IPOH: The Education Ministry on Saturday (May 16) announced 12 initiatives to empower and strengthen the role of teachers in conjunction with the 55th national-level Teachers' Day celebration this year.
Education Minister Fadhlina Sidek (pic) said the Google Certified Educator (GCE) Level 1 and Level 2 certification courses would continue to be offered free of charge to all teachers to support their professional development in digital literacy.
She said the initiative would benefit teachers nationwide, with the ministry bearing the cost of RM40 per teacher for GCE Level 1 and RM100 per teacher for GCE Level 2.
Fadhlina also said the ministry would offer a special Federal Training Award to teachers serving in schools in hardship areas including hospital classes, floating schools and rural schools in P1, P2 and P3 areas.
"They will be selected to pursue Master's and PhD (Doctor of Philosophy) programmes to ensure that our aspirations are achieved, particularly in enabling them to continue serving, while their studies will help them to continue contributing to the profession," she said at the celebration themed 'Guru Bitara Nadi Negara', officiated by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim here Saturday.
Fadhlina also said that the ministry had allocated RM100mil to upgrade teachers' staff rooms nationwide, with another RM50mil set aside for maintenance of teachers' quarters. - Bernama
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