Plan needed to help weaker students
KUCHING: A comprehensive plan is needed to cater for students who are left behind in their studies due to the difficulties in joining online teaching and learning sessions, said Adam Prakash Abdullah. The Sarawak Teachers’ Union (STU) president pointed out that teachers should already be aware of the challenges students face from home learning. “We […]
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 […]
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 […]
STU presents Teachers’ Day wish list
KUCHING: Sarawak Teachers Union (STU) has presented the government with its wish list for this year’s Teachers’ Day. STU president Adam Prakash Abdullah said the government, especially the Ministry of Education (MOE) should continue to provide and upgrade the education curriculum to meet the country’s current development. He said the curriculum should also take into […]
Use of colour code system to determine school closure
KUCHING: Sarawak Teachers Union (STU) has proposed that schools in Sarawak be closed based on the colour code system, and that this be considered by the Ministry of Health (MOH) and Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC). STU president Adam Prakesh Abdullah said this was particularly necessary for schools in safe zones so that students could […]
Recruit more trainee teachers
KUCHING: The Sarawak Teachers’ Union (STU) has urged the Ministry of Education (MOE) to recruit more trainee teachers in the state. This came after Education, Science and Technological Research Minister Datuk Seri Michael Manyin Jawong said that the state is short of more than 3,000 teachers. STU said the teacher training institutes (IPGs) in Sarawak […]
Publicise ACD operations
KUCHING: Sarawak Teachers Union (STU) has proposed that Active Case Detection (ACD) operations be widely publicised in order to raise public awareness of their benefits. STU president Adam Prakash Abdullah said he was saddened and dismayed by the low turnouts at ACD operations in Sibu recently. He pointed out that the operations were part of […]
Teachers’ union lauds cancellation of exams
KUCHING: The Sarawak Teachers’ Union (STU) has applauded the Ministry of Education’s (MOE) decision to scrap the Ujian Peperiksaan Sekolah Rendah (UPSR) for good and cancel the Pentaksiran Tingkatan Tiga (PT3) 2021 examination this year. Senior Education Minister Dr Radzi Jidin in announcing the cancellations disclosed that the ministry would introduce an alternative method to […]
Teachers using own money to make PdPR work
KUCHING: Most teachers use their own money to conduct home-based Teaching and Learning (PdPR), says Sarawak Teachers Union (STU) president Adam Prakash Abdullah. He added that teachers were spending more recently because they had to provide special data for PdPR. “They also need to buy devices while some buy special software to provide interesting and […]
STU thanks CM for school closure decision
KUCHING: The Sarawak Teachers Union (STU) thanked Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg for the decision to close all schools in the red zones for two weeks effective Tuesday (April 20). STU was confident that Abang Johari had taken into account the safety of the students, teachers and the public before making the […]
