GEORGE TOWN, April 1 — The Education Ministry (MOE) will hold a special recruitment of new teachers in the near future to address the current shortage of teachers nationwide.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 30 — The Ministry of Education (MOE) has identified six core subjects for which additional teachers are required in schools, the Dewan Rakyat was told today.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 27 — The Ministry of Education (MOE) projects the recruitment of 16,886 to 20,081 new teachers for the next five years.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 23 — The Ministry of Education (MOE) is studying the need to hire teaching assistants to reduce the workload of teachers, the Dewan Negara was told today.

KOTA BHARU, March 19 — The Ministry of Education (MOE) is addressing the issue of teacher shortages in the four subjects of Design and Technology (RBT), Malay Language (BM), English Language (BI) and Islamic Education, said its director-general Datuk Pkharuddin Ghazali.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 15 — Of the total 47,947 teachers’ quarters units developed by the Education Ministry (MoE), 18,740 units are unoccupied, said Deputy Minister Lim Hui Ting.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 28 — Teachers can be instructed to attend work during school term holidays, but not exceeding half of the school term holidays in a school year, the Dewan Rakyat was told today.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 19 — The National Union of Teaching Profession (NUTP) has urged the Ministry of Education (MOE) to ensure that the digital infrastructure under the ministry helps to ease the teachers' tasks instead of putting more pressure on them.

SEREMBAN, Feb 11 — The Ministry of Education (MOE) will soon mobilise its officers to schools nationwide to assist teachers in the smooth implementation of the Identity Management System (IDME).

NIBONG TEBAL, Jan 29 — The Ministry of Education (MOE) has pledged to resolve the shortage of teachers in all states before the new school session begins in March.

KUANTAN, Jan 29 — The Raja Permaisuri Agong Tunku Hajah Azizah Aminah Maimunah Iskandariah has called on parents and teachers to play their role in eradicating social ills among students that have become increasingly worrisome.

GUA MUSANG, Oct 31 — A group of 10 teachers and 30 students back from a trip to Kuala Lumpur faced anxious moments when the bus they were travelling in crashed before ending up in an oil palm plantation at kilometre (km) 44 Jalan Gua Musang - Kuala Krai here this morning.

KUALA KANGSAR, Sept 23 — Teachers opting for early retirement in recent years have caused a shortage of language teachers although the Ministry of Education (MOE) has carried out one-off recruitment.

SUNGAI SIPUT, Aug 25 — The Education Ministry will increase the one-off intake of teachers for placement next year through the Subject Cluster method, said Senior Education Minister Datuk Radzi Jidin.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 15 — The results  on the placement of  2,611 special one-off Grade 41 Education Service Officers  (PPP)  appointed via Contract of Service (CoS) can be viewed from 3 pm today.

PUTRAJAYA, June 2 — No special quota has been allocated for contract of service (COS) teachers in the one-off intake for Grade DG41 (DG41) Education Service Officers, said Senior Education Minister Datuk Radzi Jidin.

KUCHING, May 24 — The number of teachers opting for early retirement in Sarawak has been increasing but the total figure of 490 for the last three years represents less than one per cent of those serving in the state, the Sarawak State Assembly was told today.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 19 — The recent government’s announcement of the restructuring of the teacher transfer process where applications can be made up to four times a year has been lauded by teachers as it provides them with a better opportunity to be transferred to new places of their choice.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 11 — A total of 2,400 vacancies in the one-off recruitment of 18,702 teachers will be filled by the contract of service (COS) teachers whose contracts are due to end this June.

KOTA BHARU, May 5 — The fate of 2,600 contract of service (COS) teachers appointed in the June 2020 intake will be resolved when their contracts are expected to be extended for two years.