A beautiful mind
Mathematics is the most beautiful and powerful creation of the human spirit – Stefan Banach, 1892-1945, Polish mathematician. I was recently doing KenKen, a Japanese math puzzle, on a plane when a fellow passenger asked me why I bothered. I replied that I did it for the beauty. Okay, I’ll admit it’s a silly game: […]
Education — what next?
We are students of words: we are shut up in schools, and colleges, and recitation — rooms, for ten or fifteen years, and come out at last with a bag of wind, a memory of words, and do not know a thing. — Ralph Waldo Emerson, American essayist and philosopher Our education system has constantly been in […]
Hwong defies age with love for maths
KUCHING: The old adage ‘age is just a number’ is best exemplified by Hwong Yew Tuong who at 81 is still adept at mathematics. The octogenarian from Sibu was among the more than 200 participants who turned up for the Kuching’s Got Talent 2022 audition. His performance entitled ‘Magic of Mathematics’ may not not have […]
Mathematics teacher shares exam techniques by online workshop
SIBU: Methodist Pilley Institute (MPI) and ACCA Malaysia jointly organised a SPM Mathematics Online Exam Technique Workshop on Nov 28 from 8am to 11am. The workshop, approved by Ministry of Education (MoE) Malaysia and State Education Department (JPNS), was conducted by the former Excellent Mathematics Teacher of DG52 Tan Beng Puai. She was also the […]
RM6 mln to train Science, Mathematics, English teachers
SERIAN: The Sarawak government has set aside RM6 million this year to train primary and secondary school teachers in the state who are involved in the teaching of Science, Mathematics and English even though they do not have expertise in these subjects. Sarawak Education, Science and Technological Research Minister Datuk Amar Michael Manyin Jawong said […]
