Kementerian Pelajaran telah memotong gaji guru sementara dari RM2,500 kini menjadi RM2,300. Mulai tahun hadapan pula potongan KWSP tidak akan dibuat lagi dari pihak majikan (kerajaan). Bukam itu sahaja, guru sementara tersebut dikehendakki memulangkan kembali KWSP dan lebihan gaji yang dipotong untuk bukan Oktober dan November. Malahan mereka tidak dibayar gaji semasa cuti sekolah untuk bulan Disember. Saturday December 10, 2011 Temporary teachers protest unfavourable terms in contract KAJANG: A group of temporary teachers protested outside the Hulu Langat education district office over new terms in their service contracts. They claimed they were at a disadvantage with the new terms. Under the new contract, their salaries will be reduced from RM2,500 to RM2,300 and they will not receive allowances or EPF contributions from the government as of next year. The terms, effective Oct 15 this year, also pointed out that the teachers had to return the allowances and EPF paid to them for October and November. They were also disgruntled that they would not get paid for the December school holidays. “It is unfair,” said the group’s spokesman. “The terms of the new contract overwrite the earlier one that we signed this year and that was supposed to be effective until the end of the year,” she said, adding that they would lose their jobs if they failed to comply. “There was also no guarantee that we will be absorbed into permanent positions.” In March, Education director-general Datuk Seri Abdul Ghafar Mahmud announced that 6,000 of the 13,000 temporary teachers were ready to be absorbed as permanent teachers. Deputy Education Minister Datuk Dr Wee Ka Siong said the ministry was working on a solution to end their predicament. Earlier, he had said the government’s decision to absorb temporary teachers into permanent posts had resulted in insufficient funds to pay their salaries. http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2011/12/10/nation/10069820&sec=nation#13234741109371&if_height=449
