kita faham benar akan beban kerja guru dan pada masa yang sama masyarakat menuntut guru melakukan yang terbaik untuk mendidik anak bangsa. Namun, kalau kita percaya bahawa perbuatan baik dan kerja yang ikhlas akan dibalas dengan perkara yang baik juga, maka pasti kepentingan perjuangan kita akan mengatasi habuan dunia yang sementara ini.

beban guru bakal berkurangan-utusan sarawak

2010-04-04T18:36:00.000-07:00

data emis online

2010-04-01T05:55:00.000-07:00

Terdapat kemudahan baru untuk guru-guru dalam EMIS online
Kemudahan ini membolehkan guru-guru untuk menyemak maklumat individu. Mereka juga boleh membuat perubahan/penambahan kepada dua submodul iaitu submodul mata pelajaran ajar dan sejarah perkhidmatan. Sila war-warkan kepada semua guru kerana segala aktiviti berkaitan NKRA adalah berasaskan data EMIS.Kata laluan default adalah nombor KP. Selepas login, guru boleh menukar kata laluan tersebutMaklumat lanjut sila ke web http://apps.moe.gov.my/emisportalbaru/index.php

2010-03-26T19:57:00.000-07:00

Patuhi pekeliling Kementerian Pelajaran

Oleh AINOL AMRIZ ISMAIL dan MOHAMMAD YASIR JAAFARmailto:JAAFARpengarang@utusan.com.my

KUALA PILAH 25 Mac – Timbalan Perdana Menteri, Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin meminta semua Pengarah Pelajaran negeri dan sekolah supaya mematuhi arahan pekeliling yang dikeluarkan oleh Kementerian Pelajaran.Beliau yang juga Menteri Pelajaran berkata, ia bertujuan mengelakkan rasa tidak puas hati di kalangan guru yang merasakan dibebani oleh kerja tidak relevan dengan tugas hakiki berikutan arahan dikeluarkan di peringkat negeri.‘‘Saya maklum mengenai perkara itu sejak kebelakangan ini, malahan saya sendiri memberikan perhatian terhadap isu tersebut. Umpamanya beban kerja guru, soal kebajikan selain perjawatan dan sebagainya,” katanya.Muhyiddin berkata demikian kepada pemberita selepas merasmikan kampus tetap Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM) Negeri Sembilan di Beting, dekat sini hari ini.Beliau ditanya berhubung satu cadangan yang dikemukakan oleh Kesatuan Kebangsaan Profesion Perguruan (NUTP) yang mengancam untuk mengadakan demonstrasi di seluruh negara sebagai tanda bantahan dengan bebanan kerja tanpa kaitan yang diberikan oleh pengetua dan guru besar.NUTP mendakwa terdapat guru yang diminta membuat laporan demi laporan, pelan tindakan, kertas kerja, yang mana disifatkan tidak relevan dengan tugas hakiki mereka.Menurut NUTP, tindakan itu boleh menjejaskan kualiti pengajaran seorang guru dan yang menjadi mangsa utamanya adalah pelajar itu sendiri. Mengulas lanjut, Muhyiddin menegaskan, tugas guru telah diperjelaskan oleh pihak kementerian dan pengarah di negeri serta sekolah wajar mematuhi apa juga pekeliling yang telah dikeluarkan oleh kementerian tersebut.Sehubungan itu beliau akan menemui semua Pengarah Pelajaran negeri untuk memastikan bagaimana segala dasar dan arahan yang dikeluarkan Kementerian Pelajaran dapat dipatuhi.Kata Muhyiddin, pertemuan itu akan melibatkan Ketua Pengarah Pelajaran, pengarah-pengarah peringkat kementerian serta pengarah pelajaran negeri.‘‘Selepas itu, saya juga akan mengadakan pertemuan dengan semua Pegawai Pelajaran Daerah untuk mencari jalan terbaik menyelesaikan apa juga perihal berbangkit termasuklah berkaitan beban tugas dan kebajikan guru,” katanya.Beliau berkata, Kementerian Pelajaran memang mengeluarkan pekeliling dari semasa ke semasa kepada pengarah peringkat negeri mengenai apa yang perlu dilakukan di sekolah-sekolah.‘‘Cuma masalah timbul apabila ada pengetua dan guru besar mengambil langkah tertentu mengikut budi bicara mereka sehingga menyebabkan timbul perasaan tidak puas hati di kalangan guru.‘‘Semua itu, bukanlah arahan kementerian kerana kita ada panduan yang hendak dibuat dan dilaksanakan."‘‘Persoalannya bagaimana kita hendak menyeragamkan semua tindakan itu supaya sesuatu keputusan yang dibuat di peringkat kerajaan dan kementerian dapat dilaksanakan dengan baik. Itulah yang akan kita selesaikan,” tambah beliau.Muhyiddin berkata, pertemuan dengan Pengarah Pelajaran negeri itu juga bukanlah disebabkan desakan NUTP, tetapi beliau sendiri berhajat menemui mereka.Ditanya mengenai tindakan demonstrasi yang hendak dilakukan oleh NUTP jika tuntutan mengenai beban tugas tidak dapat diselesaikan, Muhyiddin berkata, Ketua Pengarah, Tan Sri Alimuddin Mohd. Dom telah pun menemui pihak berkenaan.

Kata Pengetua:

1. Sebagai pegawai awam, guru mestilah mematuhi segala arahan yang dikeluarkan melalui surat pekeliling, surat panduan dan surat arahan dari masa ke semasa. Surat pekeliling juga berbagai: ikhtisas, perkhidmatan, kewangan, perolehan, perbendaharaan. Sekolah menerima berbagai arahan, selain daripada melaksanakan program sekolah sendiri. Program sekolah sendiri itu adalah untuk memastikan hasrat pendidikan itu tercapai ia itu untuk memastikan perkembangan intelek, rohani, emosi dan jasmani pelajar tercapai. Saya rasa guru bersunggut apabila menerima berbagai arahan yang berbentuk pentadbiran yang tiada kaitan dengan p&p dan di mana juga mereka tidak ada kemahiran di dalamnya. Ditambah pula dengan dead lines yang ada kala sangat singkat. Nampaknya sekarang, semua perkara menjadi urgent, walaupun tidak penting!

2. Jika ada tindakan saya yang menyumbang kepada beban kerja, sila maklumkan saya supaya kita boleh bincang dalam mmesyuarat pengurusan.

Salam sejahtera,
Hj Rambli Zainudin

2010-03-22T04:57:00.000-07:00

SMK AGAMA MIRI ON FIRE (BORNEO POST)

22 MAC 2010
MIRI: Big cloud of thick smoke that attracted attention of people around Bakam road was from Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Agama Miri.

DAMAGED: Aftermath of the fire incident where the hostel was completely gutted.
The fire was reported around 9.45 am yesterday.
It was reportedly the second fire incident in the school since 2002.
This time around it happened just next to the block that was destroyed during the first fire incident.
However, yesterday’s fire only damaged the whole of the floor of the Asrama Putera Block consisting of 10 rooms.
Seven of the rooms were used to accommodate the male boarding students, while the other three rooms were used for storerooms.
Each room was used to lodge 12 students, most of whom were Form One kids.
Fortunately, there was no injury reported in the incident.
One of the students noticed the smoke from the building and immediately informed the school warden who immediately contacted the fire brigade.
The school warden who is also a teacher at the school, Ustaz Husni Mohd Nor said:
“Luckily, there was no injury involved as at the time there was no student inside the building as most of the students were attending a seminar at the nearby block.
“It was the second time such (fire) incident happened at our school. The first one in 2002 was just at the next door block. The fire was suspected to be from a short circuit,” he added.
Meanwhile, according to the school principal Ustaz Fazial Ahmad, the affected students would be placed at the next block for the meantime.
“This is because the whole building will be closed temporarily as advised by the fire officer for further inspection,” the principal said, when asked what were the plans taken by the school management regarding the resettlement of affected student.
The school session will reopen as usual today.

2010-03-19T16:30:00.000-07:00

Encouraging rural students to become teachers

(Borneo Post)
by Lucas Jalong Bato March 19, 2010, Friday
MIRI:

More than 200 school leavers in Belaga attended a programme called ‘Jom jadi cikgu’ to encourage rural students to become teachers.The programme, jointly organised by the Teacher Education Division of Batu Lintang Teachers Training Institute and Bakun Trust Fund, was held at SMK Belaga last March 13.
Among other things, the event was also to assist students who qualify to be teachers to register online.
The guidance and counselling teacher Dennis Hang expressed gratitude to Celcom for providing the broadband services even though the speed was a litle bit slow.
“We hope in future Celcom can provide at least 3G services in rural Belaga, as it had promised to do so, for the benefit of the rural students and teachers,” Hang said.
Parents were appreciative of such a programme to help their children find suitable jobs.
Mering, a representative from the Penan community thanked Belaga assemblyman Liwan Lagang for taking the initiative to hold such a programme in his constituency.
However, he was a little bit disappointed with the overall performance of Penan students in school thus far and hoped the Penan students could do better in the future.
“If more Penan students can become teachers, this will have a positive impact on our community,” Mering said.
Only four outstanding Penan students joined the programme and they are Raman Mayan, Jennifer Mering, Kusang Niboy and Jenson Jeno.

2010-03-19T01:38:00.000-07:00

Teachers plan demo over irrelevant workload
SEREMBAN:

Teachers are considering holding a nationwide demonstration if the Education Ministry does not reign in overzealous state education department heads and headmasters who burden them with “irrelevant work”.They claim to have reached “near breaking point” and left with no choice but to hold a demonstration so that the higher-ups would take note of their plight.The decision was taken by National Union of the Teaching Profession (NUTP) delegates during a three-day meeting which ended here yesterday. There are some 350,000 teachers in service.Its president Lt Cdr (Rtd) Hashim Adnan said teachers’ were now reduced to mere reporters rather than allowed to focus on teaching.“We are tasked to do reports after reports, action plans and working papers; most of which are totally irrelevant to our work. I must say this has affected the quality of teaching and the victims are the students,” he told The Star.Hashim said state department heads never sought their views and would bulldoze whatever programme they wanted introduced in schools.It is understood that the proposal to demonstrate was made by delegates from several states which did not even have one student in the top 10 of last year’s SPM results announced on Thursday.“We are mostly doing clerical work in schools and among our duties include collecting irrelevant data, attending courses, organising programmes and doing correspondence work.“Also, since some schools were now Sekolah Berprestasi Tinggi, we are required to do plenty of documentation work every day ... we are unable to focus in class,” Hashim said.He said teachers were also unhappy with the Government over a proposal to transfer senior teachers to rural schools.The delegates want the ministry to hire more male teachers to check the problem of indiscipline in schools.Teachers were also unhappy as headmasters did not notify them of their appraisal at the end of the year. This had jeorpadised their chances for promotion.

Kata Pengetua:

1. Sebagai "saya yang menurut perintah", kita guru haruslah mematuhi segala arahan yang diturunkan. Bergantunglah kepada persatuan dan kesatuan guru untuk menyuara dan menyelesaikan dengan pihak atasan. Adakah cikgu dalam mana-mana kesatuan guru?

2. Pengetua yang menerima berbagai arahan dari KPM, JPN dan PPD. Pengetua tidak akan memapu untuk melakukan segala arahan tersebut. Maka, arahan tersebut diperturunkan kepada guru. Sebagai Pengetua, saya juga merasa banyaknya arahan yang diturunkan; ada kala mengelirukan, ada kala berganda, ada kala urgent walaupun macam tidak penting ... (saya tidak akan ulas panjang sangat!). Nasihat saya, sebagai kakitangan (dalam BI ialah servant), just do it!

3. Berkaitan dengan LNPT - saya tidak ada halangan untuk memberitahu guru / kakitangan. Masalahnya, LNPT dilihat sebagai membanding antara seorang guru dengan guru yang lain. Saya dapati guru boleh menerima markah LNPT itu, tetapi tidak boleh menerima apabila dia dibandingkan dengan guru lain. Walaupun saya memberitahu guru markahnya, dia akan "mencari" berapa markah guru lain dan mula membuat perbandingan. -- Salam sejahtera,
Hj Rambli Zainudin

2010-03-17T16:04:00.000-07:00

Sukan sekolah diperkasa 2011

Oleh Anwar Hussin, S Anand Kumar dan Haspaizi Mohd Zainbhnews@bharian.com.my2010/03/18
Kegiatan jadi bahagian khusus, dipisahkan daripada seni, kokurikulum

KUALA LUMPUR: Kementerian Pelajaran semalam memutuskan pelaksanaan beberapa langkah bagi memperkukuhkan pembangunan sukan di sekolah mulai tahun depan, termasuk memberi lima daripada 10 peratus markah yang diperuntukkan untuk kokurikulum.
Timbalan Perdana Menteri, Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin, berkata antara lain yang diputuskan ialah menjadikan kegiatan sukan sebagai satu bahagian khusus yang mempunyai pengarah dan timbalan pengarah yang akan dilantik seramai empat orang, di samping memisahkan bahagian sukan yang sebelum ini dicantum dengan seni dan kokurikulum. “Selain itu, kerajaan juga memutuskan bahawa pemarkahan kepada pelajar yang menyertai aktiviti sukan adalah lima peratus berbanding 10 peratus yang diperuntukkan di bawah aktiviti kokurikulum sebelum ini yang tidak memberikan sebarang penekanan terhadap sukan. “Sebelum ini, kegiatan kokurikulum sukan tidak diberi penekanan di sekolah. Bermula tahun depan, dasar 1Murid 1Sukan akan dikuatkuasakan,” katanya selepas mempengerusikan Mesyuarat Jawatankuasa Induk Pembangunan Sukan Sekolah di Bangunan Parlimen. Muhyiddin berkata, turut diputuskan ialah penambahan tenaga kerja seperti guru khas untuk melaksanakan pembangunan sukan di sekolah yang akan dibuat secara berperingkat. Katanya, peruntukan untuk aktiviti sukan juga akan ditambah bagi setiap pelajar iaitu RM4 bagi pelajar sekolah rendah dan RM6 untuk pelajar sekolah menengah, berbanding peruntukan RM2.40 bagi setiap pelajar sebelum ini. “Kementerian juga akan mengambil langkah untuk menambah jadual kokurikulum dan ia akan susun balik, kalau boleh sukan itu diajar dalam jadual waktu persekolahan, jadi pelajar tidak perlu pulang,” katanya. Beliau berkata, bagaimanapun, langkah itu perlu dilakukan tanpa menjejaskan waktu pembelajaran akademik dan tidak membabitkan keperluan untuk memanjangkan waktu persekolahan. “Cara ini untuk menggalakkan pembangunan sukan di sekolah, bukannya nak tumpu untuk lahirkan atlit, tetapi jika nak majukan sukan di sekolah, mesti dapat mengenal pasti bakat yang boleh diketengahkan menerusi Majlis Sukan Negara, tapi sasaran kementerian ialah pembabitan pelajar dalam bidang pasukan,” katanya. Sementara itu, Muhyiddin berkata, satu jawatankuasa akan ditubuhkan untuk mendapatkan pandangan pelbagai pihak berhubung dasar pendidikan seks di sekolah. Timbalan Perdana Menteri berkata, jawatankuasa itu akan dianggotai pakar dalam bidang pendidikan seks, biologi dan hal yang berkaitan. “Mungkin kita boleh mengambil sedikit contoh daripada apa yang berlaku di setengah negara yang sudah memperkenalkan (dasar ini) dan juga pakar yang ada di kementerian,” katanya. Muhyiddin yang juga Menteri Pelajaran berkata, isu pendidikan seks di sekolah sudah dibincangkan oleh banyak pihak. “Cuma kementerian yang belum lagi membuat keputusan kerana kita faham yang ia adalah suatu perkara yang agak besar dan dinanti bukan saja oleh kementerian tetapi pelajar, ibu bapa dan masyarakat. Oleh itu, ia adalah satu perkara yang perlu kita halusi semasak-masaknya. “Jadi, saya bercadang untuk menubuh satu jawatankuasa untuk mendapatkan pandangan pelbagai pihak yang setakat ini (hanya menyuarakannya) kepada media saja, ada pakar kata bagus, ada yang kata tak bagus, ada yang

