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| Malaysian Mission Schools News Archive The Star, Monday August 18, 2008 KUALA LUMPUR: Mission schools can be assured that the Education Ministry is looking into their concerns, even setting up a special unit to look into problems, said Deputy Education Minister Dr Wee Ka Siong. Speaking at the Malayan Christian Schools’ Council Symposium yesterday, he addressed issues of maintenance grant, quit rent, lease extension and maximum consultation in the appointment of principals. “I wish to assure all of you that all schools will be treated equally and will be eligible for grants that will ensure that schools are well maintained.” Dr Wee said the ministry would fully support mission schools in facilitating renewal of expiring leases and maintaining the quit rent from the states at the nominal RM1. Schools in the Klang Valley in which leases are expiring in the next five to 20 years include SMK Assunta, SMK Katholik and Bukit Bintang Boys School in Petaling Jaya. Dr Wee admitted that state education departments sometimes did not consult boards of mission schools in the appointment of principals and said the ministry was committed to looking into this. “We are setting up a special unit to study the problems of mission schools. My officers are getting ground information and soon we will get the stakeholders on board.” There are 410 mission schools in the country, of which 289 are primary schools. Malayan Christian Schools Council (MCSC) Symposium on Mission Schools Meeting the Needs of the Nation » Watch videos and read forum papers |
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