Cases of those who opt out because of burnout and feeling helpless from the workload, Universiti Malaya Education Faculty senior lecturer and teacher-trainer Dr Zuwati Hasim said, are unfortunate and sad.
“These extra hours should instead be allocated to prepare their teaching materials. So, limit the number of activities other than what is stipulated in the syllabus or the curriculum,” she told StarEdu. “Besides, the school leadership plays a role in making the school a happy working and learning place.
“Giving a pay raise will attract people to stay in the profession but having a poor working environment plagued with various issues will not stop teachers from leaving either. On April 21, The Star highlighted that among the reasons some teachers are retiring early include personal, medical and workplace reasons, and wanting to take it easy after more than three decades of service.
“So, we must ensure that teachers do what they are trained to do, which is to teach and educate our students,” he said. “It will give teachers a sense of moving forward, diversify their knowledge, enable them to network with other teachers and give them an insight into best practices and education systems around the world,” he added.
“Providing better resources for teachers can help relieve the overall burden of the profession,” he said. “Tasks like gathering data should not be heaped on teachers’ shoulders. At the end of the day, what is being done with all these data ?Catering to the different levels of students in a class is a mammoth task, he said, adding that as such, there is a vital need for assistant teachers in schools.
A possible solution to teachers having to do clerical and paperwork, he said, would be to deploy officers who were trained teachers but now serve in the Education Ministry, state education departments and district education offices to schools to assist teachers.“Happy teachers make effective and good teachers.
Has any teacher been spared doing the job of clerks? Has any teacher been spared doing transport service for students participating outside activities and barely compensated? Are these teachers protected by any form of insurance coverage?
All accross the government sector the problem is managing ever increasing paper works.Teacher spend more time doing paper works than teaching itself.Doctors and nurses spend more time writing reports than attending patients need in the wards.I wonder if it same in private sectors
The trend started decades ago! Teachers who had little or no more financial constraints chose to quit. Unreasonable job demands, tasks totally unrelated to the profession, poor support from the ministry were among the reasons. Has anyone woken up at 3 am to seize good net speed?
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