Sabah hopes peninsula teachers will return
Published on: Thursday, January 08, 2015
Kota Kinabalu: Peninsula teachers who are still in their hometowns were told to report back for work in Sabah on Jan 12. However, according to State Education Director Datuk Jame Alip, those unable to do so must submit a letter to the department as well as to the school stating their reasons for not being able to turn up after the school sessions start."This is to allow us to come up with solutions in case there is a lack of teachers and prevent problems of controlling students," he said, adding that it is important for them to understand the situations faced by the teachers involved in the floods, especially in terms of their families and household properties.He said about 20 per cent of teachers in Sabah are from peninsula.
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"Majority of our teachers hail from Kelantan with a total of 1,058 who teach at secondary schools and 1,053 who teach at primary schools."We are currently in the process of finding out how many of them had returned to their respective hometown as well as the total number of teachers who will report for duty when school commences," he said, adding that there are 354 secondary school teachers and 314 primary school teachers from Terengganu throughout Sabah.Jame, in a press conference at Wisma Pendidikan Wednesday, also hoped the situation in states affected by floods, especially in Kelantan will improve. He also named the schools that were affected by floods that hit Sabah recently.
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"There were three schools in Tawau that were affected, namely SK Batu 22, SK Kuala Apas and SK Wakuba. In Kota Kinabalu, only SRK St Catherine was affected and the rest were schools in Kota Belud, namely SK Tampasuk 1, SK Lasau Tintapon, SK Kesapang, SK Timbang, SK Labuan and SK Menunggui," he said."Losses as a consequence of the flooding has been estimated to be RM85,400," he said, adding that SK Kinarut also suffered a loss of RM40,000 due to damaged to tables and chairs.
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"We have also proposed to the Education Ministry to relocate those schools that are usually affected by floods such as SRK St Catherine and the matter has been included in the 11th Malaysia Plan."The problem concerning nine schools in Tenom often affected by floods had also been brought up in the State Legislative Assembly," he said, explaining that SRK St Catherine will be relocated to a higher area nearby its original site.However, he explained that they required the approval of the Education Ministry and School Board in terms of the relocated area.Jame also said the department had offered funding assistance worth RM500,000 to SRK St Catherine for maintenance purposes.According to him, they would offer funding assistance to all Mission as well as Chinese schools.Earlier, Jame announced the enrolment of pupils and students for the year 2015."There are a total of 26,631 pre-schoolers, followed by Year One pupils totalling 41,414, as well as 849 bridge class students and 42,487 Form One students," he said.He also commented on the 1Malaysia School Special Assistance stating that all schools have received them in their respective accounts. "There are a total of 1,071 primary schools and 219 secondary schools that received the assistance.Stay up-to-date by following Daily Express’s Telegram channel.
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