Jumaat, Jun 24, 2011

WHERE IS YOUR PROMISE? MASIDI ASKS MOHD PUAD

Where is your promise? Masidi asks Mohd Puad

TUARAN June 24, 2011: Tourism, Culture and Environment Minister Datuk Masidi Manjun has asked Deputy Education Minister Datuk Dr Mohd Puad Zarkashi to keep his promise to build Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan (SMK) Nabalu, about 45 kilometres from here.

“Politics here is taken in different situations. In fact the people in this state stick to promise and sincerity, if there are leaders (from outside) who can’t fulfil their promises, don’t make such statements in Sabah,” he said.

“Don’t make promises if they can’t be honoured and I hope there are no more empty promises for Sabah people,” Masidi said when asked to comment on the school’s project, which still had not started since two years’ ago.

Dr Mohd Puad made a promise to the community in Ranau two years ago that SMK Nabalu would be constructed within two months after his visit.

Last week, the Sabah Kadazandusun Murut Welfare and Education Association (Pekadin) called on the Education Ministry to honour its promise to start construction of the school costing about RM45 million, this year.

imagePekadin was quoted as saying after Dr Mohd Puad made the announcement on Aug 21, 2009, that people in the area had high hopes that the school would become a realty.

Masidi who is the State education exco, said the people of Sabah understand that the government had its own budget constraints, but the deputy minister should not have made a promise he was unable to keep.

“Don’t make a promise and then forget about it,” chided Masidi. He also said that local leaders were placed in a bad position due to the inability of others to keep their promises.

“In sincerity, I say this is not being influenced by feeling of anger, but more out of frustration,” Masidi said.

He said he had referred the matter to the Education Ministry which gave the explanation that the construction of the school was postponed due to a change in the tender.

“I was informed there’s a slight technical problem on the issue, because when the school project was opened for tender, it had exceeded the approved financial budget and had to be re-tendered.

“When I was in Kuala Lumpur end of last year, I was told the change in the tender had been completed and during the recent visit by Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin, we have told him about it and the issue would be given due attention,” he added.

He also said the delay in the appointment and absorption of temporary teachers in Sabah had affected the academic achievements of schools in the rural areas.

Masidi said the delay had resulted in the poor results attained by rural students in three very important subjects which are English, Mathematics and Science.

He urged the Education Ministry to speed up the appointment of these teachers as it will help address the shortage faced in Sabah, particularly in the three main subjects.

There are 84 temporary secondary school teachers in Sabah who are teaching English (34 people), Mathematics (27 people) and Science (23 people).

It is understood that 578 temporary teachers in Sabah had their contract terminated since December 31 and they are waiting for their contract to be renewed.

21 ulasan:

  1. Perjanjian mesti ditunaikan.

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  2. harap pembinaan SMK Nabalu tidak ditangguhkan lagi dan segera disiapkan dalam waktu yang terdekat ini.

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  3. Way to go masidi. I admire your leadership.

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  4. I hope the school will be build immediately.

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  5. jika dah berjanji tu, tunaikanlah.

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  6. harap pembinaan SMK Nabalu akan dilaksanakan seperti yang dijanjikan.

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  7. Well said Masidi! Don't stop voicing out the Sabahans' plight. They are deserve to get the education and development.

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  8. Harap pembinaan sekolah itu dapat dipercepatkan.

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  9. dr. fuad hanya tahu membuat janji dan omong kosong..yang penting dia popular..orang semenanjung mana kisah dengan sabah dan sarawak..

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  10. kenapa PM malaysia semua dari semenanjung dan kebanyakkan dari kelompok keluarga yang sama? pemerintahan regim kah? sabah dan sarawak tidak boleh jadi PM kah?

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  11. dr. fuad bukannya berkhidmat 'rakyat didahulukan, pencapaian diutamakan'..dia hanya tahu cakap kosong..beliau patut letak jawatan serta-merta..

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  12. masidi, teruskan usaha anda...beri tekanan kepada pusat atas janji palsu dan janji kosong mereka..sabah menyokong anda masidi.

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  13. Promises are easy to say, its the executing part is difficult. I hope the government will waste no time to fulfill all the promises that were given to the people.

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  14. Kita agak susah untuk membangunkan pendidikan di negeri kita. Kerana mereka dikawal 100% oleh kerajaan persekutuan. Jadi harap kuasa itu diberikan kepada kerajaan negeri untuk menguruskan pendidik di negeri ini sendiri tanpa ada kawalan oleh kerajaan persekutuan.

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  15. Puad, you need to do something.

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  16. inilah masalahnya bila para pemimpin dengan mudah melafazkan janji sedangkan mereka juga belum tentu mampu melaksanakannya. kalau tidak mampu, cakap tidak mampu..

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  17. Beliau harus membuktikan bahawa beliau bukan sekadar melepaskan batuk di tangga sahaja.

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  18. We have done our part so it's your turn.

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  19. Kalau kementerian pelajaran Sabah telah berganjak, saya rasa lebih baik kalau Puad menjelaskan semua perkara tersebut.

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  20. Harap Mohd Puad akan menepati janjinya.

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