Ministry sets up special panel to identify areas without Internet service
GEORGE TOWN: The Communications and Multimedia Ministry (KKMM) has set up a special committee in collaboration with Telekom Malaysia Bhd (TM) to identify areas without Internet access or poor coverage so as to facilitate the home-based teaching and Learning (PdPR) method. Its Deputy Minister, Datuk Zahidi Zainul Abidin said KKMM would go to the ground […]
Changing the perception that PdPR is only via online
By Maizatul Jamny Muhammad Rosli KUALA LUMPUR: While the nation is under movement control due to a spike in Covid-19 cases, the home-based learning and teaching (PdPR) method is seen as the best way to ensure lessons continue at a time when face to face learning cannot be conducted. However, many still have the misperception […]
Teacher turns boat into classroom
By Nur Adika Bujang KINABATANGAN: A teacher in Kinabatangan is using a boat as his classroom to ensure his students do not miss their lessons during implementation of the movement control order (MCO) as face-to-face teaching and learning sessions could not be carried out. Nasir Mohamed Jamal, 39, of Sekolah Kebangsaan (SK) Desa Permai, also […]
Calls grow louder for stationery shops to reopen
BY NUR HAZIRAH SHUKUR & MARGARET RINGGIT KUCHING: The government has been urged to allow stationery shops to operate during the movement control order (MCO) period. According to Sekolah Kebangsaan Pulau Seduku senior assistant (administration and academic management) Ahmad Faizal Osman, stationery shops as well as the stationery sections in supermarkets should be reopened to […]
Students frequent beach to get internet line
KUCHING: Since last year, students at Kampung Kuala Nyalau in Bintulu have been walking daily to a nearby beach in search of the best internet coverage in order to take part in the home-based teaching and learning (PdPR) sessions. The weak and sometimes zero internet connection in their village fail to dampen their spirit to […]
Plan needed to help weaker students
KUCHING: A comprehensive plan is needed to cater for students who are left behind in their studies due to the difficulties in joining online teaching and learning sessions, said Adam Prakash Abdullah. The Sarawak Teachers’ Union (STU) president pointed out that teachers should already be aware of the challenges students face from home learning. “We […]
Useful PdPR elements may be retained post-Covid-19
KUCHING: Online teaching and learning (PdPR) will not be retained full-scale post-Covid-19, opines an academician. “There is a general feeling that it is not as effective as face-to-face teaching and learning,” said Associate Professor Dr Ting Su Hie, who is the head of strategy, Faculty of Language and Community, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (Unimas). “However, some […]
SPM 2021 candidates most affected by PdPR
KUALA LUMPUR: With the school sessions reopening this week after the mid-year break, the home-based teaching and learning (PdPR) method will resume to contain the alarming spread of Covid-19 infection. In light of the current situation, PdPR learning is the best approach to reduce the risk of infection among students after several clusters were detected […]
His pupils always on his mind
An extraordinary teacher not only imparts knowledge to the pupils but also reaches into the hearts and minds of the pupils by implementing engaging and interesting lesson plans that make them refocus on learning. This was pointed out by Kalai Ampi, one of the 25 teachers listed as recipients of the Anugerah Guru Inspirasi McDonald’s […]
Teacher takes initiative to phone students unable to join PdPR
KUCHING: To ensure her students would not drop out of learning sessions, a teacher at Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan (SMK) Spaoh in Betong, 200 km from here, would make it a point to call those who were unable to take part in the online sessions of home-based teaching and learning (PdPR). Sharifah Khairunnizza Wan Masbahuddin, 29, […]
