KUALA LUMPUR: The Education Ministry (MOE) will issue a circular on discontinuing all forms of competition, celebrations or events at school that have no major impact on student learning before the 2023/2024 school session begins.
Minister Fadhlina Sidek said the circular would be issued to provide a detailed explanation relating to the discontinuation.
“It (the discontinuation) can be implemented. The letter will contain the details and we will issue it before school starts,” she said while winding up the debate on the motion of thanks for the Royal Address at the Dewan Rakyat yesterday, Bernama reported.
She said her ministry would always assess the situation and introduce measures to reduce the burden on teachers’ duties to ensure their welfare and optimise the learning and teaching sessions.
The ministry announced the end of the programme as one of seven immediate steps taken as part of the fifth ministry core, which was focused on the welfare of teachers and how they deal with stress.
The activities affected include competitions for the best resource centre and the best toilets, among others.
On the issue of a lack of teachers brought up by MPs during the debate, Fadhlina said her ministry hired 22,327 teachers in 2021 and 2022 who have been placed in ministry schools throughout the country and that teachers would continue to be hired periodically depending on vacancies and subjects.
