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248 New Sabahan Teachers For Sabah Schools

Sabah News248 New Sabahan Teachers For Sabah Schools

KOTA KINABALU, June 13 (Bernama) -- A total of 248 new Sabahan teachers today receive appointment letters placing them in primary schools throughout the state.

Sabah Education director Maimunah Suhaibul said 210 of them were English teachers and 38 were Islamic Studies teachers who were interviewed in 2015.
"These new teachers were among 576 students from Sabah, graduates of Institute of Teacher Education (IPGM) last year, while the remaining 328 will receive their letters this August," she said while presenting appointment letters at Wisma Jabatan Pendidikan Sabah, here Monday.
The placement of Sabahan teachers in the state was in line with the recommendations of the government that 90 per cent of teachers in Sabah and Sarawak were locals.
Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak when announcing this last year said the government had set a target of 90 per cent of teachers comprising Sabahans and Sarawakians within three years via first phase of the devolution of power for both states.
The percentage of local teachers in national primary schools was 81 per cent while for national secondary schools was at 74 per cent.
Maimunah hopes that all the new teachers would accept their placements gratefully and be ready to carry out their responsibility as educators.
"They must be thankful and ready to face the challenges. The placement is done according to the needs of the school."
Meanwhile, Jessica Rine Alphonsus, an English teacher from Panampang, Sabah, who was placed at SK Pekan Pensiangan, Nabawan said she was excited to be placed in the school located in the Sabah interior, 20 kilometres from the border with Kalimantan, Indonesia.
"I had requested to be placed in this school due to my interest in teaching in remote areas when studying at IPGM in Penang. I had the opportunity to teach at Sekolah Kebangsaan Lubok Antu, Sarawak.
"It was there that I saw the big difference between urban and rural schools. I hope to reduce these differences, especially in the teaching of English."
-- BERNAMA