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SeDidik Mukah wins Best Overall award

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Fatimah (second left) presenting the SeDidik Best Overall award to the SeDidik Mukah Zone manager Norayah Seman (third left) and staff while SEDC general manager Abdul Hadi Datuk Abdul Kadir (second right), Nor Ashikin (left) and SeDidik Sdn Bhd Board of Directors member Dr Shahri Abdul Rahman (right) look on.

KUCHING: SeDidik Mukah was crowned as the Best Zone for the Best Overall award during SeDidik Excellence Award Ceremony held at Grand Margherita here on Monday.

SeDidik Mukah successfully met the six requirements for the Best SeDidik Zone, namely the number of SeDidik centres, total number of students’ enrolments in the year, standard curriculum marks for national pre-school, full-scale inspection marks, implementation of niche centres and involvement/participation in activities by the organisation as well as communities.

SeDidik, a wholly owned subsidiary of Sarawak Economic Development Corporations (SEDC), held the award ceremony for eight categories — SeDidik’s best academic and non-academic staff, Best SeDidik centres, Patriotism Spirit Competition among SeDidik centres, SeDidik Kindergardening Project 2019 and the Best Overall SeDidik Zone Centre.

The excellence award ceremony is an annual agenda of SeDidik Sdn Bhd to give appreciation and recognition to its excellent staff for their contribution throughout the year.

Fatimah (second left) presenting the SeDidik Best Overall award to the SeDidik Mukah Zone manager Norayah Seman (third left) and staff while SEDC general manager Abdul Hadi Datuk Abdul Kadir (second right), Nor Ashikin (left) and SeDidik Sdn Bhd Board of Directors member Dr Shahri Abdul Rahman (right) look on. Photo: Ramidi Subari

General manager of SeDidik Sdn Bhd Nor Ashikin Abdul Rahman said, “It was not easy to handle 82 centres, about 300 staff and 2,200 students. But in SeDidik, we produce “people”, not products.

“I am happy to know that SeDidik had been taken over by the ministry to ensure quality staff and education for the children and for the future of the state,” she said during her speech.

Nor Ashikin also thanked SEDC for giving moral and funding support to SeDidik for 29 years and ensuring that it  would remain relevant to parents now and in the future.

Ashkin also thanked Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development Minister Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah for the recently announced Special Annual Grant for Kindergartens.

As of Nov 30 this year, there are about 82 SeDidik centres in Sarawak which comprised 17 SeDidik Perdana and 64 SeDidik Mutiara and employ 149 kindergarten teachers and 53 “taska”.

SeDidik Perdana Piasau, Miri won the Best SeDidik Centre 2019 of the Perdana category, followed by SeDidik Mutiara Mukah (TASKA), Mukah that won for Mutiara category.

SeDidik Mutiara Jepak 2, Bintulu won the Patriotism Spirit Competition for the Prettiest Centre and SeDidik Mutiara Baligian, Mukah won the Special Jury award.

Suhaila Brahim, from SeDidik Mutiara Beladin Tengah, Kuching, won the Excellent Educator Award 2019 for SeDidik Mutiara category. The SeDidik Perdana category was won by Suyah Mini from SeDidik Perdana Bintulu.

The award for the Best non-academic staff (middle management group; supervisor/executive) was won by Mastira Mut, supervisor for Mutiara operations in Kuching Zone.

The award for the best supporting staff group, was won by Mazuan Bonyamin, administrative assistant from Finance department of SeDidik Sdn Bhd.

Lastly, SeDidik Mutiara Pujut Sungai Apong, Miri Zone won the SeDidik Kindergardening Project 2019 award.

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