Kuala Lumpur, Dec. 23 (ANI): Malaysia's Education Ministry has given an assurance that it will carry out a study on the suitability of English teachers from India before hiring them.
Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin, while responding to a statement from the National Union of the Teaching Profession (NUTP) which had called for a study on the proposal to recruit English teachers from India, said it would need to assess the teachers' background, expertise and qualifications, reports The Star.
NUTP president Hashim Adnan said discussions must be carried out with experts, NUTP and the Education Ministry to ensure the move would profit the Government.
Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said Malaysia planned to bring in a number of English teachers from India to teach Malaysian students as part of efforts to boost mastery in the language.
Najib, who was in India to attend the two-day Asean-India Commemorative Summit that ended yesterday, said the proposal was in addition to the programme implemented with the United States' Fullbright Foundation and Malaysian-American Commission on Educational Exchange prior to this.
Under the programme, English Teaching Assistants from the US are stationed at selected schools nationwide specifically in the rural areas.
Hashim suggested that English teachers who had retired be recruited as they were from the same culture and background and knew how to teach Malaysian students. He said recruiting English teachers from the US was more than adequate to teach the language in this country because mixing teachers would not only burden the students but also the national education system.
Nevertheless, he said the payment for recalling retired teachers must commensurate with experience and expertise in the language. (ANI)
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