There is no obligation for teachers affected by the floods to report for duty before the 2015 school session begins, said Deputy Education Minister P. Kamalanathan.
He said all parties must comply with the directive issued with regard to commencement of the school session, however, if there were teachers willing to volunteer to clean up their school, they were most welcome.
"We are not forcing anyone, but if there are teachers who want to voluntarily help in the cleaning-up, we are more than happy," he said.
Kamalanathan was speaking to reporters after officiating at a 'Back to School' charity programme held at Sekolah Jenis Kebangsaan Tamil Sungai Renggam, here, today.
The National Union of the Teaching Profession (NUTP) had recently appealed to the Education Ministry to investigate reports of teachers affected by floods being called to report for work before the new school session begins.
Schools are scheduled to start the new session on Jan 11 (Sunday) for Kedah, Kelantan, Terengganu and Johor, and on Jan 12 (Monday) for other states.
Kamalanathan said the matter was being investigated.
Meanwhile, he said, the ministry was identifying the actual number of teachers and students affected by the floods for the purpose of channelling aid accordingly.
He said all parties must comply with the directive issued with regard to commencement of the school session, however, if there were teachers willing to volunteer to clean up their school, they were most welcome.
"We are not forcing anyone, but if there are teachers who want to voluntarily help in the cleaning-up, we are more than happy," he said.
Kamalanathan was speaking to reporters after officiating at a 'Back to School' charity programme held at Sekolah Jenis Kebangsaan Tamil Sungai Renggam, here, today.
The National Union of the Teaching Profession (NUTP) had recently appealed to the Education Ministry to investigate reports of teachers affected by floods being called to report for work before the new school session begins.
Schools are scheduled to start the new session on Jan 11 (Sunday) for Kedah, Kelantan, Terengganu and Johor, and on Jan 12 (Monday) for other states.
Kamalanathan said the matter was being investigated.
Meanwhile, he said, the ministry was identifying the actual number of teachers and students affected by the floods for the purpose of channelling aid accordingly.
