KUALA LUMPUR — MCA akan menghadapi kesan lebih buruk berbanding pilihan raya 2008 ekoran tidak menangani isu sekolah cina dengan berkesan, kata sekumpulan persatuan Cina.
Dewan Perhimpunan Cina Selangor dan Kuala Lumpur (KLSCH) berkata, parti itu akan hanya memperolehi beberapa undi dalam pilihan raya akan datang kerana gagal memastikan sekolah vernakular Cina tidak dilayan secara adil oleh Putrajaya.
Semalam, Timbalan Perdana Menteri Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin menuduh ahli akademik Cina adalah “penipu” apabila mendakwa kerajaan menganak-tirikan sekolah vernakular kerajaan.
Setiausaha Agung KLSCAH Stanley Yong berkata, beliau merasakan MCA akan ditolak oleh pengundi berdasarkan penerimaan diberikan kepada Ketua Pemuda MCA Datuk Dr Wee Ka Siong sewaktu perhimpunan dua minggu lalu.
Wee, yang juga timbalan menteri pendidikan telah dihalau selepas di kritik oleh peserta, yang sebelum itu mendakwa telah ditumbuk di muka.
Perhimpunan anjuran Persatuan Sekolah Cina Bersatu (Dong Zong) mengadakan bantahan berikutan kekurangan guru di sekolah Cina yang berkelayakan dalam sistem pendidikan nasional.
“Mereka berkata MCA tidak lagi revelan ... saya rasakan semakin ramai pengundi menolak MCA,” kata Yong kepada The Malaysian Insider.
MCA menerima kekalahan teruk ketika pilihan raya 2008, dengan menyaksikan mereka kehilangan separuh kerusi kepada 15 daripada 31. Barisan Nasional (BN) itu tidak menunjukkan peningkatan di setiap negeri.
Yong menjelaskan walaupun mempunyai ramai menteri di Kabinet sejak Merdeka, MCA gagal untuk mengetengahkan polisi Putrajaya berhubung sekolah Cina walaupun kominiti Cina sudah berulangkali membangkitkan isu ini.
Ini akan mengakibatkan masyarakat Cina menyalahkan parti berkenaan, terutamanya apabila ahli politik MCA sendiri memegang portfolio timbalan menteri pelajaran.
“Beliau adalah Cina, dan komuniti Cina menderita, dan timbalan menteri pelajaran adalah Cina, tapi tidak melakukan sebarang tindakan, sudah tentu kemarahan itu akan dilepaskan kepadanya,” tambahnya.
Yang turut memberi amaran MCA sudah kesuntukan masa untuk memperolehi undi memandangkan pilihan raya semakin hampir, namun parti itu masih lagi mempunyai harapan dengan mengemukakan pelan jangka panjang bagi menyelesaikan masalah yang dihadapi sekolah Cina.
MCA harus melakukannya walaupun terpaksa menggunakan dana parti dan bukan daripada kerajaan persekutuan “bagi mengurangkan kemarahan dan perasaan tidak puas hati” yang dirasai pengundi Cina,” katanya.
Namun beliau menegaskan ini hanyalah langkah pencegahan dan Putrajaya perlu melayan sekolah Cina “sama seperti” sekolah kebangsaan sekiranya Barisan Nasional (BN) mahu menyelesaikan isu ini.
“Mereka harus menyemak kembali kritikan dan tuntutan, bukannya menolak rungutan mereka seperti dibangkitkan pembangkang.
“Ini bukan sahaja tidak professional, malah tindakan kebudak-budakan,” katanya.
KLSCAH adalah payung terbesar kumpulan Cina di Selangor. Dibentuk 85 tahun lalu, mereka mempunyai 420 ahli terdiri daripada barisan ahli perniagaan dan aktivis awam.
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Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said that all quarters should stop politicising Chinese education issues and instead concentrate on efforts to enhance the educational quality and development in all schools. Muhyiddin, who is also Education Minister, said this was crucial so as to strengthen the country's competitiveness in facing the challenges ahead.
On the shortage of teachers in National-type Chinese Primary Schools (SJKC), he said, the government was truly committed and serious in tackling this issue in a prompt and effective manner, and that among the measures taken was the setting up of a special committee headed by Deputy Education Minister Datuk Dr Wee Ka Siong to address the shortage of SJKC teachers
The move was taken not because of pressure from any quarters but as a matter of fact he added that as a government that cares, it has implemented systematic measures as well as streamlined and continuous policies to address the shortage of SJKC teachers. Therefore, that the Chinese community would welcome the short-term and long-term measures announced by the committee on March 20 because the national-type primary schools are never separated from the country's education system," he said.
Muhyiddin said it was important to explain this issue so that the true pictures can be given to counter baseless claims and accusations against the government and the ministry.To ensure the smooth running of learning and teaching in SJKC nationwide, the Education Ministry has been striving each year to fill up the vacancies for SJKC teachers.
He pointed out that in 2009 there was a shortage of 4,991 SJKC teachers. The figure dropped to 3,043 in 2010, and to 2,720 in 2011 while for this year, the number was 1,874. Of the 1,874, the Education Ministry has appointed 1,482 interim teachers to fill up the vacancies. The shortage of SJKC teachers now stands at 392, and headmasters are allowed to propose the appointment of interim teachers to the state Education Departments to fill up these posts.