2010-03-13T16:05:00.000-08:00

Time for sex education to be a school subject
March 13, 2010, Saturday
NOW who says only girls giggle. Boys do that too. Well, my classmates and I were guilty of giggling during secondary school more than 30 years ago when our biology teacher started talking about reproductive organs. (Now, we can all laugh at ourselves for giggling at that time.)That was our first introduction to sex (via the science class, of course). Then, the teacher would discuss the fertilisation of the egg by the sperm but would never mention that a man and woman must have sexual intercourse in order for reproduction to take place.
That would have tickled our curiosity (and innocence) even more and definitely, heighten our giggles and blushes. Well, I suppose it is only natural for teenagers to feel shy to talk openly about sex in school. For our biology teacher then, that was as far as she could go. No, there was nothing in the curriculum to warn students about unwanted pregnancy or to advise on safe sex.
This week, the Education Ministry brought up the subject of introducing sex education in schools. The issue was broached because of the increasing number of unwed mothers, mostly students.
There is now a realisation that sex and relationship education is critical. Children must be taught about relationships, responsibilities, and the social and emotional side of sexual behaviour.
During my time in secondary school, unwanted pregnancy was not actually a serious issue. Well, we can say that teenagers then were more ‘careful’ or less ‘adventurous’. Still, we have to concede that students then were also having sexual relations.
Sex education in schools has been brought up many times but somehow, the matter was put in cold storage as soon as it was brought up.
In 2005, Datuk Hishammuddin Hussein, then the Education Minister, was all for sex education. He was quoted as saying in the media that “we are faced with various forms of sexual crimes: Internet pornography, incest, pre-marital sex, sexual abuse and harassment, and paedophilia. The guidelines address all these. All must take sex as a serious issue.”
Then in December 2006, there was an AFP report saying that Malaysia is to introduce sex education in schools for the first time, with topics to range from pre-marital sex to homosexuality and masturbation.
It reported that under the plans approved by the Cabinet, sex education will start for preschoolers from the age of four up to teenagers and young adults, according to the Education Ministry and the Ministry for Women, Family and Community Development.
Subjects would also include rape, sexual abuse, abortion, infanticide and the spread of HIV/AIDS, the ministries said.
“This action is needed so that society, especially the youth, are given accurate and detailed information to curb these social ills,” they said in a statement.
The ministries said they had developed a sex education guidebook incorporating the topics that were written after consultations, which started in July 2002.
“The guidebook was published to impart knowledge to all Malaysians from various age groups to think positively in life by absorbing good and honourable social values,” they said.
Five years later, what happened to the guide book? It’s strange that there was no follow-up on the matter. Has the guide book been used to train teachers in the teaching of sex education? Or like the quest to introduce sex education, it has also been placed on the shelf to gather dust. What a waste of the funds and efforts put in coming up with the guide book, really!
As sex education was raised again this week, it is not surprising to hear the same lamentation — teachers are not trained to teach the subject.
National Union of Teaching Profession (NUTP) secretary-general Lok Yim Pheng voiced the union’s full support of the government’s move for sex education in schools but lamented that, “teachers lack formal training in the complexity and sensitivity of the subject and are not confident to teach it”.
Some teachers feared being sued by parents for imparting sexual knowledge to their children, she said.
We can appreciate the concerns of the teachers as these fears are real. How often have we heard of parents taking action against the school authorities or teachers for alleged mistreatment of their children.
Whatever the obstacles are, it is high time that sex education be made a school subject. Why? An editorial in an online news portal said it best this week.
“As children are sexually active at an earlier age these days, sex education should be made compulsory and be taught in line with the ethos and values of the school. Maybe, what needs to be done is for a survey of parents, to be commissioned by the government, for the parents’ feedback.
“It is important to teach children about puberty and the facts of life, the differences between boys and girls, healthy relationships, different kinds of relationships (heterosexual and homosexual), body image and self-confidence.
“At secondary school level, pupils should know about contraception, HIV and AIDS, pregnancy, effects of drugs, sexually transmitted diseases, responsibility, abortions and importance of relationships.
“As in any teaching, the weakest point is the quality of the teachers and their treatment of the subject. Teachers must be strict and disciplined with pupils who might want to misconstrue why sex education is being taught.
“Simultaneously, a group of trained teachers to provide counselling services must be made available for any student with problems of a sexual nature, to be discussed in confidence.
“Perhaps, the main message is that sex education is not about teaching young children to ‘have sex’. It is to give them an idea about relationships, to be developed as they get older. It might help if the sex education was kept purely scientific, as opposed to calling it pleasurable or ‘making love’.”
Today, I am not giggling or blushing. As a father myself, I have spoken to my teenage kids on all they need to know about their bodies and relationships with the opposite sex.
And I’m glad, my kids did not giggle in our discussion on sex. Thankfully, they were more mature than me when I was their age.

2010-03-12T17:54:00.000-08:00

Bantuan perkapita kokurikulum dinaikOleh Hassan Omarhassanomar@bharian.com.my2010/03/13
MUHYIDDIN bersama Ketua Menteri Sabah, Datuk Seri Musa Aman ketawa bersama penjual ikan, Margaret Jipulis (kanan) ketika mempromosikan belut.Peruntukan terlalu rendah, perlu ditambah: Muhyiddin
KOTA KINABALU: Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin mengumumkan bantuan perkapita kokurikulum setiap pelajar sekolah dinaikkan daripada RM2 sekarang, manakala sistem penyimpanan data guru yang bakal ditugaskan di luar bandar dan pedalaman diperkemas. Timbalan Perdana Menteri menyifatkan bantuan berkenaan sekarang terlalu rendah dan perlu ditingkatkan sejajar usaha Kementerian Pelajaran memperkukuh pembabitan pelajar dalam bidang kokurikulum, terutama sukan. "Kita akan pastikan jumlah peruntukan lebih daripada sedia ada supaya sekolah dapat melaksanakan lebih banyak kegiatan. Minggu depan kami akan bermesyuarat membincangkan perkara ini," katanya selepas majlis bersama warga pendidik di Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Agama Kota Kinabalu, di Bukit Padang, dekat sini.
Mengenai sistem penyimpanan data guru, Muhyiddin berkata, beliau sudah mengarahkan pegawai kementerian menyediakan sistem lebih kemas dan terkini yang bukan setakat membabitkan maklumat mengenai guru itu sendiri, malah keluarga mereka bagi menjadikan pertukaran dan penempatan dilaksanakan secara lebih telus.
Katanya, sistem berkenaan akan memudahkan Jabatan Pelajaran negeri menyusun jadual penempatan guru baru dan pertukaran guru berpengalaman untuk bertugas di luar bandar dan pedalaman, bagi mengelakkan mereka menghadapi masalah untuk ditukarkan.
Sementara itu, Muhyiddin berkata, kementerian akan mengkaji elaun tertentu untuk guru di pedalaman sebagai menghargai pengorbanan mereka bertugas di kawasan yang tidak memiliki infrastruktur lengkap.
Mengenai guru tidak lagi diberikan peluang menduduki peperiksaan Penilaian Tahap Kecekapan (PTK) pada tahap empat untuk membolehkan mereka menikmati peningkatan gaji jika lulus pada tahap tiga, Muhyiddin berkata, kementerian akan meneliti perkara itu.
"Kita kumpulkan maklumat keluarga guru seperti dia tinggal di mana, suami dia kerja apa dan dia ada beli rumah atau tidak. Guru mesti tahu bila dia akan ditukarkan supaya boleh buat persediaan. Bagi guru baru pula, dia harus bersedia ditukarkan ke luar bandar dan pedalaman," katanya.
Muhyiddin juga berkata, masalah murid menumpang di sekolah lain kerana bilik darjah tidak cukup tidak harus berlaku tetapi sukar dielakkan berikutan pertambahan penduduk di sesuatu kawasan sukar dijangka.
Beliau berkata bagi mengatasi masalah itu, kerajaan harus menyediakan peruntukan besar kerana untuk membina sebuah sekolah, peruntukan tidak kurang RM50 juta diperlukan.
Sehubungan itu, katanya, Kementerian Pelajaran terpaksa menyediakan kabin sebagai bilik darjah sementara sebelum bangunan tambahan dibina.
Sementara itu, ketika menjawab soalan dalam sesi berkenaan, Muhyiddin berkata, kementerian akan mengkaji elaun tertentu untuk guru di pedalaman sebagai menghargai pengorbanan mereka bertugas di kawasan yang tidak memiliki infrastruktur seperti bekalan tenaga elektrik, jalan raya dan bekalan air.
Mengenai guru tidak lagi diberikan peluang menduduki peperiksaan Penilaian Tahap Kecekapan (PTK) pada tahap empat untuk membolehkan mereka menikmati peningkatan gaji jika lulus pada tahap tiga, Muhyiddin berkata, kementerian akan meneliti perkara itu.
Beliau bersetuju guru dan pegawai di pejabat pelajaran daerah tidak harus disekat menikmati kenaikan gaji selepas lulus tahap tiga PTK dan akan membincangkannya dengan pegawai kementerian itu.

Kata Pengetua:

Masalah pertukaran guru adalah masalah lama. Guru luar bandar sukar pindah ke bandar kerana jarang guru bandar yang pindah keluar bandar walaupun ada elaun luar bandar. Guru luar bandar mahu pindah ke bandar kerana keluarga mereka di bandar, mereka beli rumah di bandar atau hendak tukar angin / "mencari pengalaman" baru. Sekarang ini sistem point digunakan. Walau bagaimanapun, masalah timbul kerana tiada kekosongan di bandar walaupun point telah dicapai.
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2010-03-03T23:17:00.000-08:00

STU chief disagrees teachers not ready for sex education

(Borneo Post)
by Peter Boon March 4, 2010, Thursday
SIBU: The notion that Malaysian teachers are not ready to impart sex education in school does not augur well with the Sarawak Teachers’ Union (STU).Its president William Ghani, in stating this yesterday, said STU respected the National Union of Teaching Profession (NUTP) secretary-general Lok Yim Pheng’s view on the matter.
However, he said, it did not reflect the stand of the 340,000 teachers from 10,000 schools in the country.
“This is because the issue was never discussed in our meetings comprising the country’s 24 teachers’ unions, Secondary School Principals Association Malaysia and Primary School Headmasters Council,” Ghani told The Borneo Post when contacted yesterday.
He was commenting on Lok’s opinion that Malaysian teachers lacked professional training in teaching the subject.
Lok was also quoted by a local news agency as saying that teachers were not confident to teach such subject.
In response, quoting his neighbour (a teacher), who called him yesterday, Ghani said: “Who say we are not ready.”
In fact, in school, subjects such as Civic (Moral), Biology and Science taught students the importance of self-respect, he stressed.
“For example, there is a section in the Civic lesson that dwells on family education. Here, students are properly guided about the dos and don’ts in their lives.
“We explain to them why certain things are best left until they are married,” he said.
Ghani strongly felt that such knowledge could be further reinforced by parents, given the limited time children had in school.
A strong family institution was imperative to help children shun bad influences and guide them towards achieving their goals in life, he emphasised.
Parents, he went on to say, needed to play a more engaging role at home.
He said they needed to tell their children why it was not proper to start a relationship while still schooling and the consequences of doing so.
Among others, he reckoned that by providing moral and religious education at home, parents would condition their children’s mind to differentiate between right and wrong.
“Our children will check with their inner selves before attempting anything that can throw their lives into tatters,” Ghani added.
In addition, he pointed out that parents should make time for a regular heart to heart talk with their children.
“This is because at times, children attempted wild things just to attract their parents’ attention,” he said.
He also felt that it was irrational to introduce a fresh subject in school each time a problem cropped up as students would be the one to bear blunt of such action.
Students, he added, were already hard pressed to cope with their schoolwork.
“Therefore, any additional subject will make them dislike going to school,” he said.
He said this might prompt students to skip school as they might find it boring.
“Perhaps, we have to ask ourselves in attempting to solve a problem, are we creating a bigger problem which we may have overlooked?” he asked.

