30 students receive assistance from TBS

BY NURULDAYANA RAFIEE KUCHING: Some 30 primary and secondary school students received school aid from the Tabung Baitulmal Sarawak (TBS) in conjunction with the preparation for the start of the new school session today. The aid were distributed through TBS’ ‘Back to School’ programme at Medan Hamidah, Demak here on Sunday (Jan 9). According to […]

Free haircut programme draws 500 schoolchildren

SIMANGGANG: Around 500 secondary and primary schoolchildren participated in  the ‘Back To School: Free Haircut Programme’ held in the Sri Aman Mini Stadium today (Jan 9). The programme, organised for the first time by Angkatan Bersatu Anak Muda (Armada) Sri Aman, took place from 8am to 5pm and involved five professional barbers. The head of Armada […]

54 students receive schooling aid

KUCHING: A total of 54 students from underprivileged families received schooling assistance in the form of cash at the ‘2021 Back to School’ programme held at Surau Darul Falah of Kampung Samariang Baru Phase 3 here today. Senior Minister of Works and Petra Jaya MP Datuk Seri Fadillah Yusof officiated at the annual programme. It […]

2,800 pupils get hygiene kits, school supplies

KUCHING: Some 2,800 pupils from 30 primary schools in Sarawak have received personal hygiene kits and school supplies from Yayasan Petronas under the foundation’s Back to School 2021 (BTS 2021) programme. These items were distributed to 13 primary schools in Bintulu on Friday (March 19) and to 17 primary schools in Miri on Tuesday (March […]

Needy pupils get school supplies from Petronas

KUCHING:A sum of 21,000 primary school pupils from low-income households will receive personal hygiene kits and school supplies for their 2021 academic year. The distribution of assistance to schools across Johor, Kelantan, Kuala Lumpur, Labuan, Melaka, Negeri Sembilan, Pahang, Penang, Perak, Perlis, Sabah, Sarawak, Selangor and Terengganu started from Monday till Mar 24. The aid […]

Students receive school bags, stationeries

BINTULU: The village development and security committee (JKKK) of Kampung Masjid Jepak today held a Back-to-School programme for children out of concern for parents who are affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. During the programme, a total of 55 students from underprivileged families were provided with school bags and stationeries in an effort to ease the […]

Students back to school

Students back to school  KUALA LUMPUR: After almost four months of absence, students in Forms One to Four, and pupils in Years Five and Six as well as remove classes return to school today. After the movement control order (MCO) was enforced in March this year to curb the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic, all […]

Back to school 2020

New session, new beginnings A new year marks the beginning for everyone, and that includes the beginning of a new school session. Some will experience their first time going to school, or levelling up from kindergarten to primary, and primary to secondary. To these newbies, going to school can be a daunting experience, an unfamiliar […]

Hope Place receives donations for poor students

KUCHING: Sam Fah Enterprise (M) recently made a generous contribution in the form of school necessities to Hope Place for distribution to school-going children of underprivileged families. The items included 50 school bags, 100 stationery sets for primary pupils and 60 stationery sets for secondary school students. Hope Place founder Kelvin Wan, personally received the […]

122 rural pupils receive school aid

KAPIT: A total of 122 pupils from pre-school class to Year Six of SK Nanga Mujong in Pelagus here received stationery and school bags to begin their new school year. The ‘Back to School’ programme, organised by the Ministry of Primary Industries in collaboration with Kapit Democratic Action Party (DAP) Service Centre, was to reduce […]