Degree a must for new teachers by 2020

By 2020, all teachers must possess a first degree before they can join the teaching profession.

This was contained in a report of the Education Ministry’s Interim Strategic Education Plan 2011-2020 to improve the overall quality of teachers. At present, they are only required to complete the post-Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) teachers’ training course as a minimum requirement to join the profession.

The report also stated that the ministry would conduct pre-screenings to identify quality and excellent teachers from as early as the selection process itself.

The ministry planned to pick only top-scoring university graduates to fill about 20 per cent of trainee teachers by 2015.

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