Teachers want action taken against schools which are adding teaching hours beyond the limit set by the Education Ministry.
The National Union of Teaching Profession (NUTP) said some schools were forcing teachers to teach beyond the 23-hour limit per week.
NUTP
secretary-general Lok Yim Pheng said the union was also against the instruction for the body mass index (BMI) of students to be measured because it would add to the teachers’ current workload.
Lok said the students’ BMI should be measured during their annual health checks by nurses from the Health Ministry.
She said with the introduction of the Standard Curriculum for Primary Schools (KSSR) programme for Year One pupils this year, the ministry had set the teaching hours at 23 hours, which was sufficient for pupils at that level.
“We want to encourage fun learning and pupils should be
