Pembantu Guru a.k.a Teacher Assistant.

Pembantu Guru or Teacher Assistant (T.A.) is not a new career in Malaysia education systems. But their work scope is only limited to help teacher dealing with the special need children.

Today, Harian Metro (tabloid newspaper) released an article regarding to dilemma face by teachers in Malaysia. Overwork, stress and all sort of 'secretary' matter are what haunted teachers in Malaysia.

Rising from this matter, some teacher voice out their opinion that teacher should have teacher assistant or T.A. to help them manage the class and complete the administrative tasks.

I personally agree that this idea can really helpful. It will provide an opportunity for teachers to give thier full attention in teaching. By doing so, students will be benifited from this action as the will get a quality education.

Here are some description about T.A. career in UK.

Teaching assistant: Job description and activities

Teaching assistants provide support to teachers and pupils in a school setting.

Typical work activities include:

• helping children in all areas of the curriculum;
• assisting with the preparation of the learning environment;
• liaising with parents;
• maintaining pupil records and carrying out administrative tasks;
• supporting children who have special needs or those who speak English as a second language. 
• planning learning activities with teachers;
• assisting with the development of support materials;
• helping with the assessment of pupils' progress.

ref: http://www.prospects.ac.uk/p/types_of_job/teaching_assistant_job_description.jsp