Teacher goes the extra mile for student with special needs
KUANTAN: Teaching a Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) 2020 candidate with special needs who has hearing problems while wearing a face mask, as required during the Covid-19 pandemic, had been a challenging yet valuable experience for Zainurah Muhamad. Other than having to use hearing aids, she said the student also reads lip movements to understand what […]
Shortening of school holidays — mixed reactions among students, parents
KUCHING: While students may be on board with shortening the school holidays, parents on the other hand are indecisive on the matter. Some parents are of the opinion that shortening the school holidays does not do anything in helping students in their studies if classes were still conducted following the home-based teaching and learning (PdPR) […]
STU lauds students for SPM 2020 excellence
KUCHING: Students are capable of achieving outstanding examination results if they focus more on their studies instead of the challenges faced. Sarawak Teachers Union (STU) president Adam Prakash Abdullah, said this had been proved by the recently released Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) 2020 results. Thus he hoped that all SPM 2021 teachers and students would […]
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 […]
PdPR not only limited to online learning
KLUANG: The implementation of home-based teaching and learning (PdPR) not only cover online learning, but also manual teaching aids, said Senior Education Minister Datuk Dr Radzi Jidin. He said the manual teaching aids could be prepared as suited to teachers and students of a school, after taking into account their constraints. “The PdPR method can […]
Union wants programmes not related to PdPR put off
KUALA LUMPUR: The National Union of Teaching Professions (NUTP) has urged the Ministry of Education to temporarily postpone several programmes to enable teachers to focus fully on Home-based Teaching and Learning (PdPR). Its secretary-general Harry Tan Huat Hock said if the programmes are continued, it would only add burden and cause teachers to lose concentration […]
STU calls for more strategic plan for PdPR
KUCHING: The Sarawak Teachers Union (STU) welcomes the Ministry of Education’s announcement on the extension of the home-based teaching and learning (PdPR) until July 17. STU president Adam Parkash Abdullah, however, hoped that the ministry could come up with a more strategic plan for the PdPR. “This is to ensure effective implementation of teaching and […]
Schools to continue with online learning after mid-year break
PUTRAJAYA: The school session after the current mid-year break will continue with Home-based Teaching and Learning (PdPR) for 25 days, said Senior Education Minister Datuk Dr Radzi Jidin. The new session is from June 13 to July 15 for Group A schools in Johor, Kedah, Kelantan and Terengganu, and from June 14 to July 16 […]
Lo appreciates telcos’ free internet access for needy students
KUCHING: Batu Kitang assemblyman Lo Khere Chiang welcomes the decision of telecommunication companies to provide free internet dongles and free internet access via SIM cards for disadvantaged students. “I would be happy to hear from the donors if they think they can be of help to the students in our community,” he said, noting that the Covid-19 pandemic had posed many challenges, not least the closure of schools causing students to adapt to online learning. He said based on feedback from people who had been in contact with them, he was fully aware that there were disadvantaged students who do not had access to computers or internet access at home. “We are exploring avenues of donations of computers or tablets for disadvantaged students in our community,” he said when contacted by New Sarawak Tribune. He also said he had designated a specific helpdesk in his constituency to deal with problems his constituents might have with regard to this matter. “The people have been going to them, via phone or in person. Most of the time, they are questions about internet access and some about technological devices,” he said. He said his staff members tried to help by providing links to online educational tools. “Fortunately, most of my staff are familiar with various videoconferencing and online collaboration tools and are able to point anyone who is a bit lost in the right direction. “We may not be able to help everyone, but we do what we can,” said Lo, who is also Padawan Municipal Council (MPP) chairman. He said it was a blessing that Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg had been advocating and pushing for Sarawak to go digital years prior to this pandemic. “That is why you have probably seen me praising the rapid rise of the use of broadband provided by Unifi around Padawan. I hope this positive attitude and push towards digitalisation will continue,” he said.
Two-week PdPR sessions commence nationwide today
KUALA LUMPUR: A week after the Aidilfitri holiday, learning continues for schoolchildren today with the home-based teaching and learning (PdPR) sessions for group B schools. The group B schools (in Perlis, Penang, Perak, Selangor, Negeri Sembilan, Melaka, Pahang, Sabah, Sarawak, Kuala Lumpur, Labuan and Putrajaya) commenced their PdPR learning sessions today, until May 28. For […]