2010-03-02T16:20:00.000-08:00

Murid dakwa guru cakar pipi
KANGAR 2 Mac (Utusan Malaysia) –

Seperti murid Tahun Satu yang lain, Zaidi Putra Zakaria, 7, begitu teruja untuk ke sekolah, sejak sesi pembelajaran dibuka awal Januari lalu.Walaupun pernah sekali dia diserang demam, kanak-kanak itu tetap bersemangat untuk pergi ke sekolah.Namun, apa yang berlaku pada 23 Februari lalu, sedikit sebanyak telah menyentap semangat kanak-kanak itu untuk pergi ke sekolah.Bapa murid itu mendakwa, anaknya itu kini fobia untuk pergi ke sekolah setelah pipinya dicakar oleh seorang guru perempuan sebuah sekolah rendah di Sanglang.Menurut Zakaria Kasa, 39, dia kesal kerana dimaklumkan bahawa kesalahan yang dilakukan oleh anaknya itu hanya kerana terlupa menyiapkan kerja sekolah yang diberi oleh guru berkenaan.Zakaria mendakwa, dia dihubungi oleh pihak sekolah pada pukul 8.45 pagi minggu lalu, meminta supaya datang ke sekolah setelah anak lelakinya itu mengalami luka di pipi kanan.“Saya nampak ada kesan cakar sepanjang kira-kira empat sentimeter di pipi kanan anak saya tetapi ketika ditanya, anak saya hanya mendiamkan diri,” katanya kepada para pemberita di sini semalam.Zakaria yang berasal dari Kampung Sungai Belati, Simpang Empat berkata, dia kemudian membiarkan anaknya meneruskan persekolahan kerana Zaidi Putra mempunyai kelas tuisyen di sekolah itu sehingga pukul 2 petang.“Namun pada sebelah petang, ketika semua warga sekolah itu pulang barulah Zaidi Putra memberitahu bahawa pipinya dicakar oleh guru perempuan tersebut,” katanya.Setelah mengetahui punca kejadian tersebut Zakaria berkata, dia bergegas bertemu seorang guru sekolah berkenaan, namun dia kecewa apabila guru berkenaan memberitahu anaknya berbohong dan luka itu dibuat sendiri oleh anaknya.“Guru tersebut memberitahu bahawa luka itu dibuat sendiri oleh anak saya iaitu dengan menggores zip yang terdapat pada bekas menyimpan pensil ke pipi,” dakwanya.Tidak berpuas hati dengan tuduhan itu, Zakaria bertindak membuat laporan polis di Balai Polis Simpang Empat pada pukul 5.55 petang hari yang sama.Menurut Zakaria, dia terkejut apabila guru besar sekolah itu ingin memohon maaf beberapa hari kemudian sedangkan pada awal kejadian, pihak sekolah menafikan tindakan guru berkenaan.Malah dia juga berasa terkilan kerana guru yang terlibat dalam kejadian itu tidak tampil sendiri untuk memohon maaf dengan alasan sedang mengikuti kursus.Berikutan itu, dia membuat keputusan untuk memberhentikan persekolahan anak-anaknya di sekolah itu kerana tidak lagi menaruh kepercayaan terhadap pentadbiran sekolah tersebut.Sementara itu, Ketua Polis Daerah Kangar, Supritendan Abdul Rahman Mohd. Noordin ketika dihubungi mengesahkan pihaknya menerima laporan mengenai kejadian tersebut dan kini sedang menjalankan siasatan.

Kata Pengetua:

Kita perlu sedar bahawa zaman sudah berubah. Membuat laporan polis sudah menjadi lumrah; saman menyaman sudah menjadi-jadi. Oleh itu, kita harus bertindak mengikut perubahan tersebut. Oleh itu, saya akan selalu mengingatkan para guru supaya tidak mengambil tindakan fizikal yang tidak dibenarkan terhadap pelajar. Niat yang baik tidak cukup untuk mempertahankan diri kalau kita disaman di mahkamah.

TOO MUCH TV BAD FOR STUDENTS

2010-02-26T01:32:00.000-08:00

Too much TV bad for students: Union Chief
Borneo Post

by Peter Boon February 26, 2010, Friday
SIBU: Too much television is exerting bad influences on students causing them to mimic the violent actions there, said Sarawak Teachers’ Union (STU) president William Ghani Bina.He said uncontrolled viewing of television particularly involving violent scenes could confuse students with what had been taught inside the school gates, and could eventually lead to more pressing social ills.
“Parental guidance is imperative as students lack the maturity to differentiate the good from the bad,” he told The Borneo Post yesterday when asked about intervention programmes to curb violence in schools following another reported fighting incident that shocked the public.
“As a result, they copy or follow the behaviour blindly unaware of the negative consequences associated with such actions,” he quipped.
In the unfortunate incident, the Form 2 student of a secondary school in Limbang alleged that he had been punched and kicked by a group of schoolmates.
Weeks earlier, a 14-year-old student in Kuching suffered the same fate due to an unprovoked attack.
The victim claimed he did not know who assaulted him, smashing his head against a table.
In response to these incidents, Ghani urged parents to devote more time to their children so that they could be more alert on any change of behaviour.
As a starting point, this would require parents to follow closely the type of television programmes their children were watching.
Ghani added: “Parents must intervene or provide guidance when certain programmes were found containing scenes not suitable for their children viewing.”
Citing an example, he pointed out that fighting scenes could corrupt students’ mind, motivating them to unconsciously engage in such aggressive behaviour.
As such, the onus is on the parents to keep close tabs on their children’s television programmes, which means spending more time with them (their children), he reiterated.
Ghani also appealed to the relevant authority to avoid screening movies with fighting scenes during daytime.
On the contrary, they can perhaps roll out more light programmes preferably with educational values to suit the young viewers, he suggested.
The president advised parents among other things, to emphasise on moral or religious education at home to help their children shy away from bad influences.
Again, this requires parents to spend more quality time with their children, he said.
Reinforced with such education and mental conditioning, students, he reckoned, would think twice about doing anything foolish.
They will not easily submit to their impulse, he said.
Towards this end, he hoped parents would have a more holistic view of the situation whenever an ugly incident cropped out.
This, he said was to be fair to the teachers, who were equally concerned about the safety and well being of their students.
“The way I see it, pointing fingers will not solve the problem and if not careful, could aggravate it.
“The thing is, the safety and well-being of students is a collective effort of both parents and teachers,” he stressed.

2010-02-25T16:17:00.000-08:00

500 sekolah taraf lima bintang
Oleh NAZMIL NASIRUDDIN pengarang@utusan.com.my
PUTRAJAYA 12 Feb. - Kementerian Pelajaran menyasarkan 500 daripada 10,000 sekolah seluruh negara mencapai taraf sekolah lima bintang hujung tahun ini.
Ketua Pengarah Pelajaran, Tan Sri Alimuddin Mohd. Dom berkata, penarafan itu berdasarkan Piawaian Kelayakan Sekolah Bestari (SSQS) yang merupakan satu set piawaian bagi mengukur pencapaian sekolah dalam empat bidang iaitu penggunaan, modal insan, aplikasi dan infrastruktur.
"Pada tahun lalu 8,454 sekolah ditarafkan. Daripada bilangan ini, 7,575 sekolah berjaya ke tahap tiga hingga lima bintang," katanya.
Beliau bercakap pada sidang akhbar selepas Pembentangan Laporan dan Majlis Penghargaan bagi Program Sekolah Bestari Luar Bandar di Hotel Marriot di sini hari ini.
Turut hadir Ketua Pegawai Eksekutif Perbadanan Pembangunan Multimedia (MDeC), Datuk Baldisham Ghazali.
Menurut Alimuddin, 35 sekolah luar bandar akan ditambah ke dalam Program Sekolah Bestari Luar Bandar pada fasa kedua tahun ini.
Beliau berkata, penambahan itu juga secara tidak langsung mempercepat proses pembestarian sekolah luar bandar yang sebelum ini bermula dengan 15 sekolah pada tahun lalu.
Katanya, program tersebut diguna pakai untuk pelaksanaan 88 sekolah bestari penanda aras yang disesuaikan untuk pelaksanaan sekolah luar bandar.
"Sekolah tersebut dipilih daripada kategori menengah harian, sekolah kebangsaan, sekolah teknik vokasional, sekolah jenis kebangsaan, sekolah agama, sekolah pendidikan khas, sekolah Felda dan sekolah Orang Asli atau Penan.
"Sekolah luar yang dipilih juga perlu mempunyai kemudahan asas bekalan elektrik 24 jam, mempunyai infrastruktur asas teknologi maklumat dan komunikasi (ICT) seperti asas makmal komputer, Pusat Akses Sekolah dan mendapat kemudahan Schoolnet," jelasnya.
Selain itu, beliau memberitahu, sekolah tersebut sekurang-kurangnya perlu mencapai tahap penarafan tahap tiga bintang berdasarkan SQSS.
Ditanya mengenai pelbagai pelaksanaan label sekolah seperti Sekolah Berprestasi Tinggi (SBT), sekolah kluster, sekolah berasrama penuh (SBP), beliau berkata perkara tersebut tidak membawa banyak perbezaan.
"Apa yang membezakan hanya program yang dikhususkan kepada sekolah tersebut sahaja.
"Pada dasarnya hanya terdapat tiga jenis sekolah asal iaitu sekolah bantuan penuh kerajaan, sekolah bantuan modal dan sekolah swasta sahaja," katanya.

2010-02-25T04:51:00.000-08:00

Terengganu has 6,000 high risk students
February 25, 2010, Thursday
KUALA TERENGGANU: About 6,000 secondary school students in Terengganu are involved in social problems like truancy, mat rempit, crime and drug abuse.State Exco for Education, Higher Education, Science & Technology and Human Resource Ahmad Razif Abdul Rahman said the state government took a serious view although it was small compared to the 250,000 student population.
He said the state government and Education Department were taking measures to check the unhealthy problem.
“The presence of just one high risk student in a school will inconvenience teachers and other students,” Ahmad Razif said.
Police recently briefed the state government and Education Department on the high risk schools in Terengganu. — Bernama

STUDENT MERCILESSLY PUNCHED, KICKED

2010-02-25T02:26:00.000-08:00

FROM BORNEO POST

by Mastura Ismail and Philip Kiew February 25, 2010, Thursday
Tagged with: crime student
Attackers even recorded their atrocious act which left victim bruised and traumatised
LIMBANG: A group of secondary school students here punched and kicked a junior schoolmate just before the Chinese New Year and had the audacity to record their atrocious act which left their victim badly bruised and traumatised.

PROOF OF ALLEGED ATTACK: The victim’s mother shows the video recording of her son being bullied by his seniors. The footage is making its way from handphone to handphone in Limbang District.
The incident which happened at a local boarding school came to light recently when copies of the video were circulated here via handphones.
Despite his injuries, the victim, a Form 2 student from Lawas, kept quiet about the beating. He only nagged his parents to transfer him to another school.
His mother was shocked when she realised that her son was the victim in the five-minute video recording sent to her by a friend.
The video vividly shows a group of students mercilessly raining blows and kicks on the boy. Cowering in fear and pain in the footage, the boy pleaded to the group to stop hurting him, but his cries went unheeded.
In fact the assailants took turns to punch and kick him until he was injured in the face and body.
The aggressors were reportedly Form 3 students, and the cause of the beating was not immediately known.
The victim’s angry mother, who declined to be named in this report, said the whole family was shocked when they saw the video last Tuesday evening.
“I did not suspect anything when my friend sent me the video, but after watching it I was so shocked to see that the victim was my son,” she told Utusan Borneo here.
“The seniors punched and kicked him repeatedly. They showed no mercy, but continued to beat him up although he pleaded with them to stop,” she said.
The incident has deeply traumatised the boy who has kept to himself at his home in Lawas since the Chinese New Year.
His family found his behaviour rather odd, and his mother recalled that his right eye was bruised when they sent him back to school.
Now they understand why he nagged them about transferring him to a new school.
“What made us disappointed was the failure of the school to inform us although they knew about the beating.
“If we had not received the video, we would have remained ignorant of the whole matter,” she said.
She called the assault shameful and uncalled for.
“I want the authorities to investigate the case,” she said.
Meanwhile, Limbang police confirmed that a report on the case was lodged by the victim’s father yesterday.
Attempts to contact the school yesterday for comments on the incident were not successful. The senior assistant was said to be outstation.
On the phone, Sarawak Teacher Union chairman William Ghani Bina said the attack was regrettable, but stressed that it should be left to the police to investigate since a report has been lodged by the victim’s father.
Asked about the parent’s complaint that they were not informed by the school about the assault, he said it was unusual.
“Normally, under such circumstances parents would be informed,” he said.
The Borneo Post wanted Assistant Minister in the Chief Minister Office Datin Fatimah Abdullah (who was returning to Kuching after visiting Kabuloh Agriculture Station) to weigh in on the assault, but attempts to contact her were not successful.

CURRICULUM TRANSFORMATION TO SPARK CREATIVE IDEAS

2010-02-24T02:01:00.000-08:00

Curriculum transformation to spark creative ideas
February 24, 2010, Wednesday
MUAR: The Education Ministry’s transformation of the school curriculum is aimed at sparking creative and innovative ideas among students, Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said.

