KUALA LUMPUR: Only 160 out of the 940 graduates of the Malaysian Teacher Training Institutions (IPGM) promised by the Education Ministry for Chinese medium schools (SJKC) have been delivered to the schools so far, said Federal Territory MCA education bureau chief Eddie Heng.
Owing to the drastic shortage, the affected schools were forced to fork out thousands of ringgit monthly to hire temporary teachers, added Heng.
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