Cikgu Blogging In Malaysia

Teachers/Cikgu/Guru/LaoShi/SinSe:
Planning for Your School Holidays

Budget Holiday Ideas
Long school holidays can get expensive and teachers need to be clever and prepared so that they do not end up blowing the entire year’s budget on keeping their children busy for a month. Even staying at home can feel like an exciting outing as long as you use a little imagination. Have an outdoors day where you picnic in the garden, plant some flowers, play hide and seek and just stay outside all day. Going indoors in the evening is like coming home after a long day out.

Take your kids to work with you one day if this is allowed. Take along pens and colouring books and when you can, show your child around so that they can learn about what you do all day. There are many other outings that you can go on that do not cost a fortune. Examples, take a novel train trip to the beach for a picnic, and explore the rock pools and build sand castle. Head out to your local parks to play and find a river or lake where you can feed the ducks and the fish. Go to story time at your local library and then let your children choose their own books to take home.

Take a drive to the forest or botanical gardens nearest to your house. Read your children a book about a forest or magical garden and then let them make up their own story in amongst the trees. If your children are a little older, have a day of cooking where they can plan and execute everything. Let them plan the menu, go shopping with you and learn how to cook their chosen meal. They then have to set the table and serve dinner – this is a great way for them to learn and be kept busy for a whole day!

Hope all the teachers in Malaysia have a good plan for their holidays and enjoy their holidays as well.

Teachers: Learn how to release hypertension

HYPERTENSION, or high blood pressure, is called the “silent killer” because sufferers really experience symptoms. Yet, it kills millions of people every year. You can feel perfectly fine until you visit your doctor for a regular check-up.

The Malaysian Society of Hypertension announced last month that some 43 per cent of Malaysians aged over 30 have high blood pressure. Analysis shows that Malays make up 34 per cent, followed by the Chinese (32 per cent) and Indians (29 per cent).

There are dozens of reasons why your blood pressure might be too high. One common cause is ageing. Other factors include eating too much salt, not exercising enough, smoking, eating too much saturated fat, obesity, drinking too much alcohol, and some illnesses such as diabetes. Temporary hypertension can also be caused by pregnancy, taking certain types of medicines and fever.

If you are diagnosed with high blood pressure, treatment depends very much on the root cause. Your doctor may prescribe special medications or simply a change in diet and exercise.

If high blood pressure runs in the family, you can take preventative care by keeping a low-fat diet, and by monitoring the amount of salt and MSG in your diet.

By Ellen Whyte  http://nst.com.my

Below are some useful links for teachers to fight against hypertension.

Malaysian Society of Hypertension
http://www.msh.org.my
Contains latest news about local studies and tips that discuss what dishes to avoid, available treatments and more.

The Blood Pressure Centre
http://yourtotalhealth.ivillage.com/blood-pressure
Discussions about types of high blood pressure, low blood pressure, pheochromocytoma, anti-hypertensives, high blood pressure in children and more.

MayoClinic Hypertension
http://tinyurl.com/4zpwqn
A discussion of signs and symptoms, causes, risk factors, and tips for treatment, self-care and coping with hypertension.

Heart Healthy Cooking
http://ww.lowsodiumcooking.com
http://tinyurl.com/2pfawz
Learn to cook and eat healthy with these low-salt recipes. Includes a free weekly newsletter to keep those creative cooking ideas flowing.

Malaysia Is Celebrating Children’s Day 2008

Hari Kanak-Kanak Sedunia / World Children’s Day

Perayaan Hari Kanak-Kanak Sedunia telah disambut di Malaysia sejak tahun 1959. Di Malaysia, perayaan ini disambut setiap tahun pada mana-mana hari Sabtu bulan Oktober.

Pada dasarnya, Hari Kanak-Kanak Sedunia mempunyai dua objektif utama iaitu:

~ merupakan penghormatan dan pengiktirafan masyarakat terhadap kanak-kanak dan hak-hak mereka

~ menyedarkan setiap golongan masyarakat akan tanggungjawab mereka dalam memelihara hak dan masa depan kanak-kanak

Persatuan Kebajikan Kanak-Kanak Sabah telah dipertanggingjawabkan oleh Kementerian Pembangunan Masyarakat dan Hal Ehwal Pengguna & Majlis Perkhidmatan Masyarakat Sabah untuk menganjurkan perayaan Hari Kanak-Kanak Sedunia di peringkat Negeri untuk beberapa tahun sejak tahun 1996.

Selain mengadakan perayaan Hari Kanak-Kanak Sedunia di peringkat Negeri, kerajaan juga dikehendaki menyertai perhimpunan Perayaan Kanak-Kanak Sedunia di peringkat Kebangsaan yang biasanya diadakan di Semenanjung Malaysia.

