Will teacher Chan die in vain?
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- Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2005 01:45:15 +0800
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Saturday, September 17, 2005
Will teacher Chan die in vain?
Teacher Chan Boon Heng (picture below) fell to his death on the eve of his
43rd birthday when a termite-ridden floor of the two-storey school building
gave way.
His former students from SJK (C) Keat Hwa, Alor Star, have set up a website
- www.chanboonheng.com - in memory of their beloved teacher.
Reader KP Yong says it's a new way for people to express their views on
issues that touches many, from the death of a good teacher to problems
within chinese primary school and politics.
He suggests I mention it in Screenshots so that many more youngsters will
"see a way to learn to express themselves and participate in social issues
starting from things close to their hearts".
I fully agree. It pains my heart when I read some of the emotional outpours
of Teacher Chan's students. I shared their sense of irreversible loss.
* * *
theSun (September 16, Pg 9):
CHINESE education group Dong Jiao Zong said it is disappointed with
Education Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein's remark that priority
will be given to fully aided schools in upgrading facilities, Oriental
Daily News reported yesterday.
It said that every life is precious and there should not be any
differentiation between fully-aided or partly-aided schools by the
government when it comes to repairing dilapidated school buildings.
Commenting on the case of the Alor Star school teacher who fell to his
death when the floor board on a first floor office gave way, Dong Jia Zong
said in a statement that statistics showed Chinese school pupils account
for 28% of the total primary school population, but less than 3% of the
total allocations for primary schools go to Chinese schools under the 8th
Malaysia Plan.
* * *
Meanwhile, the Cabinet has decided to set aside a special allocation for
repairing and upgrading the buildings of all Chinese schools in the
country.
Deputy Prime Najib Abdul Razak said the decision was made during the
Cabinet meeting chaired by him on Wednesday, The Star said.
* * *
September 16, The Malayan Christian Schools Council appealed to the Cabinet
to extend its financial allocation for repairing and upgrading of buildings
to mission schools.
Posted by jeffooi at September 17, 2005 06:53 PM | TrackBack
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Aaah I remember the my Chinese school days.
Raising money every year was par for the course. I never really liked the
fact that they had to put a minimum donation amount but now it all seems
clear to me.
Listen up, we are a country that prides itself on devoting huge proportions
of our GDP to education and we experience an accident that won't happen in
schools with mud floors and no chairs.
The Education Ministry does not need annual talkfest and mutual
back-patting. We don't need a formal opening ceremony for every program we
start. We need infrastructure. We need people. In the end, that's all that
matters.
Posted by: eastern at September 17, 2005 08:48 PM
Eastern: Agree with you. 'We need people'. Teachers are the crux - they
produce and motivates the creation of well-trained and well-adjusted
people.
>From SundayStar
PENANG, Sept 11
(Dr Lim Chong Eu's public lecture, 'Building on Penang's Strengths: Going
Forward')
Dr Lim said the state's industrialisation was driven by young capable
Penangites who had impressed investors with the quality of their work and
their abiity and dedication to serve and learn new skills.
... Replying to question of brain-drain, Dr Lim answered ... "You go to
Singapore, a couple of ministers there are from Penang. In Hong Kong, a
number of advisers to the government are from Penang, and in China, some of
the best managers are from Penang ..."
Which is more important - good education and training to empower the nation
.... or political tai-chi manouevres to ensure political survival?
I don't read much Chinese. Am not from the Chinese medium education stream.
However, what I know is education is dear to the heart of most people if
not all in the country.
I used to put high respect to educationists. I still do, but at a lesser
extent. Why? Education seems to be the last resort when all fails to secure
a good job in the private sector. It is the proverbial 'metal rice bowl'.
I would love to be in the education sector. To me, teaching profession is
sacred. But would I go to the education sector? Yes. When I am able to
support myself and my family, and I don't give a d@mn to school
administrators who only care of securing their positions, s*cking up to the
equally s*cked up administrators in the state and federal level
administrators.
It's politics all the way at the top management of a school irregardless of
whether is a national-type or vernacular type. And would it just end there?
No, it goes down. Flow down. Affecting the morale of teachers. Even amongst
teachers of different subjects / departments - there's bitching, gossiping,
unhealthy rivalry. Political tai-chis are not only prevalent elsehwere. But
is very much alive in school as well!
Come election time a new education minister comes around or new education
DG - there's bound to be someone who wants to leave a mark before leaving.
End of the day, more paperwork shuffled to teachers. More unrelated work.
Their core duties? It is sad. So Sad. Very sad.
Politics all the way! I don't like the issues some of the aspiring
PM-wannabes bringing up. Too menial. To self-indulgent. Too selfish. Too
communal. Too narrow-minded. So local and kampung thinking compared to the
ideal of Towering MalaySIANS and glocal MalaySIANS!
China, the sleeping dragon in the east has awaken many years back with the
opening of Special Economic Zones. It is not now they wake up. They woke up
long time ago. Now they're gaining the momentum and drive. The steam power
we saw in Penang decades ago - is here today - on a much bigger scale.
Imagine just 1 billion of the people there - hungry to achieve, absorb
everything. Everything can be done. Can be achieved. They just need to set
the target, look at the bigger picture.
Our enemies are not from within. But from outer. It will be a global
economic warfare. Survival of the fittest. I'm sure our aspiring
PM-wannabes know it. They're singing a different tune here to gain support.
Once achieved their dreams, they will sing a different tune. Who dare to
make enemies with the Indonesia abang and the China 'dar ge'?
We don't see the crisis yet. Still too far away. Local economy wise still
looks good for time being. We will only put into action when a crisis or
fire happens, or when people start taking notice. Do remedial action. Is it
too late?
We should count our blessings. Some action better than NATO (No Action,
Talk Only) ...
>From Bernama:
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 13 (Bernama) -- The Ministry of Education has approved
RM50,000 for repairs at the Sekolah Jenis Kebangsaan Cina Keat Hwa in Alor
Star, Kedah, where a teacher died after falling through the termite-ridden
first floor last Sunday.
.... the school had received RM4,000 last year to change and repair old and
defective facilities, RM10,000 in 2002 to build a new building and RM10,000
in 1999 to renovate the resource centre.
.....
Yes. There's action. But it looks so pitiful at whatever help was extended.
In these days of inflationary pressure how much can the above help? We must
be kidding ourselves. Even minor repair works to my house already taking up
some RM8,000.
Not to forget, the purported millions spent for retirement of the
now-in-the-limelight DG. Imagine these idle funds in the department
channeled to where is needed most. Don't just spend for the sake of
spending and accomplishing the budget for the year. Could be allocated for
more worthwhile causes.
We only put into action worthwhile execution after a disaster. Somethings
are only treasured when they are lost.
It is only the people who are nearest and dearest to the late Mr Chan would
feel the most enragement, sorrow of the lost suffered.
Posted by: aku anak malaysia at September 17, 2005 11:03 PM
47 years of independence and the Chinese are still second-class citizens in
our own country.
Posted by: Jehanne at September 17, 2005 11:09 PM
Jehanne: "47 years of independence and the Chinese are still second-class
citizens in our own country."
Even the Singapore Government guarantees free education for the Malays,as
protected by the Constituition, from kindegarden to Post-graduate.
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Posted by: propa at September 17, 2005 11:33 PM
but the postings are in chinese. how many malaysians who want to share the
children's grief can't because of the language barrier?
myself a banana.
Posted by: Siew Eng at September 18, 2005 12:42 AM
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