Call For Ministry To Probe Into Teachers Using Social Websites To Slander Govt

The Education Ministry has been urged to investigate into teachers using the social website, like Facebook, Twiter, and the short messaging service (SMS), etc, to slander the government during the recent 13th general election.

Terengganu Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Ahmad Said, expressing regrets over such an action by teachers, said as teachers, they should not slander the government by twisting the facts.

Such an action reflected the immaturity and naivety of the teachers concerned for not doing the 'check and balance' on information they received, he told reporters after opening the Kemaman district level Teachers Day celebration in Kemaman, Thursday.

In another development., he said a new secondary school would be built in the Kijal state constituency.

At the function, Abdul Jalil Abdul Hamid, 62, was named the recipient of the Tokoh Guru 2013 award for Kemaman.