There are no seven wonders of the world in the eyes of a child.  There are seven million. ~ Walt Streightiff ~

The World Children’s Day Celebration was the brainchild of the International Union for Child Welfare of the United Nations. The first celebration was in 1953 where 40 countries participated. In 1954, the United Nations approved the celebration and UNICEF was given the responsibility to manage the celebration. Malaysia first celebrated World Children’s Day in 1959. Now, over 150 countries in the world celebrate World Children’s Day.

The purpose of the celebration is to create awareness of the responsibilities of all members of society especially parents, private and public agencies have to protect the rights and the future of children as well as to enable members of the public to appreciate the need to uphold the rights and dignity of children in accordance with the rights as accorded to them by the Convention on the Rights of the Child.

The State level World Children’s Day celebration is held in October each year in conjunction with the National celebration.

We worry about what a child will become tomorrow, yet we forget that he is someone today. ~ Stacia Tauscher ~

Text edited by: Crasham    Special thanks to Sharon of KKIP Communications

Happy Deepavali & Selamat DeepaRaya
Cikgu in Malaysia wish all the Indian’s teacher ‘Happy Deepavali‘.

Guru Malaysia Naik Pangkat

Kerajaan Malaysia telah meluluskan kenaikan pangkat seramai 2,787 pegawai yang berkhidmat di Bahagian Pendidikan Guru (BPG) dan pensyarah yang bertugas di 27 Institut Pendidikan Guru (IPG) serta Pusat Latihan Bahasa Inggeris (ELTC) baru-baru ini.

Menteri Pelajaran (KPM), Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein berkata, daripada jumlah itu, sebanyak 793 Pegawai Perkhidmatan Pendidikan Siswazah (PPPS) gred DG41 akan dinaikkan pangkat ke gred DG44 dan seramai 1,540 orang PPPS gred DG44 akan dinaikkan pangkat ke gred DG48. Seramai 449 orang PPPS gred DG48 akan dinaikkan pangkat ke gred DG52 dan seramai lima orang PPPS gred DG52 pula dilantik ke gred DG54.

”Senarai nama dan pensyarah yang terlibat telah pun diperakukan oleh BPG untuk ke peringkat tapisan keutuhan dan surat pelantikan akan dikeluarkan oleh Bahagian Sumber Manusia (BSM) dalam masa terdekat”

”Mereka yang terlibat dalam proses kenaikan pangkat ini akan menerima kenaikan tangga gaji dan elaun,”

Cadangan yang dikemukakan oleh Kementerian Pelajaran itu diluluskan dalam Mesyuarat Lembaga Kenaikan Pangkat, Jabatan Perkhidmatan Awam (JPA) 25 Ogos lalu.

Hishammuddin berkata, BPG sedang memproses senarai cadangan lain untuk proses kenaikan pangkat fasa kedua.

Menurutnya, kelulusan itu merupakan satu berita baik dan amat dinanti-nantikan oleh warga pendidik khususnya di IPG dan ia merupakan perkembangan penting dalam sejarah perkhidmatan perguruan.

Tahniah kepada guru-guru yang telah memberikan perkhidmatan mereka yang cemerlang selama ini.

Laporan daripada Utusan Malaysia

Program Pemantauan & Penilaian Pelaksanaan PPSMI
2008–2010 (Fasa2)

Mesyuarat Khas PPSMI yang dipengerusikan oleh Ketua Pengarah Pelajaran Malaysia pada tahun 2007 telah memutuskan penyelidikan dan penilaian PPSMI hendaklah dijalankan secara menyeluruh di semua sekolah rendah dan menengah. Sehubungan dengan itu, satu pasukan petugas yang dianggotai oleh bahagian-bahagian Kementerian Pelajaran Malaysia (KPM) telah ditubuhkan untuk menjalankan Program Pemantauan dan Penilaian Pelaksanaan PPSMI 2008 – 2010. Tujuan program adalah untuk menilai pelaksanaan, mencadangkan penambahbaikan dan memacu kemajuan bagi memantapkan dasar PPSMI.

Program ini melibatkan pengutipan data melalui soal selidik semua guru yang mengajar mata pelajaran Sains, Matematik dan Teknikal. Pengutipan data dilaksanakan sebanyak dua kali setahun, iaitu pada minggu ketiga April dan minggu ketiga Oktober, bermula dari tahun 2008 hingga tahun 2010.

