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Regular Health Checks Recommended For Teaching Staff
Last update: 26/01/2018
PADANG TERAP, Jan 26 (Bernama) -- The Education Ministry has recommended that teaching staff go for comprehensive health checks every three or four years.
Its minister Datuk Seri Mahdzir Khalid said a thorough medical examination was necessary to ensure that teachers were physically and mentally healthy.
"This medical examination was only conducted once when the teachers were first employed, and following that there were no more health checks, so we do not know their health condition.
"The medical examination will not only evaluate their mental health, but will cover other aspects as some of them have high cholesterol and blood pressure levels," he told reporters after handing over allocations to electoral district representatives here today.
He said this when asked to comment on the incident where a teacher went into a rage during a school meeting in Kulim on Jan 24.
Mahdzir, who is also Padang Terap Member of Parliament said the comprehensive health examination could be carried out in groups of 30 to 40 teachers at one time, with the assistance of the District Education Office (PPD) and District Health Office.
In another development he said, the Kedah State Education Department had been given until Thursday to present their findings on the teacher who flew into a rage.
"The teacher had been assigned to Kulim Bandar Bharu PPD from Jan 26 while waiting for the investigation to be over," he added.
--BERNAMA
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