Disciplinary board to inform maths teacher its decision tomorrow - Radzi

The Education Services Disciplinary Board, which met today on the issue involving Mathematics teacher Mohd Fadli Mohamed Salleh, will inform the latter of its decision tomorrow, says Education Minister Radzi Jidin.

“The Educational Services Disciplinary Board meeting on the issue has just ended and tomorrow the secretariat will deliver the result to the teacher (Fadli),” Radzi (above) told reporters after attending the Touch sports programme in Putrajaya today.

Yesterday, Education director-general Pkharuddin Ghazali said the Education Services Disciplinary Board was scheduled to meet today after receiving the letter of representation submitted by Fadli on Oct 14.

Pkharuddin said that the show-cause letter received by Fadli did not mean that the punishment had been handed down by the Education Service Disciplinary Board.

Fadli had previously claimed on his Facebook page that he would be fired or demoted for voicing his views on the learning syllabus, which he believed was of too high a level and inappropriate for students.

He also claimed that the number of students in the class was too many, having too many subjects. and the issue of students having to carry heavy bags was harmful to them.

Commenting on the matter, Radzi said that his ministry had already taken action on the issues raised by the Mathematics teacher.

For example, he said the ministry had introduced seven initiatives on March 6 to deal with the issue of heavy bags, including a better arrangement of timetables and the installation of lockers.

He added that the syllabus currently used in schools was introduced in 2017.

“I have explained many times that the Education Ministry is open and accepts the views of all parties regarding this syllabus issue, we always review this syllabus,” he said.

In the meantime, he reminded politicians not to politicise the syllabus issue during the 15th general election campaign.

“Politicians, my sincere advice, don’t politicise the syllabus issue because the ministry always reviews the syllabus, and we want the best (for the students),” he said, adding that the ministry always engaged with teachers to improve the national education syllabus.

- Bernama

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