KOTA KINABALU: Sabah Progressive Party (SAPP) felt that the Education Ministry's plan to transfer 80,000 Peninsular Malaysia teachers to Sabah and Sarawak is worrying.
Its deputy president Datuk Eric Majimbun said it saddened him that tenth of thousands young Sabahans holding degree, STPM and SPM certificates are jobless.
"Those young locals were not even given any consideration when they applied for places at teachers' training colleges either within or outside the state," said Eric, who is also Sepanggar member of Parliament in a statement here yesterday.
He was commenting on the ministry's plans which were made public recently and were totally rejected by one of the ruling coalition parties as well as the opposition parties.
On the State Education Department's statement that more than 20 percent of the teachers placed all over Sabah are outsiders (not from Sabah), Eric said the real figure could be higher.
He said most of the teachers currently placed either at primary or secondary schools statewide are outsiders so the percentage must be higher.
"I was informed that recently there were closed door interviews for intake of teachers, which was held at Telupid, but most of the applicants went home disappointed.
"Such intake must be held openly and not in secrecy as it could reflect that the government is trying to hide something," he said.
Eric further said it seemed that the locals were being marginalised while peninsula youngsters were given priority. He added that senior local teachers were also sidelined in terms of promotion. According to him, many senior positions either at primary or secondary schools such as principals, headmasters and senior assistants went to teachers from peninsula.
He said teachers from peninsula were also given better and more allowances like housing, hardship and others while local teachers were being neglected.
"I always raise these problems facing local teachers but the ministry seems to ignore them," he added.
The Borneo Post
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