Doing so may prevent early retirements, says body's president

GEORGE TOWN, July 7 — The National Union of the Teaching Profession (NUTP) has urged the Education Ministry (MOE) to establish a special committee to comprehensively resolve the long-standing issue of excessive teacher workloads.

BANGI, July 13 — The government’s move to exclude negligent, underperforming, and undisciplined teachers from the time-based promotion system is very important to ensure the quality of teachers and their productivity are in line with their grades.

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 13 — The weakness in mastering the basic concepts of science and mathematics among primary school students is believed to be one of the main factors behind the decline in the number of students opting for the science stream in Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM), said academicians.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 13 — The National Union of the Teaching Profession (NUTP) has expressed the need for an understanding of the law related to the education sector among teachers to be enhanced in view of the increasing trend of lawsuits filed against them over the past two years.

SHAH ALAM, Dec 19 — Datuk Adnan Mat has retained his position as president of the Congress of Unions of Employees in the Public and Civil Services (Cuepacs) after winning big in the 29th Triennial Convention election here today.

KUALA LUMPUR, June 3 — The School-based Assessment (PBS) which contains three components namely Classroom-based Assessment (PBD), Physical, Sports and Curricular Activities Assessment (PAJSK) and Psychometric Assessment (PPsi) should be strengthened and empowered to ease parents' concerns over the abolition of the Form Three Assessment (PT3) examination.

KULAI, Feb 23 — The Education Ministry has given primary and secondary schools the option of having home-based Learning and Teaching (PdPR) sessions if Covid-19 cases rise drastically.

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 27 — Undergoing Covid-19 screening via the use of RTK-Antigen self-test kits before attending classes will help detect infections and prevent education clusters, former Education director-general Tan Sri Alimuddin Mohd Dom said.

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 11 — The National Union of the Teaching Profession (NUTP) hopes the Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) examination scheduled to be held in February will proceed as planned, despite the concern of the rising Covid-19 cases lately.

KUALA LUMPUR, June 11 — The National Union of Teaching Profession (NUTP) Peninsular Malaysia has recommended that the earliest for primary schools to reopen nationwide, is in late September or October.