Teach for Malaysia?!

wow. am still shocked after seeing this.





http://www.teachformalaysia.org/



why the hell do we need this?

we have perfectly qualified, motivated and responsible educators who dream of being teachers in schools but aren't given the chance to just because they didn't attend a teacher training course in a government/public institute of higher learning.

well first of all, it's pretty much bullshit labeling these government funded universities/colleges as IPTA (Insitutsi Pengajian Tinggi Awam) which literaly means PUBLIC institutions of higher education which therefore are supposed to be open to the PUBLIC! Maybe we've got the whole definition of PUBLIC here all wrong. PUBLIC here of course means that the system is FAIR, UNBIASED, TRANPARENT, NON-DISCRIMINATING, and OPEN TO ALL. of course you are free to apply, but we all know that we aren't on the priority list to be enrolled into our chosen vocation if we aren't one of them.

so tell me, where do the people who actually want to be teachers in goverment schools go to if they aren't accepted into teacher training colleges by the government?

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it's obvious aint it. they go to private colleges.


what's so bad about private colleges anyway?
why is there some sort of "access denied" kind of thing when it comes to private graduates wanting to teach in government schools?

it was the government who allowed these insitutions to come to live in the first place. the teacher training programmes run by these private colleges are even accredited and approved by the MOHE and MQA. this definitely qualifies graduates from the private sector to teach anywhere they want in Malaysia! plus, they even allow private trainees to do teaching practice in government schools but reject with a thousand and one excuses when private graduates apply for permanent teaching positions in government schools.


what hypocrites.
(though i have to say that it's a pretty smart move from their side. who doen't want free quality labour?)

even a dumb - barely caring about nation and political issues me knows the reason behind this.

those slots are reserved as a counter measure to protect their people who i'm sure pathetically can't find a job else where.

i can bet that teachers trained by the private sector are able to kick those sloppy public uni graduates in the butt hard and well anytime, anywhere.


another random fact:
i did my Bachelor of Education (TESL) in a private uni along with many others.
all my friends and seniors are either lecturers in colleges or working in other related fields.
none in goverment schools.


funny aint it? they lack teachers, but aren't willing to take in the qualified and trained ones and instead are recruiting from scratch.


then again, back to the whole Teach for Malaysia thingy. what's they use of this if all the government does is to cover up and keep pumping a steady flow of their own loserish people to teach in schools which more than 90% of our nation attend? i dare say that this whole notion though noble as it might be is a mere waste of time, resources and effort. nothing can change the quality of our education system while there's still so much poison in circulation.


just my 2 cents.


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