Muhyiddin said the ministry allocated 38,047 posts for SJKCs and that until end of January this year, 36,173 trained teachers have been posted in all SJKCs. A total of RM1.8 billion is spent annually to pay the salary of teachers and manage the operations of SJKC schools nationwide.
He said the special committee met with Chinese educationist associations and other trust holders on five occasions — on March 5, 8, 16 and 23 and on April 2 — to overcome the problems faced by Chinese schools. He pointed out that during the March 5 meeting, the committee met the Planning and Policy Research Division (BPPDP), Teacher's Education Division (BPG), Education Services Commission (SPP), Malaysian Institute of Teachers' Education (IPGM), School Daily Management Division (BPSH) and SJKC Headmasters Association.
The committee also held a joint meeting with Dong Zhong, Jiao Zhong, HuaZhong and the National Union of the Teaching Profession (NUTP) on March 8, 16 and 23 as well as last Monday, he said, adding that Dong Zhong only attended two of the meetings. To ensure all decisions of the committee are implemented as agreed, a follow-up coordination meeting was held by the committee on March 27 together with the BPPDP, BPG, IPGM and the NUTP, with the BPSH acting as the secretariat.
Muhyiddin said to overcome the shortage of teachers in SJKCs, a total of 1,482 interim teachers have been deployed to all states, while headmasters have been given the greenlight to propose the appointment of the remaining 392, on April 1. These interim teachers will serve until the deployment of trained teachers can be carried out, depending on the actual vacancies based on the approved Personnel Management Expenditure Estimate.
He said on March 27, the Education Ministry issued an extension of service for the SJKC's interim teachers, and that to implement this agenda, SJKC headmasters were allowed to nominate those with qualifications to become teachers, with the appointment to be made by the respective state education directors. On the issue of remedial teachers who have no bilingual capability, and the move by SJKC board of governors to transfer 100 such teachers because of their inability to communicate in Chinese, Muhyiddin said, the ministry’s study showed that there were among these teachers who obtained a credit in Chinese language.
Muhyiddin said that the ministry decided that these teachers who have Chinese language qualification, would remain in these schools while other teachers would be redeployed to national schools starting April 16 as decided by the special committee at its meeting on Monday. To overcome the shortage of teachers with social studies option, who have no Chinese language qualification, he said, 17 of them with Malay language minor have been posted in Kelang, Selangor, and one of them, who has Chinese language qualification, will remain in existing school, SJKC Chung Hua, while the rest would be move to national schools. A teacher at SJKC Chabau Malacca has been replaced with a Chinese studies teacher.
On the teaching of Malay and English languages at Level 1 of SJKC Grade A and B, he said, these would be taught by teachers who have Chinese language qualification at least at the Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia level. Muhyiddin said in terms of long-term initiatives, the BPG and IPGM were currently drawing up an option intervention programme for teachers who have not opted for the Malay and English languages, and taught subjects other than Chinese language for more than five years. These courses are expected to start at the latest by end of this year so as not to affect the teaching and learning process in classes, he said, adding that the government has come up with plans based on the needs of SJKCs, and the mechanism to train not only teachers for the Chinese language but also to deploy more Chinese studies lecturers.
Muhyiddin said at the moment, there are 72 Chinese studies lecturers at IPGMs nationwide, and that the ministry has agreed to take in 30 more to enhance the teacher training capacity. The application to become lecturers at IPGMs, including for Chinese studies lecturers, was opened between March 13 and 30. At the moment, the secretariat at the ministry is processing these applications and intake will be made on June 1 this year.
To increase the number of trained SJKC teachers, the ministry has also consulted the Education Services Commission and found that among the bachelor degree holders who were interviewed from public institutions of higher learning, 105 of them had Chinese language qualification at the SPM level.The ministry, therefore, agreed to appoint them to serve in SJKCs in the near future. The move taken by the government showed that it is sincere in resolving the issue. Nevertheless, He instructed the committee to continue holding discussions and to obtain inputs from all stakeholders, to look into all views and take into consideration all aspects, and find a solution if there are other issues being raised.
Najib sendiri mengakui bahawa sokongan kaum Cina terhadap BN semakin berkurangan.
Sebelum ini, jawatankuasa khas yang diketuai Timbalan Menteri Pelajaran Datuk Dr Wee Ka Siong telah ditubuhkan bagi mengadakan perbincangan dengan kalangan pendidik Cina dan pemegang amanah lain untuk menangani masalah yang dihadapi sekolah-sekolah Cina. Ini telah menghasilkan pelan lapan perkara yang pada prinsipnya telah dipersetujui oleh kerajaan. Dua daripada langkah dalam pelan itu — memperkasakan guru besar untuk mengambil guru sementara secara terus dan menggantikan guru dan kaunselor tidak mahir berbahasa Mandarin di sekolah aliran Cina dengan mereka yang fasih berbahasa Mandarin — telahpun diumumkan oleh Najib pada program bicarawara di sebuah stesen radio.
Give fair allocation to all schools in Malayasia
moga isu ini dapat diselesaikan segera.
Semoga setiap isu yang berkaitan dengan sekolah akan dapat ditangani.
bagaimana dengan sumbangan2 kerajaan persekutuan kepada sekolah cina?? jangan hanya kerana satu kesilapan, seribu sumbangan atau budi kerajaan persekutuan ditolak ke tepi..
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