Article 1: All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood. Article 3: Everyone has the rights to life, liberty and security of person. Article 5: No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. Article 26(1): Everyone has the right to education. Higher education shall be equally accessible to all on the basis of merit.

THE REVOLUTION: OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND THE TEACHING PROFESSION IN MALAYSIA

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain inalienable rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness.
Thomas Jefferson, United States Declaration of Independence.

More than 200 years after Thomas Jefferson's Declaration of Independence, these truths cease to be self-evident at least to some of the teachers in Malaysia.

Let us hope that one day there will be no more oppression and bullying in schools where the biggest bullies of all are none other than the school principals themselves.

Tuesday, September 28, 2010

What if history repeats itself?

I have already filled up my transfer forms. But I am not the least happy. What if I couldn't get a transfer? Even if I get a transfer, so what? The next principal will send me to the gallows again if she knows that I am doing my PhD and the whole malicious cycle will repeat itself again. I honestly feel that the Education Ministry should come out with new rules and regulations to protect the rights of the teachers. Never allow the principals to sign the forms to get permission for further studies. Let everything be settled at the Education Department without letting the principals know anything about it. If the envious principals know anything about it the life of the teachers who further their studies would be at stake.
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