Teachers Urged To Be Role Model
By Azlan Othman

Bandar Seri Begawan - Teachers in the country are urged to be a role model to their students in the effort to produce a reading generation and they are reminded to upgrade their knowledge from time to time and not to be static or complacent.

Acting Minister of Education, Pg Dato Seri Setia Dr Hj Mohammad, said this at the official opening ceremony of an induction course for some 950 new teachers yesterday.

He said teachers should enhance their knowledge from time to time through reading, doing research and so on.

He said in our efforts to promote the reading habit among students, teachers should be the closest role model to be followed. But the question is how students could become a reading generation if the teachers themselves do not like to read. Reading enhances information, be it general or specific.

The reading culture is still low in this country of which teachers should be aware of. Hence, they should become the mind stimulator. It is my hope that teachers could set the best example in line with their profession as a teacher, he added.

"It is also my hope for teachers to be progressive, proactive, knowledgeable and pious, and to possess a charismatic leadership and a strong national identity. This is what we called well-rounded teachers who help produce a credible generation that strives for the nation's progress.

The induction course was the 10th of its kind being held. Starting from last year, another program me called 'mentoring' was conducted as a continuous programme for teachers who attended the induction course as a take-off point for a challenging teaching profession.

Some 950 teachers comprising graduates from Universiti Brunei Darussalam (UBD) and foreign and domestic institutions as well as the Religious Teachers Training College participated in the programme. -- Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin

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