A government backbencher has criticised the RM600–RM700 monthly pay for some 9,500 teachers at PAS-run preschools, saying it violates the national minimum wage law.<br /><br />Speaking during the debate on the 13th Malaysia Plan (13MP) in the Dewan Rakyat on Monday (Aug 11), Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad (PH–Setiawangsa) urged the government to merge preschool services under the Education Ministry, Kemas and the National Unity Department into a streamlined national programme, adding that current practices deny teachers EPF and Socso contributions.<br /><br />In response, Mohd Syahir Che Sulaiman (PN–Bachok) said the low pay is supplemented with allowances and noted the teachers work only four hours a day.<br /><br />Read more at https://tinyurl.com/nhj2phsr <br /><br />WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news<br />SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar<br />LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline
