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Helping children reach academic potential

Sarawak Premier Datuk Patinggi Tan Sri Abang Johari Tun Openg launched the Yayasan Sarawak International Secondary School (YSISS) on August 24, 2017, during his opening remarks at the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly meeting. The desire to provide high-quality educational opportunities to Sarawakian children, especially those in the B40 group, who are interested in and have […]

Sarawak needs more international schools to produce world-champion students

KUCHING: The establishment of international schools in Sarawak is one strategy for reaching the state’s goal of producing more world-champion students. Premier Datuk Patinggi Tan Sri Abang Johari Tun Openg said world-champion students pursuing their studies at prestigious universities would be able to transform the state economy when they return. He stated that in doing […]

Limited first intake due to insufficient facilities

SERIAN: The first international school in Petra Jaya, Kuching which is operating this year has received 120 students. Minister for Education, Innovation and Talent Development Datuk Roland Sagah Wee Inn said that the limited number of students for the first phase was taken into account due to the school’s lack of facilities. “The building is […]

Minister: System to blame, not students and teachers

KUCHING: Datuk Amar Michael Manyin Jawong says students and teachers should not take the fall for the poor command of English in the country – the blame should be on the system.   “How can you blame the teachers and students, that they are not properly trained? Right from Day One, they have been listening […]

School excels in A Level 2020 exam

KUCHING: Lodge International School managed to record excellent results in the A Level 2020 examination when almost 50 percent of its students succeeded in scoring straight A’s for all subjects taken. Lodge International School chairman Allister Hilton Smith said despite facing various difficulties, teachers and students continued to be enthusiastic and collaborative in making online […]

Get federal education policies to fit Sarawak’s needs

SARAWAK government will initiate interventions to complement the federal education policies and development to suit its own requirements, such as the international schools. This is because the government is serious in addressing the quality of education in the state, said Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg. “In terms of education and human capital, […]

Sarawak setting up international schools not a problem

By Alverdtekoster Anyap KUCHING: The Sarawak government should not encounter any problem in the establishment of international schools, says Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (Unimas) Leadership Centre chairman Prof Datuk Mohd Fadzil Abd Rahman. “I’m very positive that the state government has taken into account the requirements, and they may have already discussed this with the Ministry […]

It is our right

SARAWAK INTERNATIONAL SCHOOLS SIBU: Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg has chided an academician for saying that setting up of the state’s international school was against the Education Act. “There is a professor who said that establishing this school was against the law. He should read the Inter-Governmental Committee (IGC) Report first, it […]

Not using national curriculum wouldn’t go against Act

INTERNATIONAL SECONDARY SCHOOLS KUCHING: Association of the Boards of Management of Aided Chinese Primary Schools in Kuching, Samarahan and Serian Divisions president Jonathan Chai has dismissed an academician’s claim that the setting up of international secondary schools in the state would contradict the provisions of the Education Act 1996 should it not adopt the national […]

Our International schools legally done

KUCHING: The setting-up of international schools in Sarawak is done in compliance with all Ministry of Education (MOE) requirements, and does not contravene the nation’s laws. Education, Science and Technological Research (MESTR) Minister Datuk Seri Michael Manyin Jawong said his ministry had studied the relevant laws, had extensive engagements with the MOE and complied with […]