KUALA LUMPUR: Teachers do not want administrative diplomatic officers (ADO) occupying many senior positions in state education departments.
The National Union of the Teaching Profession wants teachers to hold such posts as the experience was vital. Secretary-general Lok Yim Pheng said the Education Ministry’s recent restructuring of state education departments would see fewer opportunities for teachers to move up the ranks. She said delegates at a recent NUTP conference raised objections to this and other aspects of the restructuring exercise.
Lok said the ADO officers were trained at the National Institute of Public Administration and were not educationists. "They should only assist and not head any management sector. We have no objection to their presence but any effort to take over higher posts which are meant for teachers will not go down well."
Hmmm .. this is new. The teachers are speaking up .. and about time too. These PTD officers are a nuisance .... eyeing top post as their reward before retiring. As rightly pointed out, they are NOT educationists and sit pretty in their air-cond offices. I am intrigued to see how this thing will develop.... aiyaa.. tak tau lah ...
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