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Merits to physical classes but parents worry

BY ANNABELL NAJA TOMMY KUCHING: The jury is still out on the wisdom of allowing all primary students to attend face-to-face classes this month, thus doing away with the rotation system which was put in place after physical classes were allowed to resume. The back to class move announced recently by the Ministry of Education […]

Teachers allay lingering fears on children returning to class

KUCHING: Parents and guardians must not be overly concerned about sending the children back to physical classes for the 2022/2023 session from next month. This is because the Ministry of Education would have worked things out thoroughly before announcing the end of the rotating system for most classes. Sarawak Teachers Union (STU) president Adam Prakash […]

SK Nanga Gayau Debak gets Covid-19 self-test kits

DEBAK: Covid-19 self-test kits have been handed over to SK Nanga Gayau, Debak for students to conduct self-testing in line with the new standard operating procedure (SOP) for the reopening of schools. According to a report by the Sarawak Public Communications Unit (Ukas), the handover programme held on Wednesday (Jan 26) was organised by Bukit […]

SK Kampung Tellian finally gets own building after over 15 years

MUKAH: Pupils of SK Kampung Tellian here finally have their own school building after squatting for over 15 years at SK Mukah. They began their first day of learning at the new building on Jan 10 when the 2022 school session commenced. The school is located near the villages of Kampung Tellian Tengah and Kampung […]

Sebuyau school prepared for reopening two weeks ago

KUCHING: Schools across Sarawak had apparently made preparations long before Monday’s (Jan 10) reopening, as revealed by one headmaster. According to Sarawak Public Communications Unit (Ukas) in a statement on Monday, SK Tebelu in Sebuyau had made preparations as early as two weeks to welcome its pupils. Headmaster Zamahri Piee said the pupils were greeted […]

30 students receive assistance from TBS

BY NURULDAYANA RAFIEE KUCHING: Some 30 primary and secondary school students received school aid from the Tabung Baitulmal Sarawak (TBS) in conjunction with the preparation for the start of the new school session today. The aid were distributed through TBS’ ‘Back to School’ programme at Medan Hamidah, Demak here on Sunday (Jan 9). According to […]

Free haircut programme draws 500 schoolchildren

SIMANGGANG: Around 500 secondary and primary schoolchildren participated in  the ‘Back To School: Free Haircut Programme’ held in the Sri Aman Mini Stadium today (Jan 9). The programme, organised for the first time by Angkatan Bersatu Anak Muda (Armada) Sri Aman, took place from 8am to 5pm and involved five professional barbers. The head of Armada […]

Rep hopes for smooth session with school reopening

Dr Annuar Rapaee

SIBU: Education, Science and Technological Research Assistant Minister Dr Annuar Rapaee hopes for a safe and smooth commencement of the school session beginning today (Oct 4). Speaking during the Sibu Covid-19 update live stream through his social media page, Dr Annuar said a total of 23 secondary schools in the district consisting of Form 5 […]

Teachers union confident of school reopening smooth process

KUCHING: Sarawak Teachers Union (STU) urges everyone to be calm and supportive of the school reopening process so that students and teachers can safely return to school. Its president Adam Prakash Abdullah stated that everyone must work together to ensure that schools will reopen smoothly. “We (STU) believe that the teachers will be able to […]

Delay school reopening to allow preparations

MIRI: Sarawak United People’s Party (SUPP) on Wednesday (Sept 29) proposed to the Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) to delay the reopening of schools in Sarawak for one more week. This was, according to SUPP secretary-general Datuk Sebastian Ting, because some schools were still in the dark over the new operational directives. “We have been […]