KANOWIT: The Education Service Commission (SPP) agrees that vacancies in the education sector in the state, especially those for teachers and support staff, should be filled by local people.
Realising the need to recruit locals, SPP has made it a point to conduct interviews in areas where the vacancies exist, SPP chairman Datuk Dr Haili Dolhan said.
“SPP and Ministry of Education meet regularly to ensure that vacancies especially for teachers are filled by locals. However, SPP also ensures those offered the posts are qualified so that Sarawak education quality is on a par with other states in the country,” he said during the launching of ‘Customer Day’ programme jointly organised by SPP, Public Services Commission (SPA) and Malaysian Administrative Modernisation and Management Planning Unit (Mampu) yesterday.
Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Joseph Entulu Belaun officiated at the one-day programme at SK Ulu Ranan here.
Some 1,000 people attended the programme which comprised exhibition by 18 government agencies and departments, and statutory bodies.
Also held were health screening and a briefing by SPP for 300 district education officers, school headmasters, principals and teachers as well as online registration for those seeking employment in the public sector.
A total of 141 candidates for teaching and support staff posts were interviewed during the programme.
Meanwhile, Entulu assured that SPA, SPP and Mampu, which are agencies under his purview, would continue to organise people-friendly programmes.
“Such programmes and activities, especially between government agencies and departments and rural folk, can help them get the latest information especially about government policies and functions,” he said.
Later, he presented SPP employment offer letters to those who succeeded in their interviews.
Present at the function were SPA deputy chairman Datuk Segarajah Ratnalingam, Mampu deputy director-general Dr Aizi Razman Ismail and Kanowit district officer Katis Noel Nyabong.