Experts urge holistic measures, warn teacher workload threatens mental health and classroom quality

In this regard, measures to streamline administrative tasks, increase teaching staff and provide a sustainable support system are critical to ensure that the physical and mental well-being of the group does not continue to be neglected.

Senior Lecturer at the Faculty of Educational Sciences and Technology, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) Dr Mohammad Faiz Ikhlas said teacher workload does exist and is due, among other things, to filling in too much data, an unstable online data entry system, student discipline issues and assignment instructions outside of working hours.

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