Face-to-face CNY meetings with prisoners not allowed
KUALA LUMPUR: Face-to-face meetings between prison inmates and their family members in conjunction with Chinese New Year celebration will not be allowed at all prison institutions nationwide. The Prisons Department in a statement said, however, a prepaid telephone calling facility would be provided as an alternative method to get in touch. “The consideration was made […]
Online PdP – new norm among lecturers
BY PENERANGAN KUCHING: Online teaching and learning (PdP) is considered as one of the new normal practices among lecturers and students to replace face-to-face PdP as part of efforts to break the Covid-19 chain. According to Mira Faizura, a lecturer at a technical and vocational education and training (TVET) institution, lecturers should be wise to […]
Parents urge government to waive school fees
BETONG: Several parents, especially those from the low-income group, are appealing to the government to waive school fees for their children. This is in view of the absence of face-to-face teaching and learning, which is being replaced by home-based teaching and learning (PdPR). They argued that payment of school fees would be an additional financial […]
Long-silent school bells ring again
KUALA LUMPUR: The long-silent school bells rang today as many of these institutions reopened their doors for face-to-face lessons for secondary students sitting for 2020 public examinations postponed due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The rest of the schoolchildren, from primary pupils up to the new Form Five students, will follow their lessons online from their […]
Better control of virus with limited face-to-face learning sessions
KUCHING: Sarawak Bumiputera Teachers Union (KGBS) president Ahmad Malie has lauded the Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) for limiting face-to-face learning session to only major examination candidates for the time being. Doing so would allow for better control of the Covid-19 situation, he said. “As there will only be examination candidates attending classes, there will […]
Perfect time to invest in online teaching
KUCHING: The delay in face-to-face learning session in schools is a perfectly opportune time to invest in online teaching and improve on it. St Thomas Secondary School management board chairman Edgar Ong said everyone, especially the authorities and education fraternity, should take immediate action to ensure smooth transition to online teaching. “It is paramount that […]
Sarawak government a good listener
KUCHING: The decision to limit the face-to-face sessions in schools to examination candidates only shows that the state government is willing to listen to the voice of the people apart from keeping a balance on education. Kuching Chung Hua Middle School No.1, 3 and 4 management board committee chairman Datuk Richard Wee was commenting on […]
Teachers union confident of SOP compliance
KUCHING: With the announcement of the reopening of schools for face-to-face sessions for certain classes, the Sarawak Teachers’ Union has expressed confidence that schools would be able to ensure that the Covid-19 standard operating procedure (SOP) can be adhered to with the cooperation of parents and the students themselves. STU president Adam Prakash Abdullah said […]
Face-to-face session only for major exam candidates
KUCHING: The reopening of schools for face-to-face session in Sarawak will only apply to students who will sit for major examinations. State Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) chairman Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas was referring to the operation of educational institutions under the Ministry of Education (MOE) in areas under the movement control order (MCO) and […]
Phase two of Census 2020 to be rescheduled
PUTRAJAYA: The Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM) will reschedule the implementation of the second phase of the Malaysian Population and Housing Census 2020 which involve face-to-face interviews. Chief Statistician and Census 2020 Commissioner Datuk Seri Dr Mohd Uzir Mahidin said the rescheduling of the second phase of the census, which was initially set from Jan […]
