They were supposed to learn how to teach their students about integrity.
The Education Ministry’s first Integrity Seminar was co-organised by the Malaysian Institute of Integrity. Some 440 teachers from all the schools in the city and Putrajaya filled an auditorium for two sessions of lectures on the virtue. The seminar was meant to explain the National Integrity Plan to teachers and to remind them of their role in creating awareness in society.
After the seminar ended, most of the school-teachers were confused. After the seminar ended, the New Straits Times approached several teachers and asked them if they now know the concept of the National Integrity Plan and how it can be taught in school. None of them did.
A primary school Bahasa Malaysia teacher, who did not want to be identified, said the seminar was pointless and ineffective.
"No one is even paying attention to the lectures. I don’t know what seminars like these will do for the country."
"I don’t know how we are going to learn about it and teach it in five hours. A primary school English teacher, who wished to remain anonymous said: "I don’t know how my headmaster will implement this in my school."
The Education Ministry’s first Integrity Seminar was co-organised by the Malaysian Institute of Integrity. Some 440 teachers from all the schools in the city and Putrajaya filled an auditorium for two sessions of lectures on the virtue. The seminar was meant to explain the National Integrity Plan to teachers and to remind them of their role in creating awareness in society.
After the seminar ended, most of the school-teachers were confused. After the seminar ended, the New Straits Times approached several teachers and asked them if they now know the concept of the National Integrity Plan and how it can be taught in school. None of them did.
A primary school Bahasa Malaysia teacher, who did not want to be identified, said the seminar was pointless and ineffective.
"No one is even paying attention to the lectures. I don’t know what seminars like these will do for the country."
"I don’t know how we are going to learn about it and teach it in five hours. A primary school English teacher, who wished to remain anonymous said: "I don’t know how my headmaster will implement this in my school."
Did the education ministry measure the performance and success of such seminars?
Echoing the teachers concern, "How are they going to teach the students on integrity if the teachers themselves remain blur-blur?
Who was the presenter? Did the organisor knows what they are doing and did they have an idea what they are imparting?
3 comments:
The only people enlighten are the organizers and brokers of the semi-nars. Of course, the enlightenment has something to do fatten pockets. :P
i used to love my secondary school teachers... i love them much much more now...
WTF is Institute of Integrity? Another smoke and screen institute?
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