The Education Minister said the transformation would stress on the acquisition of knowledge via fun learning and would not be examination oriented.
“With the transformation of curriculum, the learning process in classes will not be dominated by teachers.
“The learning process will prioritise interaction between students, teachers and classmates to spark creative and innovative ideas,” he said here yesterday. Muhyiddin said this when launching Myideas@School at Sekolah Kebangsaan Lenga near here. It was also attended by Science, Technology and Innovation Minister Datuk Seri Dr Maximus Ongkili.
He said innovation was the nation’s main agenda where new ideas, ways and approaches need to be undertaken.
“We should make creativity and innovation a practice and culture to enrich and bring prosperity to the people.” This should be done from a young age as early exposure to creativity and innovation would help develop young minds.
“Here (in schools) we can create a generation of thinkers and inventors of the future. The main question is how do we achieve this?” Muhyiddin said first phase of MyIdeas@School implemented with cooperation of Multimedia Development Corporation (MDEC) would involve 23 schools nationwide.
Forty-two teachers from 21 smart schools in rural areas would be trained to guide students in using the MyIdeas portal.
He was confident that MyIdeas@School would complement other innovative programmes like Robotics and F1 in Schools. — Bernama

pekeliling ikhtisas - memarrtabatkan Bahasa Malaysia dan memperkukuh Bahasa Inggeris (MBMMBI)

2010-02-22T00:13:00.001-08:00

1. Pekeliling Ikhtisan Bil. 2/2010 "Pelaksanaan Dasar Memartabadkan Bahasa Malaysia dan Memperkukuhkan Bahasa Inggeris (MBMMBI):
i. Mesyuarat Jemaah Menteri pada 08.07.2009 telah memansuhkan pelaksanaan Dasar PPSMI di sekolah-sekolah dan digantikan dengan MBMMBI.
ii. dengan pemansuhan dasar PPSMI, sekolah hendaklah menggunakan BM sebagai bahasa penghantar dalam p&p Sains dan Matematik.
iii. pada 05.08.2009, Mesyuarat Jemaah Menteri telah memutuskan supaya MBMMBI dilaksnakan secara berperingkat-peringkat mulai 2010. Dalam proses peralihan ini, sekolah boleh menggunakan BI dan / atau BM dalam p&p Sains dan Matematik.
iv. pelaksanaan p&p Sians dan Matematik adalah seperti beriktu:
Mulai 2010 - p&p Sains dan Matematik boleh menggunakan BIMulai 2011 - p&p Sains dan Matematik boleh menggunakan BIMulai 2012 - p&p Sains dan Matematik Ting. 1 dilaksanakan dalam BM & p&p Ting. 4 boleh menggunakan BI dan / atau BM sehingga kohot tersebut tamat Ting. 5.PMR dalam dwi bahasa sehingga 2013SPM dwi bahasa sehingga 2015

2010-02-21T12:49:00.000-08:00

BERITA HARIAN
Kembalikan gemilang sukan kita
Oleh Mohd Azis Ngah azis@bharian.com.my
Kurikulum sekolah dirombak selepas 20 tahun terpinggirPETALING JAYA: Kementerian Pelajaran akan merombak dan menstruktur semula kurikulum sukan peringkat sekolah rendah dan menengah dalam usaha mengembalikan kegemilangan sukan di negara ini. Timbalan Perdana Menteri, Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin, berkata dalam tempoh 20 tahun kebelakangan ini, aktiviti sukan sekolah seolah-olah dipinggirkan, sering terkebelakang berbanding aktiviti lain sekali gus menenggelamkan kegemilangan sukan yang pernah menjadi kebanggaan pelajar.
Berikutan itu, katanya, semua aktiviti dan kalendar sukan peringkat sekolah akan disusun semula supaya lebih teratur dan padat dengan pelbagai program pembangunan peringkat akar umbi. Katanya, kerajaan kini merangka perancangan khas untuk mengembalikan kegemilangan, keseronokan dan kebanggaan sukan yang dianggap semakin malap dengan menggariskan lima pendekatan baru dalam memajukan sukan. "Dah hampir 20 tahun, sukan sering menjadi pilihan kedua atau ketiga... apa sebabnya entahlah, tetapi itulah keadaannya hinggakan pada peringkat sekolah, sukan tidak menjadi suatu kebanggaan. Berbanding zaman dulu, sukan dipandang ceria, bangga dan seronok.
"Jadi, saya buat keputusan kembalikan semula sukan dalam sekolah, mesti bermula pada peringkat awal dan semai semangat bersukan," katanya pada sidang media selepas menghadiri Majlis Anugerah Persatuan Penulis Sukan Malaysia (SAM) 2009. Turut hadir Menteri Belia dan Sukan, Datuk Ahmad Shabery Cheek dan Presiden SAM, Ahmad Khawari Isa. Beliau diminta mengulas kemelut sukan peringkat sekolah apabila Majlis Sukan Sekolah-Sekolah Malaysia (MSSM) menggugurkan 24 acara sukan dalam kalendar tahunan 2010 hinggalah Kementerian Pelajaran mengumumkan peruntukan RM89 juta bagi mengembalikan semula acara berkenaan. Muhyiddin yang juga Menteri Pelajaran kecewa kerana kebanyakan sekolah masih terlalu bergantung kepada perancangan lama yang dianggap lapuk serta langsung tidak membantu dalam usaha membangunkan sukan tanpa sebarang inisiatif.
Antara pendekatan yang akan diberi perhatian khas dalam mencapai matlamat itu ialah mengasingkan sukan daripada kokurikulum lain serta melantik pegawai khusus menjaga pembangunan sukan sekolah. "Kurikulum sukan juga mesti diubah termasuk mengkaji waktu sesuai untuk murid dan pelajar terbabit dalam sukan tanpa menjejaskan akademik mereka. Jika ikut jadual sekarang, tempoh bersukan hanya beberapa bulan, berlatih, pilih wakil sekolah dan habis.... hinggakan ibu bapa pun tak tahu bila masanya ada aktiviti sukan. "Bila habis tempoh tu, langsung tak ada program sehingga lima atau enam bulan... itu tak betul, bukan itu caranya, jadi mesti diperbetulkan. Kena ada perancangan apa nak buat selepas itu," katanya. Masalah kekurangan tenaga guru sukan juga diberi perhatian dengan meningkatkan jumlahnya kerana kebanyakan guru sukan sedia ada adalah guru biasa yang tidak terlatih. "Banyak sekolah juga tidak mempunyai kemudahan asas, tiada padang dan dewan serba guna. Kita kena cari jalan penyelesaian, mungkin boleh kongsi atau sewa kemudahan sedia ada. Apa yang penting, aktiviti tak semestinya terbatas atau bermusim, setiap ruang masa mesti diisi," katanya. Selain itu, beliau turut mengumumkan kerajaan akan menambah peruntukan untuk program sukan melalui bajet lima tahun dalam Rancangan Malaysia Ke-10 (RMK-10) tetapi jumlahnya masih belum ditetapkan.

sports be made compulsory in schools - from the news

2010-02-21T11:46:00.000-08:00

Published: Sunday February 21, 2010 MYT 8:39:00
PM: Sports to be made compulsory in schools

By ROSLINA MOHAMAD
BANDAR JENGKA: Sports activities will be made compulsory in schools and students will be required to select a game of their choice starting next year.This means that students must pick at least one game and one uniformed body for the extra classroom activities.Education Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said it would have a separate syllabus and would no longer be part of the co-curriculum syllabus as was the practice currently.“The co-curriculum syllabus will be revamped to make sports an activity with its own programme and allocation and not be included together with arts and uniformed bodies.“Schools will have more sports teachers while allocations will be increased to improve the infrastructure. “It is part of the ministry’s efforts to bring glory back to sports,’’ he told reporters after officially closing Pahang Umno convention here Sunday.He added that an ad hoc committee to make the review had been set up and among the things its members would look into was to give credits to those who were active in sports.By giving additional marks to them, it would help to encourage them to be good in sports as well as academics, he said.Sports had long been neglected in schools and it was high time that the activity be given prominence, he added‘’Sports is good for your mind and health. Otherwise, parents will be sending their children for tuition classes so their children will get straight As.‘’This is the problem now. Parents stress too much on academics,’’ Muhyiddin said.It would also be able to help inculcate leadership skills, he added.He also noted that sports activities would normally commence a few months after schools started and until middle of the year.For the rest of the year, there would be no activities carried out, he added.Muhyiddin also said schools would have more time to arrange its sports and academic calendar when the implementation commenced next year. There are 10,000 schools with 5.6mil students nationwide. Kata Pengetua: Jika masih disebut kokurikulum, ianya tidak akan mendapat tempat sepenting

2010-02-19T15:43:00.000-08:00

Sabah, Sarawak teachers ‘insulted’ by exclusion
By JACK WONGjackwong@thestar.com.my

KUCHING: Teachers in Sabah and Sarawak felt “very insulted and demoralised” as none of the schools from the two states made it to the list of the country’s top 20 schools.
Teachers’ Union Association for Sabah and Sarawak joint committee chairman William Ghani Bina said he had received calls from many teachers and parents who conveyed their strong feelings on the matter.
“They said the announcement of the 20 highest-performing schools came as a great insult to teachers in both Sabah and Sarawak. The results were demoralising to them.
“They felt strongly that 43 years after Sabah and Sarawak became part of Malaysia, the national education policy has failed. Something is wrong,” he added when asked yesterday.
The Education Ministry had announced an annual budget of nearly RM1mil for each of the schools besides allowing students to finish a year earlier as reward for high performance.
Ghani, who is also Sarawak Teachers’ Union president, said parents and teachers questioned the impartiality in picking the 20 schools. There are 1,624 primary schools and 107 secondary schools in Sarawak.
He said the association, which shared the sentiments expressed by the teachers and parents, found it unfair to grade all schools in the country with only one measure.
Ghani said unlike Singapore where most schools were in almost the same situation, schools in Malaysia were classified as urban or rural.
For the rural schools, he said there were three different classifications based on hardship allowances for the teachers, ranging from RM500 to RM1,500.
“The differing hardship allowances means that the Government accepts the disparities between schools. It is therefore unfair to rate schools with a single grade.”
Ghani said the Education Ministry should be serious in addressing the longstanding teacher shortage problem in Sarawak.
“We are not asking for 100% trained teachers. There is even a shortage of untrained (temporary) teachers,” he added.
Ghani said he had asked the ministry to train temporary teachers who had taught for many years, but the ministry had not accepted their applications to be trained as permanent teachers.
He urged the ministry to accept applications from Universiti Tun Abdul Razak (Unitar) graduates with education degrees to increase the number of professional teachers.

2010-02-13T05:23:00.001-08:00

Berita Harian
Guru besar, pengetua dapat imbuhan jika lonjak sekolah
KUALA TERENGGANU: Bermula tahun depan, guru besar dan pengetua yang berjaya melonjakkan kecemerlangan sekolah berasaskan akademik, kokurikulum dan sukan akan diberikan ganjaran dan insentif oleh Kementerian Pelajaran. Timbalan Perdana Menteri, Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin, berkata penilaian prestasi akan mula dilakukan tahun ini dengan setiap pencapaian sekolah akan menjadi kayu pengukur terhadap prestasi guru besar atau pun pengetua. "Malah bukan saja kepada pengetua atau pun guru besar, imbuhan itu juga akan turut dirasai oleh guru di sekolah yang terbabit dan ini akan memberikan galakan kepada golongan tersebut untuk berusaha lebih keras bagi meningkatkan prestasi sekolah masing-masing," katanya.
Muhyiddin yang juga Menteri pelajaran berkata demikian ketika berucap pada majlis penyampaian hadiah kecemerlangan pelajar Yayasan Terengganu ke-31 dan program Juara Rakyat peringkat Parlimen Kuala Terengganu di sini hari ini. Bagaimanapun, beliau tidak memperjelaskan bentuk ganjaran atau insentif yang akan diberikan nanti. Sementara itu, Muhyiddin turut memuji kerajaan negeri Terengganu kerana memberikan komitmen yang besar terhadap bidang pendidikan dengan mengiktiraf negeri itu sebagai peneraju bidang pelajaran di negara ini.
"Ini dapat dilihat melalui peruntukan besar kepada bidang pendidikan selain memberi bantuan kepada pelajar memperoleh buku elektronik dan imbuhan kecemerlangan," katanya. Katanya, komitmen itu menjadikan Terengganu berjaya muncul sebagai negeri yang mencatatkan keputusan terbaik dalam peperiksaan UPSR selama sembilan tahun berturut-turut. Di samping itu, katanya, negeri itu berjaya melahirkan ramai pelajar yang cemerlang dalam peperiksaan PMR, Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) dan Sijil Tinggi Palajaran Malaysia (STPM). Muhyiddin berkata, walaupun tidak ada sekolah di Terengganu yang disenaraikan antara 20 Sekolah Berprestasi Tinggi (SBT) baru-baru ini, ia tidak bermakna kerajaan meminggirkan sekolah di negeri itu.
"Banyak sekolah di negeri ini yang mencapai tahap cemerlang, namun tidak disenaraikan dalam sekolah SBT kerana masih mempunyai kekurangan dalam satu dua perkara. "Namun dengan adanya usaha gigih semua pihak termasuk ibu bapa, guru dan pelajar itu sendiri, saya pasti lebih banyak sekolah di negeri ini akan tersenarai pada masa akan datang," katanya. Pada majlis itu, beliau turut menyampaikan sijil penghargaan kepada 106 sekolah cemerlang di kawasan Kuala Terengganu dan sumbangan cek sebanyak RM100,000 daripada Jabatan Perdana Menteri kepada Persatuan Pengusaha Keropok Losong. Sumbangan itu diterima oleh Pemangku Pengerusinya, Abu Bakar Yusof. - Bernama

PELAJAR MISKIN, ANAK YATIM KE UITM

2010-02-13T02:16:00.000-08:00

DARIPADA AKHBAR UTUSAN MALAYSIA

5,000 pelajar miskin, anak yatim ke UiTM

SHAH ALAM 12 Feb. – Perdana Menteri, Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak mahu Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM) menyediakan 5,000 tempat untuk pelajar miskin dan anak yatim melanjutkan pengajian di universiti itu setiap tahun.
Beliau berkata, ia bagi memberi peluang kepada golongan itu mendapat pendidikan di peringkat tertinggi di negara ini.
‘‘Jika ini dapat dilakukan, 20,000 pelajar miskin terdiri daripada anak pekebun, anak yatim, nelayan dan anak kakitangan pembantu am rendah akan berpeluang belajar di institusi pengajian tinggi awam (IPTA),” katanya.
Beliau berkata demikian ketika berucap merasmikan Kampus UiTM Puncak Alam Fasa Satu di sini yang dihadiri lebih 1,000 penuntut UiTM dari beberapa kampus cawangannya petang ini.
Hadir sama isteri beliau, Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor; Menteri Pengajian Tinggi, Datuk Seri Mohamed Khaled Nordin dan Naib Canselor UiTM, Prof. Datuk Ir. Dr. Sahol Hamid Abu Bakar.
Kampus UiTM Puncak Alam merupakan kampus tambahan untuk menampung lebih 20,000 pelajar dari kampus induk Shah Alam.
Fasa satu UiTM Kampus Puncak Alam menempatkan Fakulti Farmasi, Fakulti Pengurusan dan Teknologi Pejabat serta Fakulti Sains Kesihatan di atas tapak seluas 138.3 hektar daripada tapak keseluruhannya seluas 434.3 hektar.
Kini kampus Puncak Alam telah diisi seramai 4,200 pelajar dan 520 kakitangan akademik dan pentadbiran.
Pihak UiTM memohon agar kerajaan memberi peruntukan untuk membina sebuah hospital di atas tanah kosong seluas 40 hektar di kampus itu bagi membolehkan 2,000 doktor Melayu dilahirkan dalam tempoh lima tahun.
Perdana Menteri ketika mengulas permohonan itu menyatakan kesediaan menimbang dan menyemak permintaan itu dengan Kementerian Kewangan.
‘‘Saya kena semak ada duit atau tidak sebab perbelanjaan membina hospital ini memang

2010-02-13T02:04:00.000-08:00

BERITA HARIAN.

