The collective outrage over our education system shouldn’t abate, writes Sheila Santharamohana. Let us insist on and advocate for an open forum where all students are accepted for who they are and heard as equals. Continue reading »
Feb 102013
Dec 202012
Why this urgency to cram in school staff meetings into the last week of the year, when everyone else is on holiday and in the festive mood, wonders Blue Christmas. Continue reading »
Feb 262011
P Ramakrishnan gives us a glimpse into the life and times of the late Fan Yew Teng, an extraordinary political activist who refused to be cowed or muzzled. Continue reading »
Feb 012011
Johor State Education Director Markom Giran despicably attempted to force teachers to play a partisan political role in the Tenang by-election. He was trying to corrupt the civil service, asserts P Ramakrishnan. Continue reading »
Aug 192010
It is difficult to reconcile how a principal of a secondary school could be so insensitive and dumb as to utter derogatory words to denigrate students under her care. She had shown utter contempt to the Chinese and Indians in this country.
Mar 262010
Over the long-term real change will be facilitated through a revamp of the education system which, as Teacher’s Blues describes, now falls desperately short of expectations.
May 022009
A review of a new book which is the result of a courageous and compelling study of the insurgency in the far south of Thailand.