Training that turned out to be a load of hot air

LATIHAN Dalam Perkhidmatan, or LDP for short, translates to in-service training. In Malaysian schools, this form of training is often held throughout the year and can span various topics from coverage of latest changes in the curriculum, classroom management and teaching, to online data input workshops.

Whatever the subject matter is, it pertains to our careers as educators and the aspired improvement of quality of the teaching service. It is compulsory for all teachers to attend, as this too is keyed into the system in the form of “hours clocked”.