Malaysia: Lack of male teachers a worrying trend

Letter here. Excerpt:

'RECENT reports that there will be no more male teachers in 20 years’ time is a grave concern to the country.

In the 60s when I joined the teaching profession, we were fired with a sense of commitment, dedication and passion, and it was a vocation, but not anymore.

As accurately pointed out by my fellow teachers, now one enters the teaching profession only when one cannot find other jobs – a sad reflection on a profession that was once revered.

The current ratio of 72 females to 28 males for every 100 teachers is indeed a disturbing trend for the country’s education system. Why has the teaching profession become so unattractive to males?'