Problem of Unemployed Graduate Teachers Will Be Solved, Says Abdullah
Bernama – 16/5/2006
KUALA LUMPUR - Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said Tuesday that the Education Ministry will come up with proposals to resolve the problem of unemployed graduate teachers.

He said Education Minister Hishammuddin Tun Hussein would inform him of the proposals before the government decided on the best solution.

He said the important thing now was to ensure that the graduate teachers were not ignored with no effort made to employ them.

"I (will) hear the proposals from the ministry...if there's any reasonable proposal we (government) have no problem giving approval," he told a news conference after launching the 2006 Teachers Day celebration here.

Abdullah was asked to comment on reports on the problem of excess teachers which was said to have resulted in many graduate teachers being unemployed.

He said teaching was an important profession and those wanting to make teaching a career must make it their top choice.

"If it's not their top choice, those involved in the teaching field may not be serious about working as teachers," he said.

Abdullah said teachers who were not serious in discharging their duties could lower the standard of education and affect the teaching and learning process in schools.

Asked about the performance of students in rural schools in science and mathematics in English, he said the use of computers could help them improve command of both subjects.
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