KUALA LUMPUR: Teachers who experience "extreme stress" while performing their duties are encouraged to seek counselling at the education ministry's psychology and counselling division. Deputy Minister Datuk P. Kamalanathan (pic) said the move was to prevent any untoward incident involving teachers. "We have 450,000 teachers in Malaysia and most of them are ''exemplary teachers'' and very responsible. "Last year, about 200 teachers underwent counselling, including two per cent who were instructed to do so," he told reporters after launching the Malaysian Education Ministry's 2017 Education Tour here Sunday. On the ministry's 2017 Education Tour, he said the programme was aimed at providing information to the public about the Malaysia Education Blueprint 2013-2025 and its achievements to date.

Source: thestar April 23, 2017 15:22 UTC