Move to address teacher shortage in Chinese schools


Compiled by MARTIN CARVALHO, C. ARUNO and R. ARAVINTHAN

IN a bid to address the shortage of teachers at Chinese vernacular schools, the Education Ministry will be asking nearly 500 temporary teachers to sign up for training as full-fledged educators, Sin Chew Daily reported.A spokesman for Deputy Education Minister Datuk Dr Mah Hang Soon’s office said 471 candidates – all of whom were temporary teachers in 2020 – would be receiving letters to attend a one-year teacher training programme.

The letters will specify which course the candidates will be taking as well as the teachers’ training college that they will be attending.

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