1,022 teachers take Cambridge Placement Test

Kota Kinabalu: A total of 1,022 English teachers are now undergoing the Cambridge Placement Test (CPT) in their respective districts in Sabah. Education Director Datuk Jame Alip (pic) said on Wednesday the course is aimed to improve their English skills and teaching pedagogy methods.

"They are being trained by the British Council in their respective districts," he said.

CPT is a course introduced by the Education Ministry with the collaboration with the British Council in a bid to boost the implementation of the Education Blueprint.

Deputy Prime Minister cum Education Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin in June last year announced that 9,000 teachers will be selected for the CPT course nationwide.

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A special entity called Education Implementation and Performance unit (Padu) has been set up to monitor and ensure the success of this initiative.

Meanwhile only 10 teachers from the US under the Fullbright English Assistance Programme have arrived and placed in education offices in Kota Belud, Tuaran, Papar and Beaufort.

"They will serve as teachers assistants to encourage students to communicate in English with confidence," said Jame.

Bernama reported last year that some 300 teachers are expected to arrive in Sabah this year under the same programme.

Jame also said he will hold the special meeting with all education officers in Sabah the soonest possible to discuss the problem of natural disasters affecting schools in the State.

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He said he will ask each office to provide reports on vulnerable schools which are disaster-prone and find a permanent solution to resolve the matter.

He noted most of the schools in the state were planned and built decades ago when problems such as flooding or landslides were never put into equation.

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