Syor guru baru bertugas di pedalaman

BALIK PULAU: Kementerian Pelajaran bercadang mewajibkan guru baru untuk bertugas di pedalaman selama tiga tahun bagi memberi pengalaman serta pendedahan kepada mereka mengenai keperitan bertugas sebagai pendidik. Timbalan Menteri Pelajaran, Dr Puad Zakarshi, berkata pihaknya tidak lagi akan menempatkan guru baru di kawasan bandar atau berhampiran tempat tinggal seperti berlaku pada masa ini. "Biar mereka tahu bagaimana pengalaman bekerja sebagai pendidik terutama di kawasan pedalaman yang kadang-kala memerlukan kesabaran berikutan kesukaran hidup di kawasan berkenaaan.
"Ini masih di peringkat cadangan dan kajian mengenainya sedang dilaksanakan. Bagaimanapun, ini satu pendekatan baik bagi melahirkan guru berkualiti," katanya. Beliau berkata demikian pada sidang media selepas menyampaikan anugerah kepada pelajar cemerlang sekitar Parlimen Balik Pulau dalam peperiksaan Ujian Pencapaian Sekolah Rendah (UPSR) dan Penilaian Menengah Rendah (PMR). Hadir sama, Ketua Umno Bahagian Balik Pulau, Datuk Seri Dr Hilmi Yahaya yang juga Ahli Dewan Undangan Negeri (Adun) Teluk Bahang; Adun Pulau Betong, Mohamad Farid Saad dan Adun Bayan Lepas, Syed Ameruddin Syed Ahmad.
Mengenai pengambilan pelajar lulusan SPM untuk mengikuti program Ijazah Sarjana Pendidikan di Institut Pendidikan Guru (IPG), Puad berkata, pengambilan kumpulan pertama akan dibuat Jun ini. "Pemilihan calon adalah antara mereka yang mempunyai gred baik pada peperiksaan SPM," katanya. Sementara itu, Puad berkata, pihaknya bercadang memberi kelonggaran kepada pelajar bidang kemahiran dengan membenarkan mereka mengambil hanya satu subjek iaitu Bahasa Melayu dalam peperiksaan Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) bagi membolehkan mereka memperoleh sijil. "Ketika ini, pelajar perlu menjawab subjek lain seperti Sains serta Matematik dan pelajar kemahiran sudah tentu tidak begitu berminat menjawabnya menyebabkan sijil mereka tidak begitu 'cantik' kerana gagal.
"Sebab itu kami mahu memberikan kelonggaran kepada mereka dengan membenarkan menjawab kertas Bahasa Melayu saja," katanya. Beliau berkata, langkah itu bagi membolehkan pelajar bidang kemahiran yang belajar di Sekolah Vokasional dan Teknik melanjutkan pelajaran bagi memperoleh Sijil Kemahiran peringkat lima. "Bagi mendapatkan sijil itu, mereka perlu melanjutkan pelajaran ke program dikendalikan agensi seperti Kementerian Sumber Manusia. Kami hanya menyediakan sijil bagi peringkat satu dan dua saja," katanya.

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2009-10-04T02:54:00.000-07:00

Muhyiddin akan lancar Bulan Bahasa Kebangsaan

KUCHING: Timbalan Perdana Menteri, Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin, yang akan melancarkan Bulan Bahasa Kebangsaan peringkat nasional di sini Selasa ini, dijangka menemui pemimpin parti komponen Barisan Nasional (BN) negeri semasa lawatan beliau sehari ke Sarawak. Menteri Perancangan dan Pengurusan Sumber, Datuk Amar Awang Tengah Ali Hasan, yang mempengerusikan jawatankuasa penganjur lawatan itu di sini hari ini, bagaimanapun tidak memberitahu agenda lawatan tersebut pada mesyuarat tertutup dengan empat anggota parti komponen BN negeri. Beliau berkata, Muhyiddin dijadual menghadiri majlis ramah tamah Hari Raya anjuran Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB) cawangan Kuching di Kompleks Dewan Undangan Negeri (DUN) yang lama di sini selepas pelancaran Bulan Bahasa Kebangsaan itu.
Kira-kira 5,000 orang dijangka menghadiri majlis itu di Stadium Perpaduan, katanya sambil menambah bahawa aktiviti yang diadakan termasuk tayangan video Bulan Bahasa Kebangsaan, koir 1Malaysia dan "Tiada Kata Secantik Bahasa" oleh Institut Pendidikan Guru Batu Lintang, penceritaan dan nyanyian artis popular Ramli Sarip. Awang Tengah berkata Muhyiddin kemudian akan merasmikan majlis pecah tanah sebuah blok baru SMK Kuching High. - Bernama

2009-10-04T02:39:00.000-07:00

PIBG perlu selesai isu disiplin
PORT DICKSON 29 Sept. - Penyelesaian masalah disiplin pelajar bukan hanya tanggungjawab pihak sekolah semata-mata tetapi harus dipikul bersama oleh Persatuan Ibu Bapa dan Guru (PIBG).
Timbalan Menteri Pelajaran, Dr. Mohd. Puad Zarkashi berkata, PIBG boleh berperanan besar dalam menyelesaikan masalah itu dan pada masa sama tidak menjadikannya sebagai isu besar.
"Kita bimbang isu masalah disiplin ini akan menjadi polemik malah lebih memburukkan keadaan jika ia menjadi isu politik.
"Kementerian berharap PIBG berfungsi sebagai pemangkin dengan sama-sama menyelesaikan masalah di sekolah terutama gejala disiplin di kalangan pelajar," ujarnya.
Beliau berkata demikian pada sidang akhbar selepas menghadiri Majlis Penyampaian Sijil Pendaftaran PIBG Kawasan DUN Bagan Pinang di sini hari ini.
Turut hadir Pengarah Pelajaran negeri, Datuk Abdullah Muhammad.
Menurut Mohd. Puad, PIBG perlu aktif memberi sumbangan kepada pihak sekolah termasuk daripada aspek penyampaian idea untuk membangunkan institusi pendidikan negara.
"Kita tidak boleh hanya menumpukan soal pembangunan infrastruktur sebaliknya memberi keutamaan kepada pembinaan dalaman para pelajar bagi membolehkan mereka mendapat pendidikan berkualiti," katanya.
Tambahnya, jika semua PIBG mengambil pendekatan itu dan bermusyawarah dengan pihak sekolah, hasrat kerajaan untuk menjadikan negara sebagai pusat kecemerlangan pendidikan akan tercapai.

UTUSAN MALAYSIA

2009-10-03T04:19:00.000-07:00

Guru tuntut imbuhan
Oleh MARZITA ABDULLAH

Bayaran Imbuhan Subjek Penting (BISP) untuk guru mata pelajaran Bahasa Malaysia pula dituntut oleh golongan guru semasa sesi dialog sempena majlis Perhimpunan Warga Pendidik di Pusat Konvensyen Antarabangsa Putrajaya (PICC), baru-baru ini.
Cadangan itu dibuat dengan alasan bahawa dalam usaha memartabatkan bahasa Malaysia dan memperkukuhkan bahasa Inggeris (MBMMBI), peranan penting guru mata pelajaran bahasa Malaysia tidak boleh dipinggirkan apatah lagi mereka mengajar bahasa yang merupakan bahasa rasmi negara ini.
Ketua Pengarah Pelajaran, Tan Sri Alimuddin Mohd Dom ketika ditanya berhubung perkara tersebut berjanji untuk menimbang dan mengadakan perbincangan mengenai perkara tersebut.
Namun kata beliau, pada masa ini kerajaan telah membelanjakan ratusan juta ringgit untuk bagi membayar BISP kepada guru-guru yang lain.
Pada masa ini guru-guru yang menerima BISP ialah guru mata pelajaran bahasa Inggeris, Sains dan Matematik.
``Kita juga perlu memikirkan kewajarannya dan nanti ada pula guru-guru mata pelajaran lain yang turut menuntut perkara yang sama,’’ katanya.
Sesi dialog bersama Ketua Pengarah Pelajaran tersebut merupakan lanjutan daripada sesi penerangan oleh Timbalan Perdana Menteri, Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin yang dihadiri lebih 1,000 warga pendidik dari seluruh negara.
Sesi dialog yang berlangsung selama kira-kira satu jam itu turut mendengar pelbagai masalah lain termasuk masalah kekurangan guru mata pelajaran bahasa Inggeris di sekolah-sekolah luar bandar.
Seorang guru besar dari Selangor mempersoalkan tentang tempoh perpindahan yang singkat guru bahasa Inggeris dari kawasan bandar ke luar bandar.
``Guru bahasa Inggeris dari bandar ini cantik, ada kereta besar, suami pangkat besar tetapi tidak lama di sekolah luar bandar kerana telah minta ditukarkan ke sekolah bandar,’’ katanya.
Justeru beliau mencadangkan agar pihak kementerian mengambil guru dari kawasan luar bandar untuk mengajar mata pelajaran tersebut kerana hanya guru-guru sedemikian yang boleh memahami dan menerima keadaan persekitaran itu.
``Hanya orang luar bandar sahaja yang boleh membantu pelajar luar bandar,’’ katanya.
Pada sesi dialog tersebut pelbagai cadangan turut dikemukakan oleh golongan guru termasuk mengenai tempoh mengajar yang lebih lama untuk mata pelajaran bahasa Inggeris dan tempoh mengajar yang singkat untuk mata pelajaran lain.
Turut ditanya ialah mengenai kegagalan pelajar bukan Melayu untuk menguasai bahasa Malaysia dan penggunaan sama ada bahasa Malaysia atau bahasa Melayu untuk mata pelajaran tersebut.
Selain itu turut dipersoalkan ialah kewajaran memberi BISP secara wang tunai kepada guru-guru terbabit sebaliknya mencadangkan agar pemberian baucar buku kepada mereka.
Dalam pada itu Alimuddin berkata, semua pandangan dan cadangan yang dilontarkan oleh golongan pendidik akan diberi pertimbangan yang serius.
Berhubung pelbagai isu yang berbangkit mengenai perkara baru yang diperkenalkan selepas pemansuhan Pengajaran dan Pembelajaran mata pelajaran Sains dan Matematik dalam bahasa Inggeris (PPSMI) beliau berkata, kementerian mempunyai tempoh dua tahun lagi yang membolehkan pelbagai cadangan dikaji untuk manfaat warga pendidikan semua.
UTUSAN MALAYSIA ONLINE

2009-10-02T22:13:00.000-07:00

Document teachers’ knowledge for reference: Ghani

By Peter Boon
SIBU: Sarawak Teachers’ Union (STU) wants the knowledge of experienced teachers to be documented to help groom those new in the profession.
Its president William Ghani, who made the call yesterday, pointed out that the document would form a point of reference for new teachers.
Ghani suggested that a teachers’ development community be formed to oversee the matter, which was among the six resolutions passed during the union’s Third Executive Council Meeting on Saturday.
“The documentation of teachers’ knowledge and experiences had not been done comprehensively over the years. As such, we feel that there is an urgent need for such documentation to help newcomers to teach better and more effectively,” he told The Borneo Post in an interview.
The president pointed out that over the years the extensive (tacit) knowledge of these experienced teachers were lost when they retired as they were not translated into a manual/document (explicit knowledge).
He added the new approach would also encourage the sharing of knowledge among teachers.
Teaching, he said, was a very specialised area, which required the latest knowledge and information.
For that, the experienced teachers will share their knowledge gained over the years with the new ones.
Graduates then can also update veteran teachers with the latest development in teaching.
Asked whether a knowledge portal would be set up to assist teachers who required guidance, he said: “If it serves our members better we will put it on our STU portal.”
Turning to the teacher development community, he explained this will provide a forum for teachers to exchange their views and inputs.
Among other things, it will also provide training to teachers in the area of pedagogical skills and continuous professional development, he stressed.
“It is crucial for teachers be trained on how to handle students and parents. More importantly, to teach students in a more effective manner so that they can read and write properly,” he said.
In this regard, he suggested that such community be formed in every division.
Ghani added that the teachers’ development community is an expansion into the more professional area.
This, he said included engaging experienced speakers from overseas to impart their knowledge to teachers to upgrade their skills and capability.

-BORNEO POST

2009-09-27T13:09:00.000-07:00

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

2009-09-23T16:28:00.000-07:00

Ganjaran Khas Pendidik
Oleh:
MOHAMMAD YASIR JAAFAR pengarang@utusan.com.my

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.

2009-09-18T06:01:00.000-07:00

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.

UTUSAN MALAYSIA

cuti berganti 18 Sept 2009

2009-09-12T09:25:00.000-07:00

circular- please click this:http://www.nutp.org/malay/images/pekeliling/raya.pdf

jenis-jenis pendidikan di Malaysia

2009-09-10T08:02:00.000-07:00

Jenis-jenis pendidikan di Malaysia:
For more information, please click this:
http://pmr.penerangan.gov.my/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1151:jenis-jenis-pendidikan-di-malaysia&catid=9:pendidikan&Itemid=10

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

2009-09-10T07:20:00.000-07:00

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

ada bonus raya tak?

2009-09-06T07:32:00.000-07:00

Kerajaan kaji bonus kakitangan awam

Oleh Azman Mahmood dan Khairul Azran Hussinmailto:Hussinbminggu@harian.com.my

NAJIB beramah mesra bersama penduduk sambil diperhatikan Menteri Kerjaraya, Datuk Shaziman Mansor (tiga dari kiri) ketika mengadakan lawatan rasmi ke kuarters JKR, Cheras, semalam. KSN bincang dengan Cuepacs untuk tindakan lanjut :

KUALA LUMPUR: Datuk Seri Najib Razak berkata, kerajaan sedang berbincang dengan Cuepacs mengenai tuntutan bayaran bonus untuk kakitangan awam pada tahun ini. Sehubungan itu, Perdana Menteri berkata, Ketua Setiausaha Negara (KSN), Tan Sri Mohd Sidek Hassan sedang dalam perundingan mengenai perkara itu. "Tunggulah...KSN tengah berbincang dengan Cuepacs," katanya pada sidang media selepas meninjau keadaan kuarters Jabatan Kerja Raya (JKR) di di Batu 2 1/2 Jalan Cheras kira-kira setengah jam, di sini, semalam. Sementara itu, Presiden Cuepacs, Omar Osman percaya kerajaan akan memberi keputusan positif mengenai bonus atau wang sagu hati kepada kira-kira 1.2 juta kakitangan awam untuk tahun ini. Beliau berkata, Cuepacs berharap bonus kali ini dibayar sebelum Aidilfitri. Katanya, pihaknya sudah menghantar surat mengenai tuntutan bonus itu baru-baru ini kepada Najib untuk mendapatkan pertimbangan sewajarnya. "Kita belum mendapat reaksi balas mengenai perkara itu tetapi Cuepacs berharap kerajaan tidak mengecewakan harapan 1.2 juta kakitangan awam terutama bagi mereka yang berada dalam Kumpulan Sokongan Satu dan Dua yang amat mengharapkan sedikit sumbangan untuk persediaan menyambut Aidilfitri. "Cuepacs tidak memaksa...terserah kepada kerajaan berapa jumlah sanggup dibayar (bonus atau sagu hari). Yang penting kita (kakitangan awam) dapat menikmatinya dan kalau dibayar sebelum raya lagi bagus," katanya ketika dihubungi di sini, semalam. Tahun lalu, setiap kakitangan kerajaan menerima bonus sebulan gaji atau sekurang-kurangnya RM1,000. Omar berkata, Majlis Tertinggi Cuepacs akan bermesyuarat Selasa ini bagi membincangkan lebih lanjut mengenai permintaan bonus atau sagu hati tahun ini.

