Pay the teachers what they deserve
By Zan Azlee

Athena is in the process of perfecting her potty training. She only started taking off her diapers a few days ago and she’s 99% fully trained already. She’s three years old now and growing up quite fast – at a rate of a year every 12 months. It’s astonishing! And in another four years she’ll be ready for primary school.

That’s when the headache happens. The important decision to make about her education. Should we send her to a public school or a private school? Religious school or home school? It used to be a no-brainer for me. I went to government school and I turned out alright. So Athena would go to government school too. No doubt about it.

But the horror stories that I’ve been hearing about the education system in the country have really spooked me. And now, I am definitely full of doubt. [Click to read the full article at The Malaysian Insider]