Wednesday February 13, 2008
Sacrifice of teachers that hasn’t paid off
I WOULD like to highlight the plight of some 50,000 dedicated teachers nationwide and seek your help in giving them their rightful due so that they can continue to do their best for their students without feeling so frustrated, demoralised and depressed.
After teaching for 16 years, my sister-in-law received her first degree from UKM in 2001 after five years of off-campus learning all at her own expense. It was sheer initiative, determination, perseverance, and sacrifice, that she made it through.
In 2002, she continued with her Masters degree in USM. While she studied, we helped out with the children and other duties and shared her joy upon graduation.
But it was so demoralising that she only received an increment of RM16.94 when she went into the graduate scheme and her past 16 years of teaching experience was never considered.
During the recent salary revision for teachers, once again she lost out to the non-graduate teachers in the DGA 32 and to the DGA 44.
Despite receiving two Anugerah Perkhidmatan Cemerlang awards, she still lost out to her non-graduate peers (those in DGA 32) of about RM400 a month.
This group of teachers are deprived of their deserved promotion from DG 41 to DG 44 as their service in the non-graduate scheme was not given consideration.
I sincerely hope the Ministry of Education will take constructive steps in the above matter if they do care for their 50,000 experienced and dedicated teachers. It is easy to say quit the profession if they’re unhappy but it’ll be a great loss to the nation!
TQ Teachers,
Penang.
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