Marud Kirasah (Nutup Gawai)

2009-07-05T18:08:00.000-07:00

A cultural experience at Kampung Rasau

By Kerine Gadep
THE breezy evening on June 20 portended a fruitful outing as members of the Sarawak Teachers’ Union (STU) gathered outside the Serian District Education Office before heading to Kampung Rasau, a Bidayuh village some 68km from Kuching, to attend this year’s marud kirasah or nutup Gawai which means Gawai closing ceremony in Bukar Sadong Bidayuh.
Judging from their looks, the group of teachers from Kuching, Semera, Simunjan and Serian were excited about their first visit, arranged by STU Samarahan Division, to the 125-door Bidayuh village.
They arrived at the village to a traditional Bidayuh welcome. As they stepped out of their vehicles to proceed to the village’s community hall, langgi pengadap (welcoming dance) was performed to cheers and rounds of applause amidst servings of tuak (rice wine).
While waiting for the traditional dancers to get ready, the teachers were entertained to the Drifters’ evergreen song — Under the Boardwalk — performed by the kampung’s five-year old band called The Beatro.
Subsequently, they were treated to traditional Bidayuh cuisine such as ayam pansoh (chicken cooked in bamboo), wild palm shoots, pumpkins and rice wrapped in leaves. Muslim guests were served sweet-sour patin fish, gourd cooked with cekur manis, ayam merah and fruits.
The traditional Bidayuh kuih jala and lemang (glutinous rice cooked in bamboo) were also in the menu. As the visitors were enjoying their dinner, other popular English, Malay, Iban and Bidayuh tunes were played.
The highlights of the evening were presentations of the various traditional Bidayuh dances. After dinner, six female dancers with white shawls slung across their shoulders, performed langgi rayeh to the beats of gongs, symbolising a warm welcome for the guests.
This was followed by langgi ngumpen (fetching water dance), depicting the life Bidayuh women collecting water in bamboo during the old days. Another exciting dance was langgi rejeng bauuh (eagle dance), portraying the bravery and triumph of Bidayuh men in their daily lives. With the performers dressed elegantly in ornate costumes, this dance was customarily meant to impress the opposite sex.
Langgi sijinje, on the other hand, was performed by female dancers clad attractively in white traditional costumes to attract the men of their fancy. It is believed during these courtship dances, the men would choose their life partners.
The STU members were also entertained to another striking dance called langgi julang, signifying the sacrifices and bravery of Bidayuh warriors in defending their villages against head hunters in days of yore.
Bringing back the heads of their enemies denoted courage and dignity. As a symbol of gratitude and recognition, a ritual through langgi julang, would be performed, and only true Bidayuh warriors were privileged to stand or squat on the brass tray used in the ceremony.
Probably, the best presentation was langgi kumayen or farming dance. The movements clearly showed the various stages of traditional shifting cultivation. The dance sequence showed how Bidayuh farmers made their way to the hill padi farm.
Before dawn, equipped with farming tools, they were already trekking along the jungle paths, across tree trunks and bamboo bridges to get to their destination.
The dance also depicted the burning of farmland, followed by the enthralling bibusing where Bidayuh youngsters smeared each other’s faces with ashes from the burnt wood.
In those days, Bidayuh farmland were usually large, and to make planting quicker and easier, the community practised the ngirih-ngasu concept in which families took turns to help each other. Bibusing was usually performed after nuruk (sowing).
In wet padi planting, the practice was called bitampek where the youngsters — after the long day out at work — would smear mud on one another’s face.
Another unique feature of Kampung Rasau is its cultural club called Bung Muja, formed in 1998 to preserve Bidayuh traditional dances and cultures in the village.
Its choreographer, Carrel Nambi, 27, currently taking charge of 35 students (mostly youngsters), said their cultural troupe had been invited to perform at various functions like the recent pesta berumuh (farming festival) in Serian, the Prime Minister’s recent visit to Kampung Pichin, the 2008 Independence Day Celebration and other cultural functions at Kampungs Gahat and Krusen.
Carrel learned the ropes while still studying at SMK Serian from 1995 to 1999.
Today, besides choreographing, he makes traditional costumes, including those of Iban, Bidayuh and Orang Ulu. At the end of the function, STU secretary- general, Thomas Huo Kok Sen, presented a donation to the Bung Muja culture club.
Carrel received it on behalf of the kampung.

-Sunday Post - 5 Julai 2009

MESYUARAT AGUNG TAHUNAN STU BAHAGIAN SAMARAHAN 2009

2009-05-11T03:38:00.000-07:00

Mmesyuarat Agung Tahunan Kesatuan Guru Sarawak Bahagian samarahan

2009-05-11T03:11:00.000-07:00

Tarikh: 9 Mei 2009
Termpat: Bilik Mesyuarat Majlis Daerah Serian dan Pemberian Insentif Pendidikan bagi anak-anak ahli yang cemerlang dalam peperiksaan UPSR, PMR, SPM dan STPM 2008.
Program/Agenda Mesyuarat:
7.30 pagi: Pendaftaran ahli dan sarapan pagi.
8.30: mesyuarat bermula
-ucapan alu-aluan oleh Sdra Pang Kai Ming, Pengerusi STU Bahagian Samarahan
-Ucapan dasar oleh Sdra William Ghani Bina PBK, ABS, PPN, Presiden STU Sarawak.
-Pengesahan Minit Mmesyuarat ke-5 STU bahagian Samarahan
-Hal-hal berbangkit
-Menerima dan mengesahkan laporan Setiausaha
-Menerima dan mengesahkan laporan Bendahari
-Pembentangan dan pengesahan Belanjawan 2009-2009
-Cadangan-cadangan dan resolusi (jika ada)
-Penyampaian anugerah dan cenderamata
+Anugerah Cemerlang Akademik UPSR, PMR, SPM,STPM dan Matrikulalsi
+Pemberian Incentif kepada ahli yang berjaya merekrut ahli baru
+penyampaian Cenderrama kepada bekas AJK Tertinggi STU Bahagian Samarahan
+Penyampaian Cenderamatakepada Sdra William Ghani Bina (Presiden) dan Sdra.
Thomas Huo (Setiausaha Agung)
-Pembubaran AJK Tertinggi 2007-2009
-Laporan daripada Pengurus Pemilihan AJK Tertinggi 2009-2011 Puan Lai Ah Moi
-Pengambialihan Barisan AJK Tertinggi yang baru dipilih.
-Perlantikan juruaudit dan pengurus pilihan raya
-sesi dialog
-penangguhan mesyuarat agung tahunan
12.30 makan tengah hari dan bersurai

FROM BORNEO POST

2009-03-21T18:11:00.000-07:00

‘Caning has no long-term psychological effects’ By Peter Boon
Caning aimed at educating and guiding students: Ghani
SIBU: Caning students in schools will not have any psychological effects on them in the long run, said Sarawak Teachers’ Union (STU) president William Ghani Bina yesterday.
“This is because it is aimed at educating them and guiding them to the proper path. We cane students because we want them to learn the right things, and not all cases warrant caning to begin with.
“The crux of the matter is that caning is not meant to punish. Therefore, it is important for us to look at it in a more holistic manner,” Ghani told.
The Borneo Post when asked for his views on recent comments made by Samariang assemblywoman Sharifah Hasidah Sayeed Aman that caning can be re-introduced as punishment in cases of extreme disciplinary problems in school.
“Before caning, we ask students what wrong they have done to deserve the punishment. For the benefit of the doubt, we want to hear their side of the story.
“Conversely, caning them straightway without communicating with them will not do them
much good. After all, the whole purpose of meting out the punishment is to give them direction rather than to punish.
“You don’t cane your children and ask them questions later, do you?” he asked.
Ghani said in more serious cases, students would be asked to go for counselling after being caned to make sure that they understand why they were punished and to deter them from repeating the mistakes.
Speaking from years of experience in the teaching profession, he said it is important to give the young as much guidance as possible to allow them to get a proper headstart in life.
He believes that counselling is important to provide students with the necessary mental conditioning to stay away from negative influences or bad peer pressure.
He, however, said that in some cases, there is no better alternative to caning students to reinforce their education.
How many times can caning be done, and how often? Ghani said it should be limited to only three times a day.
“And only authorised persons can administer it. These are principals or headmasters. Disciplinary teachers may do it too but with written approval from principals or headmasters,” he said, adding that the approval is normally given on a year-to-year basis.
He pointed out that the blow is on the palm of the hand only. If it is on the buttocks, the student must have his or her uniform on.
Contrary to what many people believe, caning, in fact, is already in place in school, and according to Ghani its use depends on the severity of wrongdoings.
Additionally, some offenders might require counselling while others could be suspended from school.
In more serious cases, the offender might even be expelled.
Turning to the parents, Ghani said they have crucial roles in the education of their children and leading or guiding them to the correct path in life.
As such, he urged parents to cooperate and be forthcoming when asked to meet school authorities to deal with matters related to their children’s discipline.
“This is for the benefit of all parties involved particularly their children.
“We hope to update parents on their children’s performance and behavioural patterns,” he stressed.
Yesterday, Samariang assemblywoman Sharifah Hasidah Sayeed Aman was reported to have said that caning-in-education was effective in the past and that if it was carried out properly it could still be an effective disciplinary tool today.

Condolence To Mr tony anak Uncho Of SMK Serian

2009-03-06T00:28:00.001-08:00

With deepest sympathy to Mr. Tony anak Uncho and family on the lost of his beloved father-in-law the late Dio anak Bujang recently. May his soul rest in peace.

From STU Samarahan Division.

bullying case

2009-03-03T20:25:00.000-08:00

Probe deeper into alleged bullying case: STU

Borneo Post 3 March 2009
KUCHING: Sarawak Teachers’ Union (STU) yesterday urged the police to get to the bottom of the alleged student bullying case at a secondary school in Mukah.
Its president William Ghani Bina said bullying was not the practice of learning institutions in the country, and should not be tolerated, adding that a thorough investigation should be carried out for appropriate action to be taken.
According to Ghani, he had discussed the matter with the director-general of the Education Department and was told that the Education Ministry would not tolerate such misbehaviour.
“I’m wondering where the students learn all these (bullying) from, and I feel very sad to see the victim being punched and kicked repeatedly,” he said when contacted.
He hoped both the police and the Education Department would investigate the matter thoroughly to ensure there would be no recurrence of such incidents in the future.
He said he was in Perlis when he knew about the alleged incident from TV news.
Ghani, who is Congress of Unions of Employees in the Public and Civil Service (Cuepacs), Sarawak branch chairman said it was unfortunate that such an incident (if true) had happened because there were many uniformed bodies as well as non-uniformed bodies in schools, apart from the teachers who instilled discipline among students.
Describing the incident as “more of a mob attack”, he stressed that more often undisciplined students were the ones who were not members of clubs or bodies in schools.
He said the onus to discipline students was on the parents themselves, adding that parents should regard their children as a gift from God, and as such treat them accordingly.
Meanwhile, a man from Sarikei, who identified himself as Mayau, called The Borneo Post office here to specifically express his anger over the incident.
He said the incident was causing fear and anxiety among parents.
He said the culprits in the alleged incident should be dismissed from school.
“The culprits should not be given a second chance and should be dismissed from school immediately,” he added.
He also expressed dissatisfaction over “the slow reaction of the police in Dalat and the state Education Department” in investigating the matter.
He noted that a police report was lodged on Feb 23, but the police only recorded a statement from the suspects yesterday.
The man also believed that the state Education Department was slow in reacting adding: “It seems that the department is trying to sweep the matter under the carpet.”
On Saturday, state Education Department director Dr Julaihi Bujang said the department had yet to receive any official report from the school concerned, but added that the department would carry out separate investigations on the students i nvolved.
The alleged incident which was uploaded into YouTube website since Feb 20 had upset many people, including Assistant Minister in the Chief Minister’s Department Datin Fatimah Abdullah, who said she was saddened by the whole incident.
She feared that if the problem of the students were not addressed now, they could bring their “mob culture” which could have far-reaching impact on society.
Education director general Datuk Alimuddin Mohd Dom in a statement issued in Kuala Lumpur on Sunday, when reacting on the incident said he was very serious on the matter and would not hesitate to take appropriate action against anyone be they students or school authorities.

