School praised for SOPs compliance
MUKAH: The Sarawak Education Department and Mukah District Education Department yesterday jointly visited Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan (SMK) St Patrick here to conduct a surprised monitoring of standard operating procedures (SOPs) at the school. Some officers from Mukah District Education office accompanied officials from the state education headquarters during the visit. School principal Anthony Poon Teck […]
Family of nine receive assistance worth RM10,150
KUCHING: The state government, through the Sarawak Social Welfare Department (JKMS), gave relief aid worth RM10,150 to a family on Thursday (July 2). Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development Minister Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah handed over the aid to the head of the household, Shamsu Kawie. Shamsu’s double-storey house in Kampung Semerah Padi […]
Teachers should have time to teach: STU
KUCHING: The safety of students is mandatory while the main priority for teachers is to teach, said Sarawak Teachers’ Union (STU) president Macky Joseph. “Sufficient allocations of time for face-to-face teaching should not be taken away from the teachers,” he said in a statement yesterday. He made the comments after Education Senior Minister Dr Radzi […]
S’wak students back to school from July 15
KUCHING: Schools in Sarawak will reopen in stages starting July 15. Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas said that Sarawak would follow the Education Ministry’s decision announced by Education Minister Dr Mohd Radzi Md Jidin yesterday in relation to the reopening of primary and secondary schools. The Education minister had announced that Form […]
93 schools to be rebuilt
KUCHING: Ninety-three dilapidated schools in Sarawak will be rebuilt under the state’s RM1 billion loan repayment to the federal government. “The first trench of RM350 million of the RM1 billion loan repayment has been paid and it involved 41 schools which are already under construction and in the process of procurement. “Another 52 schools under […]
Smooth reopening of schools in Sibu
SIBU: The reopening of schools for Form 5 and 6 students on Wednesday (June 24) was smooth, with all 22 secondary schools adhering to the standard operating procedures. Secondary school students, who resumed classes on Wednesday, were those who would be sitting for the Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM), Sijil Vokasional Malaysia (SVM), Sijil Tinggi Persekolahan […]
Teachers will comply with SOPs: Union
KUCHING: Today Sarawak is officially reopening its schools but for students sitting for public examinations and equivalent international examinations only. The students include those sitting for Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM), Sijil Vokasional Malaysia (SVM), Sijil Tinggi Persekolahan (STPM) and Sijil Tinggi Agama Malaysia (STAM) as well as equivalent international examinations. The reopening of schools will […]
Sigh of relief for teachers
KUCHING: As schools reopen today, teachers are letting a sigh of relief with the decision, despite the country is still battling with Covid-19 pandemic. It is no doubt teachers had to find alternatives to keep the education of their children moving during the last three months but nothing can rival the real and physical presence […]
Excited to go to school again
KUCHING: Form Five students around the city are excited yet cautious about the reopening of secondary schools starting Wednesday (June 24). Last June 10, Education Minister Mohd Radzi Md Jidin announced that secondary schools in the country would reopen in phases, first for those taking their leaving examinations, such as Form Five students sitting for […]
Carlsberg donates 372 thermometers to schools
KUCHING: Carlsberg Malaysia has donated 372 thermometers to 186 vernacular schools in the state, as an added level of assurance for the safety of students upon the reopening of schools through their Safer School Campaign. Each school received two thermometers so that the safeties of students are ensured for parents, teachers and students when classes […]
