NIBONG TEBAL: Teachers have been advised to avoid motivational programmes organised by external entities that lack clear content.
Education Minister Fadhlina Sidek (pic) said teachers should refer to the ministry for appropriate support.
“We should avoid getting involved in motivational programmes if we are unsure of the content and ‘substance’.
“We should focus on our issues at the school level,” she said in a media conference after visiting SMK Taman Widuri here yesterday, Bernama reported.
Elaborating further, Fadhlina said the ministry has various development and motivational programmes for teachers, including counselling services that can be fully utilised.
“We do not want our teachers involved in programmes that can raise doubts or undermine the integrity of the teaching profession.
“We provide many internal development programmes.
“Therefore, my advice is to be careful. Avoid participating in inappropriate external programmes,” she said.
She was commenting on the marriage motivation programme (eHATI) targeting working women facing household crises.
On Sunday, Selangor police chief Comm Datuk Hussein Omar Khan said an inquiry paper had been opened to identify offences related to the eHATI marriage motivational programme, which was accused of promoting inappropriate and provocative content.
He said that they intend to call in numerous witnesses to verify the allegations, which include the purported hallucination-causing use of water.
