Datuk Wilfred Madius Tangau called on the education ministry to secure jobs for graduates in education to close the gaps in demands for the relevant teachers. — Picture by Emmanuel Santa Maria ChinKOTA KINABALU, April 28 — A local think tank here has warned the Ministry of Education that they will be facing a more severe problem of unemployed fresh graduates especially those aiming to be teachers.
According to the 2020 Ministry of Higher Education’s Graduate Tracer Study report, 116,161 fresh graduates in Malaysia will suffer the turmoil of unemployment, even a year after graduating. “Bachelor of Education graduates face difficulty in employment by non-education employers from fear of graduates resigning given the chance to become an Education Service Officer “To make the situation even worse, non-Bachelor of Education graduates are recruited as interim teachers under the Teach for Malaysia Fellowship programme, “ said Tangau.
“Minor educational options should not be excluded in the consideration of PPP DG41 recruitment for example, graduates with minors in Kadazandusun, Mandarin, Tamil and Iban languages are in needed in schools which are offering these subjects.
unEMPLOYED TEACHERS? excuse me... that is UNEMPLOYED GRADUATES.