Parents ‘aye’ to online lessons

BY NURIN YUSRINA KUCHING: The Ministry of Education Malaysia recently announced that all students would continue to attend home-based teaching and learning (PdPR) beginning June 13 and 14. PDPR will take place for 25 days and continue until the next school holiday on July 16 and 17 as announced by the Education Minister of Education […]

Pandemic putting strain on autistic children and their parents

KUCHING: The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic has been unsettling on mothers and since the day online lessons were introduced by the Ministry of Education (MoE). Juggling between daily work and childcare, the closure of schools has been seen as an unfavourable move, especially by mothers with special needs children. Evahaizura Husaini, mother of seven-year-old […]

Two-hour journey for online lessons

BY BARINA NANI LUBOK ANTU: The plight of a group of students at Nanga Sumpa and Nanga Jambu in Lubok Antu has caught the attention of Suara Sarawak and New Sarawak Tribune. These students from the rural have shown how committed they were in the pursuit of education despite little or no Internet connection. The […]