The Education Ministry sees the shortage of teachers merely as a temporary issue caused by unexpected factors such as optional retirement, death, half-pay and no-pay leave exceeding one year, courses exceeding one year, discontinued services and resignations. — Picture by Sharul Hafiz Zam
The ministry said in a statement today that it also appointed teachers in an interim manner among education graduates from public universities and private institutions of higher learning and open market graduands to overcome the shortage for certain subjects. “The allegation saying that the shortage occurred because there was no projection on the necessity for teachers was inaccurate,” the KPM pointed out.
“The ministry implements teaching recruitment from time to time among teaching graduates from public universities subject to the vacancies available and the subject options through recruitment exercises handled by the Education Service Commission carried out throughout the year,” it said.