SK Ulu Yong under devt office radar
KAPIT: Director of Sarawak Development Office Datuk Hasnul Mohamed paid a working visit to SK Ulu Yong over the weekend to attend the briefing of the recent fire that destroyed one block of boy’s hostel and one unit of semi-detached teacher’s quarters built adjacent to one another. He also handed over the RM5,000 to the […]
Union commends allocation
REPAIR OF DILAPIDATED SCHOOLS IN SARAWAK KUCHING: The Sarawak Teachers’ Union (STU) has commended the extra allocation for the repair of dilapidated schools in Sarawak under the coming 12th Malaysia Plan (12MP) as mentioned by Deputy Minister of Education Muslimin Yahaya in Parliament on Thursday. STU president Macky Joseph stressed for safety in schools in […]
Schools receive funds for upgrading
SARIKEI: Sekolah Jenis Kebangsaan Cina (SJKC) Siung Hua and SJKC Minar here received an allocation amounting to RM53,000 each to upgrade and repair their infrastructures. Repok assemblyman Datuk Seri Huang Tiong Sii said the fund has been allocated under the rural transformation programme (RTP). Huang has been very interested in the development of education since […]
Union wants dilapidated schools upgraded fast
KUCHING: Sarawak Bumiputera Teachers’ Union (KGBS) has urged the government to expedite the completion of dilapidated school upgrading projects statewide. Its president Ahmad Malie in a statement yesterday said the call was made because the teachers and students of these schools had long waited for the upgrade. He was referring to Works Minister Datuk Seri […]
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 […]
School welcomes all forms of assistance
SIBU: Sacred Heart Secondary School welcomes and appreciates all forms of assistance from the community, said its principal David Teo Wu. “As our school is not fully funded by the authorities, any help extended means a lot to everyone here,” he said. Teo also said the school relied heavily on the community’s support to grow […]
Online voting for ministry’s projects
KUCHING: The Ministry of Education (MoE) has recently approved an allocation of RM113.76 million for the State Education Department (JPNS) for purchasing hostel furniture (RM8.5 million), and maintenance and repair of schools (RM105.26 million) throughout the state. The department’s head of infrastructure and procurement, Wan Fadillah Wan Ahmad, said 217 projects involved will be implemented […]
We’re handling it: PWD Sarawak
REPAIR OF 32 SCHOOLS KUCHING: The state Public Works Department (PWD) has responded to a Facebook posting by one Tiong Choon Ting last February 19 with regard to the repair or restoration of dilapidated schools in Sarawak. According to PWD Sarawak, Tiong’s shared post said that last year, the Education Ministry had spent RM100 million […]
Tender of 16 dilapidated schools postponed: Lim
PUTRAJAYA: The tender for development of 16 dilapidated schools in Sarawak has been postponed to enable the Education Ministry and the Sarawak Public Works Department to review the scope and cost of the project, said Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng. “The tender for these schools is expected to be implemented in March 2020,” he said in a statement […]
WHAT HAPPENED?
No sign of school repair works! KUCHING: None of the dilapidated schools in Sarawak has been fixed to date although RM700 million had been paid to settle the RM1 billion that the state owed the federal government. Understandably, Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg is very disappointed. He said the first tranche of […]
