PUTRAJAYA: Holders of a bachelor's degree in education from public universities will continue to be accepted by government schools, Deputy Education Minister Dr Mohd Puad Zarkashi said yesterday.
Puad said graduates of teacher training institutes were being trained to meet the needs of the ministry, while those from public universities were mostly trained to meet the demands of the private sector.
This, he said, gave the ministry's postgraduate teacher training (KPLI) graduates an advantage when it came to school placements.
He said the large number Bachelor of Education graduates was also a reason why it seemed they were not being taken by the ministry.
"Problems like this surface when the number of university graduates in education exceeds the needs of the ministry. We note that many education graduates of public universities are jobless.
"We will hold talks with the Higher Education Ministry to sort this issue out," he said at the ministry's quality awards function yesterday.
Puad was responding to grouses expressed by graduates on teacher placements at schools, which they said seemed to have eluded them.
Present were the ministry's secretary-general, Tan Sri Dr Zulkurnain Awang, and Education Director-General Tan Sri Dr Alimuddin Mohd Dom.
Puad said teacher placements had been completed for the start of the school session on Jan 3 and 4.
The ministry, Puad said the ministry's training institutes' intake depended on the education sector's needs.
This year it took in 5,000 teachers to undergo KPLI. The number would be reduced to 1,500 next year.
However, he said the demand for English teachers remained high and the intake for these teachers would be held in stages.-NST
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