(Headline translation: I'm sorry, you failed and it's our fault) according to Education Minister Datuk Hishammuddin Tun Hussein. Now, it is no longer a measure of whether teachers are fit enough to teach, since all of us are well aware of the incredible ability of our local teachers to perform educational miracles - just look at the PMR results, he says...
The question is this. If this is only a tool to determine annual increments for the teachers, should not it be based on the teacher's ability to teach? What does failure indicate? If Teregganu state continues to record the highest number of top scorers for UPSR for 3 years running, surely a majority, if not most of the UPSR teachers would at least pass the PTK. Or am I being irrelevant?
I am sure remunerative rewards or promotions of any sort are not based upon our birthright, since not many of us can claim to have an ex-PM as our father. Now we are told, it is not based upon their ability and therefore teachers should not feel discouraged.
My problem at the end of the day is that I feel that many of the 99.1% who failed deserved to in the first place - and that is not something to be swept under the carpet, even at the expense of poorly thought programs.
My dear PM, your sweeping mandate is one empowering you to sweep away the inconsistencies of such pathetic leadership. Silakan...
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