Semua guru yang terlibat dalam pengajaran PPSMI dikehendaki membuat tindakan susulan berdasarkan item soal selidik sebelum penilaian seterusnya. Cikgu adalah dipohon untuk menjawab SEMUA item yang terkandung dalam soal selidik ini dengan jujur dan ikhlas. Segala maklumat yang cikgu berikan adalah SULIT dan hanya digunakan untuk tujuan penambahbaikan program PPSMI.

Cikgu boleh mendapatkan maklumat dan borang dengan link ini. Sekian.

Cikgu Mengucapkan Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri

Sehari lagi, Malaysia akan merayakan hari yang paling mulia, iaitu Hari Raya Aidilfitri. Maka semua cikgu di Malaysia ingin mengambil peluang ini untuk mengucapkan ‘Selamat Hari Raya’ kepada semua warga di Malaysia terutama kepada kaum Melayu dan penganut-penganut Islam diseluruh dunia. Semoga Hari Raya pada tahun ini dapat disambut dengan lebih kemeriahan dan kesabaran.

Teachers Teaching In Malaysia

Malaysia is a country that provides an exceptional opportunity to learn about diversity in race, religion, ethnicity, language, culture, and physical environment.  Malaysia’s Ministry of Education has begun a major teacher training initiative that will introduce thematic content into the country’s public school system.

Teaching is an evolving, reflective process, and Teaching Statements can be adapted and changed as necessary.  It is an important and increasingly popular choice of career for all kinds of people. But teaching is doing, it is listening, it is challenging, it is storytelling, it is love.  Yet, teaching is what I LOVE, it truly makes me happy and most of my students think I am a very good teacher.

First, teaching is generally considered to lack a clearly defined, codified, accessible knowledge base.  Perhaps you have thought about being a teacher but are not sure if teaching is the career for you.  If you answered “yes” to some or all of these questions, maybe teaching is the profession for you.

Teaching is a Work of Heart is so honored to be presented with many awards.  It is not strictly a technical or rational, skill-driven task. TEACHING has never been about the money.

Learning some new skills and incorporating technology especially the ICT to enhance their teaching methods transformed their initial reluctance to enthusiasm.  Learning by doing is not just for grade school; it is how human knowledge is advanced.  Learning is hard work, and an injection of motivation at the right moment can make all the difference. Wishing the Malaysian’s teachers all the best.

Guru Lepasan KPLI Akan Dikurangkan

Kerajaan bercadang mengurangkan pengambilan guru siswazah menerusi Kursus Perguruan Lepasan Ijazah (KPLI) selepas Institut Pendidikan Guru (IPG) di seluruh negara mula mengeluarkan tenaga pengajar berkelulusan ijazah pada 2011.

Ketua Pengarah Pelajaran, Datuk Alimuddin Mohd Dom, berkata ia sejajar keputusan Dewan Rakyat kelmarin meluluskan Akta Pendidikan 1996 (pindaan 2008) yang membenarkan IPG menyediakan kursus perguruan peringkat ijazah.

Beliau berkata, pengambilan guru siswazah menerusi KPLI adalah sementara dan berdasarkan keperluan atau kekosongan jawatan.  “Ketika ini, IPG hanya boleh mengeluarkan guru lepasan diploma dan sijil. Bagaimanapun, selepas Akta Pendidikan 1996 diluluskan, ia boleh melahirkan lebih ramai guru siswazah dalam tempoh tiga tahun lagi. Berikutan itu, kita perlu mengurangkan pengambilan guru program KPLI secara berperingkat pada masa depan,” katanya.  (Petikan dari NUTP)

Projek Pembestarian Sekolah

Projek SchoolNet

1. Projek SchoolNet melibatkan penyediaan capaian Internet jalur lebar untuk 10,000 buah sekolah di seluruh negara.
2. Prasarana SchoolNet menyediakan kemudahan belajar tanpa sempadan yang melangkaui bilik darjah biasa.

Mengapa SchoolNet diwujudkan?

1. Menyediakan infrastruktur komunikasi bagi melaksanakan program sekolah bestari di semua sekolah-sekolah di Malaysia.
2. Merapatkan jurang digital di antara pelajar-pelajar sekolah di bandar dan luar bandar.
3. Memoden dan mempertingkat keberkesanan sistem pendidikan negara.
4. Mewujudkan suasana pendidikan interaktif.

Wawasan SchoolNet

1. Mewujudkan masyarakat berilmu bagi merealisasikan k-ekonomi.
2. Mewujudkan masyarakat yang celik IT.
3. Membentuk tenaga kerja mahir sejajar dengan matlamat Wawasan 2020.

Tanggungjawab Menjalankan Projek SchoolNet

1. Kementerian Tenaga, Air dan Komunikasi (KTAK).
2. Kementerian Pelajaran Malaysia (KPM).