Education

MoE to hire soon to address teacher shortages in four subjects: DG

Solution will ‘probably take two to three years’, says Datuk Pkharuddin Ghazali

Updated 3 years ago · Published on 19 Mar 2023 3:59PM

MoE to hire soon to address teacher shortages in four subjects: DG
Islamic education is one of the four subjects facing a teacher shortage. – SAIRIEN NAFIS/File pic, March 19, 2023

KOTA BARU – The Education Ministry is addressing teacher shortages in four subjects – design and technology, Malay, English, and Islamic education – said its director Datuk Pkharuddin Ghazali.

He said the ministry has held discussions with the Education Services Commission on the teacher recruitment process.

“The ministry has also proposed several ways and held discussions to refine the methods of recruitment and we will soon conduct a recruitment exercise in phases to offer teachers who qualify,” he said after checking on the first week of school at SJK (C) Chung Hwa here today.

Pkharuddin said the ministry would also be working with Teachers Education Institutes and public universities to increase the number of trainee teachers in the four subjects.

“We will deal with the teacher shortage phase by phase as the problem cannot be solved in a short time. It will probably take two or three years,” he said. – Bernama, March 19, 2023

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