2009-03-01T01:07:00.000-08:00

Utusan Borneo: 28.02.1009
Kes buli pelajar tersebar 10 pelajar sebuah sekolah menengah di Dalat disyaki terbabit dalam kes buli pelajar tingkatan 3 yang disebarkan dalam internet
MUKAH: Kes buli seorang pelajar tingkatan tiga di sebuah sekolah menengah ber-asrama di sini yang dibelasah oleh sekumpulan pelajar lain dari sekolah sama, menggemparkan penduduk di sini selepas klip video yang merakamkan kejadian itu disebar dan disiarkan dalam internet.
Insiden buli itu terbongkar dalam klip video selama 3.05 minit itu disiarkan menerusi laman web You Tube sejak kelmarin dan menyaksikan pelajar terbabit yang masih berpakaian seragam sekolah, dibelasah oleh sekumpulan pelajar lelaki dalam sebuah bilik asrama pelajar.
Dalam klip video berkenaan mangsa disepak, diterajang dan dipukul termasuk menggunakan cerek air. Walaupun mangsa cuba merayu namun tidak dipedulikan malah terus dibelasah tanpa belas kasihan. Kejadian dipercayai berlaku di bahagian ini dan perbualan yang terakam dalam video berkenaan menggunakan bahasa tempatan yang kurang jelas.
Malah laporan polis sudah pun dibuat oleh pelajar terbabit yang berasal dari Kampung Penat, Oya, bersama ibu bapanya di Balai Polis Dalat di sini pada jam 12 tengah hari, 23 Februari lalu.
Sementara itu, Ketua Polis Daerah Dalat, DSP Martin Khoo ketika dihubungi Utusan Borneo semalam mengesahkan menerima laporan berhubung kejadian tersebut yang dipercayai berlaku pada minggu lepas.
Katanya, polis memandang serius kes dan penyebaran video klip berkenaan sambil menyifatkan ia sebagai satu tindakan yang tidak wajar dilakukan oleh individu yang masih bergelar pelajar.
Martin berkata, kes dikategorikan di bawah Seksyen 323, Kanun Keseksaan dengan se-ngaja mendatangkan kecede-raan. Seramai 10 suspek yang terdiri daripada pelajar tingkatan 6 disyaki terlibat dalam kes buli tersebut.
Beliau memberitahu, kes itu diserahkan kepada Jabatan Peguam Negara sebelum diambil tindakan susulan.
“Kita masih menunggu keputusan Jabatan Peguam Negara dan akan bertindak secepat mungkin. Setakat ini, belum ada tangkapan namun saya ingin menegaskan, me-reka yang terlibat sama sekali tidak akan terlepas.
“Kita tidak memandang remeh kes seperti ini. Saya juga ingin mengingatkan orang ramai, jangan menyebarkan sebarang spekulasi sehingga proses siasatan selesai,” katanya.
Ini merupakan kes buli pelajar yang pertama dilaporkan di negeri ini dalam tahun ini.
Sementara itu, Jabatan Pendidikan Mukah ketika diminta mengulas berhubung kejadian enggan memberikan sebarang komen.
Kata Pengetua:
1. Perkara begini boleh berlaku bila-bila masa. Selagi ianya tidak melibatkan kecederaan disebabkan oleh guru / warden, sekolah mudah memberi laporan. Dalam kes begini perkara yang akan ditanya ialah:

i. Adakah sekolah menyembunyikan kes?

ii. Peraturan asrama? Ada / tidak perhimpunan asrama? Ada / tidak perkara buli disentuh? Jadual lawatan warden ke asrama?

ii. Bagaimana kes disiplin ditangani? Apa SOP (standard operating procedure) bila kes begini berlaku?

iii. Kenapa warden tidak tahu awal? Dalam kes di atas, kes itu diketahui oleh kontinjen polis di Kuching (yang monitor internet) yang tahu awal dan melapor kepada PPS. Oleh itu, para warden harus sentiasa "memasang" telinga dan mengambil tindakan awal.

2. Dasar sekolah ialah, jika ada pelajar yang merasa dirinya jadi mangsa / cedera / berdarah - sekolah bantu pelajar untuk membuat laporan polis (kecuali ibu bapa membantah, dan secara bertulis). Dengan laporan tersebut, mangsa boleh mengambil tindakan selanjutnya. Jika dia tidak mengambil tindakan selanjutnya, itu adalah pilihannya.

3. Satu lagi dasar sekolah ialah, saya tidak akan menyembunyikan masalah begini semata-mata untuk menjaga nama baik sekolah. Tetapi, sekolah tidak juga minat untuk mengorek masalah. (contoh mengorek masalah: kalau kita suspect seseorang pelajar perempuan itu mewarnakan rambut, kita tidak perlulah meminta pelajar tersebut membuka tudungnya. Walau bagiamanapun, tindakan boleh diambil jika dia mewarnakan rambut dan membuka tudung.)-- Thank you. Wishing you a prosperous day.

From"The Borneo Post" - 15 February 2009

2009-02-15T04:48:00.000-08:00

Don’t force students to buy workbooks: STU president

By Peter Boon
Workbooks put unnecessary burden on low-income parents, says Ghani
SIBU: Teachers should not insist on students buying workbooks as this would put unnecessary financial pressure on low-income earners.
“For low-income parents who have a number of school-going children, imagine the amount of money each child needs for workbooks,” said Sarawak Teachers’ Union (STU) president William Ghani Bina, yesterday.
In a telephone interview here, he said that the use of workbooks was not compulsory in school.
Hence, he urged all teachers to advise their students to buy only the very necessary items.
He suggested that teachers should emphasise more practical exercises in class rather than depending on workbooks.
“They can, for instance, create their own exercises based on the textbooks which also have exercises on grammar, comprehension and so forth to further boost understanding,” he said.
Workbooks, he said, are meant for extra exercises on things like grammar, comprehension and so on.
These are necessary but not compulsory, he said.
Still, he appealed to the relevant authority to equip each school (both primary and secondary) with a photocopy machine.
“This would lighten the burden of parents who can’t afford workbooks or other necessities,” he said. He urged parents to be more flexible when asked to make contributions for printing educational materials such as exam papers, workbooks and so on.
“After all, the amount is much cheaper compared to buying workbooks,” said Ghani, who has been in the teaching profession since 1975.

2009-02-07T18:25:00.000-08:00

Dari Akhbar Mingguan Sarawak - 8 Februari 2009
BERHATI-HATI BUAT KENYATAAN BERHUBUNG ISU AGAMA:

Kesatuan Guru Sarawak (STU) memohon para peminpin dan semua pihak di negara ini agar berhati-hati dalam membuat sebarang kenyataan atau menyuarakan pendapat mengenai isu perkauman.

Presidennya, William Ghani Bina, membuat rayuan tersebut semasa berucap pada majlis Ramah Tamah Tahun Baru Cina 2009 anjuran STU di pejabat Bahagian Kuching hari ini (Sabtu)

"Api memang senang untuk dimulakan, namun jika ia sudah menjadi besar akan menjadi susah dikawal, sehingga mungkin menyebabkan ia membakar diri orang yang memulakan," katanya.

Ghani berkata perbincangan mengenai perkara seperti itu (isu-isu perkauman dan berkaitan agama) tidak sepatutunya dibuat secara terbuka, dan bukannya dibuat secara peribadi seoalah-olah bertujuan memulakan hasutan, terutamanya ketika keadaan ekonomi dunia yang tidak menentu sekarang mungkin membuatkan seseorang itu sukar mengawal perasaannya.

"Saya ingin merayu di sini, bagi pihak STU, agar pemimpin dan rakyat Malaysia mengawal diri mereka dari membuat komen-komen yang boleh menggugat perpaduan di negara ini," katanya.

Majlis itu dihadiri oleh ahli-ahli exco STU Pusat dan bahagian Kuching.

Ghani menggambarkan STU sebagai 'mini-Malaysia' dan ahli-ahlinya di seluruh Sarawak terdiri dari mereka yang berasal daripelbagai latar belakang kaum dan agama, dari semua negeri Malaysia.

"Pada setiap hari perayaan, ahli-ahli kita yang menyambutnya namun tidak mempunyai saudara-mara di sini boleh menyabut bersama kita. Kita di STU, tidak kira apa bangsa atau agama boleh menyambut setiap perayaan bersama-sama," kata beliau.

TOKOH MAAL HIJRAH-HEARTIEST CONGRATULATION

2008-12-29T17:07:00.000-08:00

HEARTIEST CONGRATULATION

TO MR WILLIAM GHANI BINA, THE PRESIDENT OF SARAWAK TEACHERS' UNION (STU) ON BEING CONFERRED AS TOKOH MAAL HIJRAH (NON-MUSLIM CATAGORY) PERINGKAT NEGERI SARAWAK ON THE 29TH DECEMBER 2008 BY TYT YANG DIPERTUA NEGERI SARAWAK, TUN DATUK PATINGGI ABANG HAJI MUHAMMADSALAHUDDIN IN THE STATE LEVEL MAAL HIJRAH CELEBRATION HELD N SRI AMAN.

HE DID NOT EXPECT TO BE ONE OF RECEPIENTS FOR THE AWARD. HE SAID THAT THE AWARD IS NOT FOR HIM ALONE, BUT FOR THE STU AS A WHOLE. HE HOPED THAT THIS WILL SERVE AS AN INSPIRATION FOR THE UNION MEMBERS TO CONTINUOUSLY HELP THE STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT AND THE GOVERNMENT IMPLEMENT ALL THE EDUCATIONAL PRGRAM THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY.

SO, WE THE STU SAMARAHAN DIVISION MEMBERS FEEL PROUD OF THE AWARD.

adapted from: Utusan Sarawak 30 Disember 2008.(page 3).

takziah ke atas keluarga Allahyarham datuk razali Ismail

2008-11-28T04:51:00.000-08:00

Warga pendidikan Malaysia bersedih atas pemergian Timbalan Menteri pelajaran allahyarham Datuk Razali Ismail. Kami ahli-ahli STu Samarahan mengucapkan takziah kepada keluarga Allahyarham. Semoga Allah subhana mencucuri rahmat ke atas roh Allahyarham.

Stu trip to batang air and leadership course

2008-10-17T23:53:00.001-07:00

SARAWAK TEACHER'S UNION

SAMARAHAN DIVISION

REGISTERED 25 MAY 1966

REGISTRATION NO. 5

Ref: STU/Sam/Miscel/10/07/(21) 12^th October 2008

To: All STU School Representatives,

Schools of the Samarahan Division.

Dear School Representatives,

Re: (i) STU Batang Air Familiy Trip

(ii) Leadership Training Seminar

I have the pleasure to inform you that STU is currently planning to carry out the following activities for its members.

Batang Air Family Trip
Leadership Training Course

Attached herewith are the related forms for your information and immediate action.

To all school representatives, please let known these activities to all union members in your schools and kindly return all completed forms to either the reasurer, Secretary or the Liaison Chairman as stipulated in the forms

I look forward for your concern and co-operation.

Thank you very much.

Yours truly,

(signed)

(KERINE GADEP)

Secretary,

STU Samarahan Division

Cc:

All STU Samarahan Committee members

STU SAMARAHAN DIVISION

BATANG AIR FAMILY TRIP

PLACE OF VISIT: Batang Air, Lubok Antu, Sri Aman

DATE: 9-10 DECEMBER 2008 (Tuesday & Wednesday

No Of Seats: (40 seats only: First come first serve basis)

Targeted Group: STU membersand family members only.

Transportation; A 40-seater Bus

Duration: Two Days and one night stay

Fees: Transportation: Free (To be bonded by the Union

Accomodation (RM60/Room, inclusiveof boat-ride and fish cage visit)

Food; On your own (Bayar sendiri)

Accomodation: Kelingkang Inn, Lubok Antu or Rest House (subject to confirmation)

Suggested place of visit/activities:

-Palm Oil Mill visit, Hydro Power Station, Boating and fish cageculturing, visits and a stop-by at Sri Aman.

Date Due: Completed forms must be submitted to:

The Treasurer: Mr Jong Joon Fui (SJK Chung Hua Serian, 94700 Serian. Tel: 0198678893) or the Secretary: Kerine Gadep (SMK Wira Penrissen, Tel: 0198393031) or Simunjan Liason Chairman, Lim Thian Peng (SJK Chung Hua, Simunjan, )08-803250 (H), 0198470376, on or before 30 October 2008.

Other matters:

Members who prefer to travelin their own vehicles are requested to inform the organizer.

For further information, kindly contact Mr Pang Kai Ming (Tel: 016 8578130, 082-878573),

Mr. Makew Nyusung (082-329736 (0), 082-875016 (H), 019877 5294)

NO	NAME (IN FULL)	MEMBERSHIP NO.	NO. OF FAMILY MEMBERS INTENDING TO GO	TELEPHON CONTACT

SIGNATURE:_____________________________________ TARIKH____________________

SCHOOL REPRESENTATIVE NAME:_________________________________TEL:_____________

SCHOOL ADDRESS_____________________________________________________________

STU SAMARAHAN DIVISION

LEADERSHIP TRAINING COURSE

Place of Training: Ranchan Pool Recreational Ground, Serian.

Date: Februari 2009 (tentatively)

No. of Participants: 30 people only

Targeted Group: STU Members only

Duration: Two Days and one night

Accomodation: Ranchan Pool Recreational Ground, Serian

Trainers: STU President, Mr. Mr. William Ghani Bina and other Union members.

Criteria and Conditions:

Mmale or Female in any Primary or Secondary schools in the Samarahan division division only.
STU members aged 45 and below
Must be ready to serve the union upon completion of the course
Show interest to lead and possess some good leadership qualities
Will attend any future STU leadership courses.

Due Date: Completed forms must reach The Treasurer: Jong Joon Fui (SJK Chung hua Serian, 94700 Serian. Tel: 019-867 8893) or The Secretar: Kerine Gadep (SMK Wira Penrissen. Tel 019-839 3031) or Simunjan Liaison Charman, Lim Thiam Peng (SJK Chung Hua Simunjan, Simunjan 082-803250 (H), 019-847 0376. On/before Friday 14 November 2008.

NO.	NAME (IN FULL)	IDENTITY CARD NO	MEMBERSHIP NO	TEL. CONTACTED

SIGNATURE:_____________________________________ TARIKH:________________

SCHOOL REPRESENTATIVE NAME:____________________________TEL:-___________________

SCHOOL ADDRESS:______________________________________________________________

STU Planner Order Form

2008-09-10T05:20:00.001-07:00

STU Planner Order Form/KG

SARAWAK TEACHERS UNION

2009 PLANNER ORDER FORM

Name of School/Office____________________________

District_________________

Name Of School Representative: En/Puan/Cik__________________________

Tel. Contact________(Office/School)_________(Home HP no.)____________

Email:____________Fax No.___________

FOR MEMBERS ONLY

NOTE: The cost of the planner is RM6.00 only per copy. Please return this order form together with the payment to the Samarahan divisional Secretary (Mr. Kerine Gadep/Tel 019-839 3031 or the Samarahan Divisional Treasurer(UP: Mr. Jong Joon Fuieferenceeferenceeference/Tel: 019-867 8893) on or before Monday, September 29, 2008. Please make mor copies of ths form if necessary. School representatives are advised to keep a copy of this order formfor their own future reference.

NO	MEMBERS NAME	MEMBERSHIP NO.	NO. OF COPIES	AMOUNT (RM)


















Total No. Of Copies				RM

………………………………………………… Date……………………….

(School representative's signature)

STU PLANNER 2009 ORDER FORM

2008-09-10T04:31:00.001-07:00

SARAWAK TEACHERS' UNION

SAMARAHAN DIVISION

REGISTERED 25^TH MAY 1966

REGISTRATION NO. 5

Ref: STU/Sam/Misl/10/07//(9) 2^nd September 2008

To: All STU Members

SK/SJK/SMK/PPDK/PPG

Samarahan Division

(Att. School Representatives)

Dear Colleagues,

Re: STU 2009 Planner

I am pleased to inform you that STU is in the process of producing the 2009 planner.

