Form Five student falls off school building
KUCHING: What was supposed to be a happy ‘back-to-school’ day for a Form Five student turned tragic today (Jan 20) when he allegedly fell from the third floor of a school building at Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan (SMK) Petra Jaya. Kuching district police chief ACP Awang Din Awang Gani in confirming this, said the case was […]
SMK Bandar Bintulu reopens this Monday
BINTULU: Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan (SMK) Bandar Bintulu will be reopen this Monday (Oct 19), after it was forced to close for a week due to a Covid-19 case detection at the school. The school’s principal Patrick Philip Moss said Bintulu Division Health Office has carried out disinfection work at the school last Monday (Oct 12). […]
Thermo-scanners for 12 schools
KUCHING: Twelve primary schools in Batu Kawa Constituency received thermo-scanners in preparation for the reopening of schools tomorrow (Aug 17). The thermo-scanners were presented by Batu Kawah assemblyman Datuk Seri Dr Sim Kui Hian. He also handed over financial grants, hand sanitisers and face masks to the managements of the respective schools.The schools were SK […]
Oil palm company donates to fire victims
BINTULU: Sarawak Oil Palms Berhad (SOPB) recently donated the sum of RM9,025.10 to Sekolah Kebangsaan (SK) Sebauh in Bintulu and its fire victims through its Disaster Relief Fund. An early morning fire burnt down a two-storey student dormitory block and two pre-school classes of SK Sebauh on August 5. SOPB Group decided to come forward […]
RM58,000 for schools to buy face masks
MIRI: Four secondary schools and four primary schools in this division on Thursday received special contributions amounting to RM58,000 from Transport Minister Datuk Lee Kim Shin to help them buy sanitisers, additional face masks and other necessities to fulfil the SOP requirements. He also suggested the schools use the funds he gave to buy additional face […]
Face mask not compulsory for students in school
KUALA LUMPUR: The wearing of face mask Is not compulsory for students in school, said Senior Minister (Security Cluster) Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob. On the other hand, he said schools are only required to provide face masks if there are students or staff who showed symptoms during the schooling session. “As stipulated under the […]
Special need students excited to be back at school
KUALA TERENGGANU: Returning to school is like a journey to a whole new world for students with special needs. This situation can be seen when Bernama visited Sekolah Kebangsaan Pendidikan Khas, Chendering, here where the atmosphere was cheerful as the animated fingers of students with hearing disabilities flew in the air as they communicated with […]
Sarawak to postpone school resumption to Aug 3
KUCHING: The Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) has decided to postpone the resumption of 138 secondary and primary schools in Kuching, Padawan, and Samarahan districts to August 3. Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas said that this decision involved transition classes, Form One to Four, Lower Form Six, and Primary Five and Six […]
Companies donate sanitisers to 40 schools
SIBU: Two companies yesterday jointly contributed epidemic prevention materials worth RM200,000 to selected primary and secondary schools in the state. They are Sonic Hardware (Sarawak) Sdn Bhd (Sonic) and Guangdong Theaoson Technology Co, Ltd (Guangdong) which donated 31,200 bottles of sanitiser sprays to 40 schools, benefiting about 57,000 students. Director of Sonic, Branda Wong, and […]
More classes to start
MUKAH: Secondary schools here are ready to resume classes on July 15 for the second batch of students who are still staying home following the movement control order since March 18 due to Covid-19 pandemic. Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan (SMK) Three Rivers principal Silvester Allan William said the school was now ready to accept these students. […]
