TEACHERS ALL WORKS AND NO PLAY MAKES THE PRINCIPAL ALOHA!
Some school administrator do not seem to like the teachers spending their holidays with their kids or the most favourite 'bujang' teachers simply 'nothing to do' at home. Especially rural school, the administrator which pursue in 'garnishing' the school more than academics will ask teachers to do some arrangement for form 1 registration before the next term starts, setting up banners, putting up backdrops and take care of students for a day or two during SPM's examination period if they do not apply to invigilate government examinations. Besides that, teachers have to come early for meeting just a week before the school reopen. Well, total up the days at school. Of course it is not even half of the holiday taken but reminds you, some teachers are not local there. Can you imagine how many days taken for the teachers to travel vice-versa?
Reference from TheStar:
Schools area reminded to use only two Saturdays in a monoth for weekend activities, Penang National Union of the Teaching Profession (NUTP) chairman Lim Ming Tzong said.
He said some teachers had complained their schools had imposed upon them to participate in weekend activities, some almost every Saturday.
“In 2006, the Public Services Department (PSD) issued a circular stating that all government departments were allowed to hold activities up to only two Saturdays in a month.
“So, school heads must abide by this ruling and not unduly victimise the teachers,” he said.
Lim said that according to the Education Ministry, schools were also not allowed to conduct curricular activities, including tuition classes, and co-curricular activities on both Saturdays.
The schools, he said, were only allowed to hold parent-teacher association (PTA) meetings, meet-the-parents sessions and staff meetings on Saturdays.
“School heads must be mindful that if they still conduct activities with students after school hours, they could be held res-ponsible if any mishap takes place.
“The state Education Department is closed over the weekend, and it may not provide necessary legal support for the teacher incharge,” he said.
Lim also called on school heads to refrain from unnecessarily recalling tea-chers back for duty during school holidays.
He said unlike teachers, senior assistants and afternoon supervisors, who were not entitled to annual leave, headmasters, principals and office staff were given up to 35 days in annual leave per year.
“So, just because they (the school heads) have to report for duty during the school holidays, it is ridiculous to instruct teachers to do likewise, merely to accompany them.”
Lim said many schools often prepared a roster for teachers to work during school holidays, but the number of days should not exceed half of the total length of the holidays.
He said many teachers had complained they were still unclear over the reasons to return to school during the holidays.
He said some teachers had complained their schools had imposed upon them to participate in weekend activities, some almost every Saturday.
“In 2006, the Public Services Department (PSD) issued a circular stating that all government departments were allowed to hold activities up to only two Saturdays in a month.
“So, school heads must abide by this ruling and not unduly victimise the teachers,” he said.
Lim said that according to the Education Ministry, schools were also not allowed to conduct curricular activities, including tuition classes, and co-curricular activities on both Saturdays.
The schools, he said, were only allowed to hold parent-teacher association (PTA) meetings, meet-the-parents sessions and staff meetings on Saturdays.
“School heads must be mindful that if they still conduct activities with students after school hours, they could be held res-ponsible if any mishap takes place.
“The state Education Department is closed over the weekend, and it may not provide necessary legal support for the teacher incharge,” he said.
Lim also called on school heads to refrain from unnecessarily recalling tea-chers back for duty during school holidays.
He said unlike teachers, senior assistants and afternoon supervisors, who were not entitled to annual leave, headmasters, principals and office staff were given up to 35 days in annual leave per year.
“So, just because they (the school heads) have to report for duty during the school holidays, it is ridiculous to instruct teachers to do likewise, merely to accompany them.”
Lim said many schools often prepared a roster for teachers to work during school holidays, but the number of days should not exceed half of the total length of the holidays.
He said many teachers had complained they were still unclear over the reasons to return to school during the holidays.
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