The Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia, who is also Minister of Education, announced at a press

conference on March 31, 2010 the establishment of a special committee to review the workload of
teachers in Malaysia (Utusan Malaysia, 31 March 2010). However, from February 3 to 11, 2011 in
the same newspaper’s “Forum Section” a teacher reported that there was no progress relating to
the establishment of the committee. He expressed the opinion that, to date, there are no to the
problems that have arisen and instead it has resulted in more work for teachers(Utusan Malaysia, 3
February 2011). Subsequent to this issue being raised, further discussions in the “Forum Section” of
the newspaper about the workload of teachers took place over a number of days, demonstrating
that for this issue, at this point in time, there is no satisfactory solution.(Utusan Malaysia, Forum
Section, 10,11,12 February 2011).

The Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia, who is also Minister of Education, announced at a press
conference on March 31, 2010 the establishment of a special committee to review the workload of
teachers in Malaysia (Utusan Malaysia, 31 March 2010). However, from February 3 to 11, 2011 in
the same newspaper’s “Forum Section” a teacher reported that there was no progress relating to
the establishment of the committee. He expressed the opinion that, to date, there are no to the
problems that have arisen and instead it has resulted in more work for teachers(Utusan Malaysia, 3
February 2011). Subsequent to this issue being raised, further discussions in the “Forum Section” of
the newspaper about the workload of teachers took place over a number of days, demonstrating
that for this issue, at this point in time, there is no satisfactory solution.(Utusan Malaysia, Forum
Section, 10,11,12 February 2011).
The Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia, who is also Minister of Education, announced at a press
conference on March 31, 2010 the establishment of a special committee to review the workload of
teachers in Malaysia (Utusan Malaysia, 31 March 2010). However, from February 3 to 11, 2011 in
the same newspaper’s “Forum Section” a teacher reported that there was no progress relating to
the establishment of the committee. He expressed the opinion that, to date, there are no to the
problems that have arisen and instead it has resulted in more work for teachers(Utusan Malaysia, 3
February 2011). Subsequent to this issue being raised, further discussions in the “Forum Section” of
the newspaper about the workload of teachers took place over a number of days, demonstrating
that for this issue, at this point in time, there is no satisfactory solution.(Utusan Malaysia, Forum
Section, 10,11,12 February 2011).