Sunday March 30, 2008
D-G: Only ministry officers allowed at school functions
JOHOR BARU: Only officers from the Education Ministry are allowed to officiate at school functions to prevent such functions from being politicised.
Ministry director-general Datuk Alimuddin Mohd Dom said that that the ministry would be sending out circulars to all schools next week as a reminder, but stressed that it was not a new ruling.
According to him, those who were allowed to officiate school events included the Education Minister, the deputy minister, the director-general, and state level Education Department directors and their representatives.
“The school principals have to write to their respective Education Departments if they want to invite anyone outside and obtain permission from the state director.”
He was responding to questions from the media as to whether schools had been told not to invite or have dealings with politicians who were not from Barisan Nasional.
When asked if it meant that all politicians, including the Mentri Besar or Chief Ministers would no longer be allowed to officiate at school functions, Alimuddin reiterated that the approval had to come from the state Education director.
“The approval is subject to the discretion of the director. We have given them that power,” he said at a press conference after launching the national level Gala C-Curriculum celebrations here yesterday.
He refused to elaborate when asked if the Education directors had been instructed not to approve requests for visits by politicians from Opposition parties.
“This is a simple matter, don’t sensationalise it,” he said.
In Seremban, State Parti Keadilan Rakyat chief Datuk Kamarul Baharin Abbas described the directive as “unfair.”
Kamarul, who is also Teluk Kemang MP, said another directive from the National Union of the Teaching Profession, stating that teachers were no longer required to attend state functions, as going against the people’s aspirations.
“The situation is being unnecessarily politicised. We in the PKR do not want anyone to be victimised,” he said.
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