KOTA KINABALU: The failure of Sabah and Sarawak schools to make it to the list of the country’s top 20 is proof of the Federal government’s neglect of schools in the two states, said the Sabah Progressive Party.
The list, announced recently by Education Minister Muhyiddin Yassin, did not have any school from East Malaysia on it.
SAPP’s Wong Yit Ming (picture) said this was demoralizing and an insult to teachers and students in the two states.
“It’s a known fact that till today Sabah is still facing acute shortage of teachers, mainly due to insufficient allocations from the Education Ministry,” he said in a media release.
“Many schools in the rural areas of Sabah still lack such basic amenities as power and water supply, making a mockery of the constant proclamations of teaching Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in the schools.”
He lamented that the many so-called mega-school built in the rural areas of Sabah, some costing hundreds of millions of ringgit, had now become white elephants because poor planning had resulted in poor student enrolment.
He urged Sabah BN leaders to demand that the Federal government pay serious attention to Sabah schools and provide more funds to improve education standards in the state until schools there can compete with the top schools in the country.
FMT
01/02/10
The list, announced recently by Education Minister Muhyiddin Yassin, did not have any school from East Malaysia on it.
SAPP’s Wong Yit Ming (picture) said this was demoralizing and an insult to teachers and students in the two states.
“It’s a known fact that till today Sabah is still facing acute shortage of teachers, mainly due to insufficient allocations from the Education Ministry,” he said in a media release.
“Many schools in the rural areas of Sabah still lack such basic amenities as power and water supply, making a mockery of the constant proclamations of teaching Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in the schools.”
He lamented that the many so-called mega-school built in the rural areas of Sabah, some costing hundreds of millions of ringgit, had now become white elephants because poor planning had resulted in poor student enrolment.
He urged Sabah BN leaders to demand that the Federal government pay serious attention to Sabah schools and provide more funds to improve education standards in the state until schools there can compete with the top schools in the country.
FMT
01/02/10
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