Nov 20, 2018Enforce exit policy for absent teachers, strip them of their pensionFrom the time my children were in national school (they are now in their twenties), parents have had to contend with seasonal teacher...
Sep 20, 2018Now for the difficult part in turning round the school systemSetting common goals and coming to a consensus on achieving our vision of making the national school the school of choice is the easy...
Apr 18, 2018Eliminate extreme teacher absenteeismThe Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia results were released last month. We congratulate the students who did very well and to those who did not,...
Jan 3, 2018Why are national schools increasingly unpopular?PETALING JAYA: An academic has called for a study to find out why enrolment in government-sponsored vernacular schools has been dropping...
Jan 3, 2018Mixed feelings over 2-teacher proposalPETALING JAYA: Siti Alawiah, 42, used to teach at a national primary school where there were often up to 40 pupils in a class. The former...
Dec 31, 2017Youthful aspirations: Get rid of ‘spoon-fed’ mentalityEducational civil societies and youth in the Klang Valley have expressed their hopes for 2018, with many calling for a revamp of the...