Friday, 23 Apr 2021 03:48 PM MYT
KUALA LUMPUR, April 23 ― The National Union of the Teaching Profession (NUTP) today asked Senior Education Minister Datuk Radzi Jidin to give quarantine leave to teachers who are close contacts of the Covid-19 positive cases.
NUTP secretary-general Harry Tan Huat Hock said currently, close contact teachers had to take special leave before receiving a quarantine letter from the District Health Office (PKD).
He said the process of obtaining a quarantine letter from PKD would take time due to the increase in Covid-19 cases in the country.
“The special leave quota is insufficient. The teachers who are close contacts will have no choice but to come to the office to work as usual.
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PETALING JAYA: Despite the surge in Covid-19 infections at school, parents are reluctant to keep their children away from classes.
They prefer a combination of learning from home and attending classes at school, a strategy that even some health experts support.
It is a fine line between keeping the children safe and ensuring that their studies are not interrupted further. For many parents, the almost year-long absence from school has been a nightmare. Children who do not have access to computers and the internet have been significantly left behind.
Parent Action Group for Education (PAGE) chairman Datin Noor Azimah Abdul Rahman told
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KUALA
LUMPUR: The National Union of the Teaching Profession (NUTP) today asked Senior Education Minister Datuk Dr Radzi Jidin to give quarantine leave to teachers who are close contacts of the Covid-19 positive case.
NUTP secretary-general Harry Tan Huat Hock said currently, close contact teachers had to take special leave before receiving a quarantine letter from the District Health Office (PKD).
He said the process of obtaining a quarantine letter from PKD would take time due to the increase in Covid-19 cases in the country.
“The special leave quota is insufficient. The teachers who are close contacts will have no choice but to come to the office to work as usual.
PETALING JAYA: Schools should only fully close if the number of Covid-19 cases within the school fraternity starts climbing.
National Union of the Teaching Profession (NUTP) secretary-general Harry Tan said: “This is to ensure education can go on uninterrupted for the other students, providing that those who tested positive are quickly isolated and quarantined.”
“If only one person is found to be positive, then that person will already be told to quarantine while, I believe, the Health Ministry conducts contact tracing, ” he said.
He added that the authorities had been consistent in determining the need to temporarily close affected schools or classes or quarantine the affected individuals.