Members who wished to place their orders for the planner are required to fill in the order form attached. The cost of the planner is RM6.00 (six ringgit only) per copy. School representatives are urged to inform members of their respective schools and thereafter return their orders together with the payment to the following names on or before Monday, September 29, 2009. Late orders will not be entertained.

REGION/DISTRICT	STU OFFICIALS
Schools in Serian	The treasurer, Mr Jong Jun Fui SJK Chung Hua Serian 94700 Serian Tel:019-8678893
Schools in Simunjan	Simunjan District Liason Chairman, Mr. Lim Thiam Peng, SJK Chung Hua Simunjan 94800 Simunjan Tel: 019-847 0376
Schools in Samarahan and Asajaya	The Secretary, Mr. Kerine Gadep SMK Wira Penrissen KM 14, Jalan Kuching Serian, 94300 Samarahan Tel: 109-839 3031

Schoolrepresentatives are advised to keep a copy of their order list before submitting all relevant records and payments to their district officials who would then submitted the completed forms and collections to the secretary.

Thank you very much. I look forward to hearing from you soon.

Yours truly,

Signed

(KERINE GADEP) cc. STU Headquarters

Secretary, STU Samarahan Division. Samarahan Division Treasurer

Samarahan Division Chairman

STU Planner Order Form/KG

SARAWAK TEACHERS UNION

2009 PLANNER ORDER FORM

Name of School/Office____________________________________ District_________________

Name Of School Representative: En/Puan/Cik_________________________________________

Tel. Contact__________________(Office/School)_____________(Home HP no.)_____________

Email:_________________________Fax No._____________ FOR MEMBERS ONLY

NO	MEMBERS NAME	MEMBERSHIP NO.	NO. OF COPIES	AMOUNT (RM)


















Total No. Of Copies				RM

………………………………………………….. Date……………………….

(School representative's signature

STU Biennial Delegates Conference-Borneo Post

2008-08-19T19:05:00.000-07:00

TEACHERS’ INSURANCE SCHEME: Ghani (left) gives insurance forms to Etiqa Takaful Kuching Branch assistant vice president Freddy Wong. Looking on are some STU members.

Parents showing bad example: STU

By Mabel Sim
Ghani says while children are taught unity, adults take to the streets harping on sensitive issues
KUCHING: Teachers are among the saddest people in the country because while they teach their students about racial unity, peace and harmony, the opposite is happening outside the school gates.
During the closing of STU 19th Biennial Delegates’ Conference yesterday, Sarawak Teachers’ Union (STU) president William Ghani observed that people were using the littlest of excuses to touch on sensitive issues such as those related to race and religion.
“Parents involved in such issues would influence their children,” he said.
“Teachers are forced to live two lives – noble values to children in school, and do different things elsewhere.
“Hence, I call on our leaders not to harp on negative racial and religious issues so as not to influence children,” he said.
Mindful that teachers are catalysts in the country’s human capital development as outlined in the five-year Master Education Development Plan of the Ministry of Education, the union’s 19th delegates’ conference came up with 10 resolutions.
The first is to continuously seek recognition from the Ministry of Education in conducting workshops and seminars to upgrade the skills of its members.
The second is to negotiate with the ministry to further enhance the relevance of proficiency evaluation by implementing the real spirit of continuous life-long learning and professional development.
STU will register the concerns of members as well as administrative personnel concerning education and extension of service beyond the mandatory retirement age because the education fraternity lacks a comprehensive and coordinated succession plan.
Also they urged the Minister of Education to ensure that professional and administrative functions are allocated to personnel who have been trained for the job and that the deployment of teachers are managed by the director-general of education who has been designated as Head of Education Service under the Education Act 1996.
They also want the minister to streamline the role of counselling and guidance teachers so that they are able to perform their role of providing pastoral and guidance services to students.
The sixth resolution urges the minister to grant greater autonomy to schools to implement flexi-time tabling as well as alternative curriculum based on the needs of students in varying locations in the country while adhering to the aspiration of the national curriculum.
On promotion and deployment of personnel, they want prompt coordination based on state and regional needs and that greater empowerment be granted to the State Education Department.
More teachers’ aides should be recruited and trained to perform non-teaching duties as proposed by a study on teachers’ workload in 2006 headed by the former secretary-general of education.
In return, STU will help the ministry to ensure that special education is given due attention so that locals will respond to various programmes planned for special children.
STU will also help the ministry to achieve the six strategic thrust outlined in the Education Master Plan 2006-2010 by conducting road shows, seminars and workshops as well as e-forums through the union’s web community.
“Teaching is a good profession. With a teacher, a person is formed. Without a teacher there will be no leaders.
“We are the determinate factor in all things in the world,” William concluded.

FOR STU WOMEN'S WING

2008-07-28T04:00:00.000-07:00

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Avoid eating chicken wings frequently - ladies, especially; a true story...!
A friend of mine recently had a growth in her womb and she underwent an operation to remove the cyst. The cyst removed was filled with a dark colored blood. She thought that she would be recovered after the surgery but! she was terribly wrong.
A relapse occurred just a few months later. Distressed, she rushed down to her gynecologist for a consultation.
During her consultation, her doctor asked her a question that puzzled her. He ask if she was a frequent consumer of chicken wings and she replied yes wondering as to how, he knew of her eating habits.
You see, the truth is in this modern day and age; chickens are injected with steroids to accelerate their growth so that the needs of this society can be met. This need is none other than the need for food.
Chickens that are injected with steroids are usually given the shot at the neck or the wings. Therefore, it is in these places that the highest concentration of steroids exists. These steroids have terrifying effects on the body as it accelerates growth. It has an even more dangerous effect in the presence of female hormones, this leads to women being more prone to the growth of a cyst in the womb. Therefore, I advise the people out there to watch their diets and to lower their frequency of consuming chicken wings!
People, who receive this email, please forward it to your friends and loved ones. I am sure no one wants to see him or her suffer!
- Sumbangan Cikgu Abu Bakar Sham Jamil

STU SAMARAHAN DIVISION ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2008

2008-07-27T13:10:00.000-07:00

Mesyuarat Agung Tahunan STU 2008
Sekitar Mesyuarat Agung TahunanKesatuan Guru-Guru Sarawak (STU) 2008Dan Pemberian Insentif Pendidikan
Tarikh : 18 Mei 2008Masa : 5.30 Ptg – 9.30 MalamTempat : Bilik Santapan, Dewan Mamsyarakat Serian
Insentif pendidikan diberikan kepada anak-anak ahli STU bahagian Samarahan yang telah mendapat keputusan baik dalam peperiksaan awam 2007
UPSR – 5A
PMR - 7A
SPM – 7A
STPM – Sekurang-kurangnya 3B termasuk Pengajian Am
Matrkulasi – CGPA 3.5 ke Atas
Pelajar UPSR seramai 19 orangPelajar PMR seramai 8 orangPelajar SPM seramai 9 orangPelajar STPM seorangMatrikulasi – tiada

stu wealth talk in the millenium

2008-07-21T04:48:00.000-07:00

Date: 26 April 2008 (Saturday)

Venue: SJK Chung Hua,

Time: 8.00 a.m- 12.00 noon

Speaker: Mr. Yong Ing Thung,

Councelling and Integrity Sector Sarawak Education

DpartmentWealth is changed to Health to atract the members attention.Among those present were STU Samarahan Committee Members, school reps and STU members of Samarahan Division.

stu samarahan and kuching divisions seminar on PTK

2008-07-19T20:36:00.000-07:00

PTK SEMINAR 2008

jointly organised

sarawak Teachers' Union

Kuching andSamarahan Divisions

SATURDAY

19 JULY 2008

PENVEW INN,

KUCHING

THE WORKING COMMITTEE

ADVISORS:

MR. WILLIM GHANI BINA (STU PRESIDENT)

MR. IRIE AMBAU (STU VICE PRESIDENT)

CHAIRMAN:

MR. PANG KAI MING (SAMARAHAN DIVISION CHAIRMAN)

MR. YONG ING THUNG (KUCHING DIVISION CHAIRMAN)

SECRETARIES:

MR. KERINE GADEP(SAMARAHAN DIVISION SECRETARY)

MISS FU YUNG YUNG (KUCHING DIVISION SECRETARY)

TREASURIES:

MR JONG JOON FUI (SAMARAHAN DIVISION TREASURER)

CIK CHAN CHIEW SZE (KUCHING dIVISION TREASURER)

COMMITTEE MEMBERS

MR MAKEW NYSUNG

MDM MONICA ASKHA

MDM THERESA PANYUP

MR. LIM THIAM PENG

MR. COSMAS ANDREW LUAK

MR. HARRISON SAYUS

MR. DOLIK SEMBONG

MDM. MONICA DORA RATU

MR UNJIE GANYAI

MR ABDUL AZIZ ABDUL WAHAD

MR MARCUS NYANDANG

MDM SALBIAH SAMSUDIN

ADDRESSING THE CEREMONY

PRESIDENT WILLIAM GHANI BINA (OFFICIATES FUNCTION)

MR PANG KAI MING (WELCOMING SPEECH)

MR YONG ING THUNG (CLOSING SPEECH)

CAR PARK RESERVATION:

MR YONG ING THUNG

MISS AGNESS (HOTEL MANAGER)

FIRST AID OFFICERS:

MR. UNJIE GANYAI

MR. LIM THIAM PENG

FOOD AND BEVERAGES:

MR. YONG ING THUNG

MISS AGNESS (HOTEL MANGER)

HANDOUTS AND PHOTOSTATING:

MDM. MONICA DORA RATU

MASTER OF CEREMONY:

MR. ABDUL AZIZ WAHAD

MDM SALBIAH SAMSUDIN

PHOTOGRAPHERS:

MR. MAKEW NYUSUNG

MR DOLIK SEMBONG

PRESS INVITATION:

MISS FU YUNG YUNG

PROGRAMME BOOKS:

MR. KERINE GADEP

PROTOCOL:

MR. PANG KAI MING

MR. YONG ING THUNG

MR. MAKEW NYSUNG

PUBLICITY:

MR. KERINE GADEP (ENGLISH PAPER)

MR. JONG JOON FUI (CHINESE PAPER)

REGISTRATION OF PARTICIPANTS:

MDM. THERESA PANYUP

MR. UNJIE GANYAI

ALL THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS STATED ABOVE

SOUVENIRS AND CHECK PRESENTATION:

MISS CHAN CHIEW SZE

TRANSPORTATION (INVITED SPEAKER)

MR. PANG KAI MING

MISS FU YUNG YUNG

PROGRAMME OF THE DAY

0645 - 0700 am

Arrival of Kuching/Samarahan

Organising Committee members

0700-0800 am

Registration of participants

0800-081o am

A welcoming speech by

STU Samarahan Division Chairman,

Mr. Pang Kai Ming

0810-0830 am

A speech from STU President,

Mr. William Ghani Bina

(note: Bro. Mr Thomas Huo Kok Seng-

The Secretary General was present

on behalf of Mr William Ghani Bina)

0830-1000 am

Session 1 - Teaching and learning

(Pengajaran dan Pembelajaran)

1000-1030 am

Tea Break

1030-1200 am

Session 1 - Teaching and Learning

(pengajaran dan Pembelajaran)

1230 noon-1400 pm

Lunch

1400 - 1630 pm

session 2 - Competency (Kompetensi Umum)

1630-1640 pm

Closing Speech by

Kuching Division Chairman, Mr Yong Ing Thung

1640 pm

Presentation of souvenirs

PTK Seminar Ends

THANKS TO:

STU PRESIDENT, BRO. WILLIAM GHANI BINA

STU VIVE PRESIDENT, BRO. IRIE AMBAU

STU ORGANISING COMMITTEE MEMBERS OF KUCHING AND SAMARAHAN DIVISIONS

STU EXCECUTIVE OFFICER, BRO. RICHARD LIAW AND HEADQUARTERS STAFF

PTK SEMINAR SPEAKER, MR MOK SUNG SANG

PENVIEW INN MANAGEMENTS STAFF

PTK PARTICIPANTS

AND ALL INDIVIDUALS OR GROUPS WHO HAD DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY CONTRIBUTED TO THE SUCCESS OF THIS MOST MEANINGFUL EVENT.

WITHOUT YOUR SINCERE CONTRIBUTIONS AND PARTICIPANTS, THIS SEMINAR WOULD NOT BE MADE POSSIBLE.

THANK YOU.

MAY GOD BLESS YOU ALL

STU SAMARAHAN DIVISION COMMITTEE MEMBERS 2007/2009

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CHAIRMAN:
MR. PANG KAI MING
SJK CHUNG HUA, BATU 32, SERIAN
PHONE:
O82878573 (O)
08275068 (H)
0168578130 (HP)
E-MAIL:

VICE-CHAIRMAN
MR. MAKEW NYUSUNG
PPDK SERIAN
082874104 (O)
082875067 (H)
0198682144 (HP)
E-MAIL:

SECRETARY:
MR. KERINE GADEP
SMK WIRA PENRISSEN.
082878458 (O)
0198393031 (HP)
E-MAIL:
ASSISTANT SECRETARY:
MR. HARRISON SAYUS
SK LOBANG BATU, SERIAN
08232621 (H)
E-MAIL:

TREASURER:
MR. JONG JOON FUI
SJK CHUNG HUA SERIAN
082870472 (O)
082874170 (H)
0198678893 (HP)
E-MAIL:

ASSISTANT TREASURER

MR UNJIE GANYAI

SMK BALAI RINGIN, SERIAN

082877510/877308 (O)

01375003920 (HP)

E-Mmail:

COMMITTEE MEMBERS:

MR. COSMAS ANDREW LUAK

SK GEMANG SERIAN

082329260 (O)

082877429 (H)

0198470967 (HP)

E-mail:

MDM. SALBIAH BT SAMSUDIN

SK SAMARAHAN ESTATE, SERIAN

082329215 (O)

0135605632 (HP)E-Mail:

MR. MARCUS NYANDANG
SK ST TERESA, SERIAN

082874069 (O)

082325677 (H)

0198489682 (HP)

E-Mmail:

LIASON CHAIRMAN

MR. JEFFERY LAYANG

SK SUMPAS SERIAN

082872704 (H)

0198784492 (HP)

E-Mail:

MR. LIM THIAM PENG

SJK CHUNG HUA SIMUNJAN

082803697 (O)

019847037 (HP)

E-Mail:

MR. MICHAEL TARANG JELAMIN

SK ST MARTIN MERDANG, SAMARAHAN

082376245 (O)

082617922 (H)

0138067056 (HP)

E-Mail:

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