Teachers union confident of SOP compliance
KUCHING: With the announcement of the reopening of schools for face-to-face sessions for certain classes, the Sarawak Teachers’ Union has expressed confidence that schools would be able to ensure that the Covid-19 standard operating procedure (SOP) can be adhered to with the cooperation of parents and the students themselves. STU president Adam Prakash Abdullah said […]
Postpone reopening of schools in red zones
KUCHING: Sarawak Teachers Union (STU) is of the opinion that the reopening of schools, especially in the Covid-19 red zones, should be postponed. Its president Adam Prakash Abdullah suggested learning at home for students in the red zones of Kuching, Sibu and Miri. “STU also believes that the Ministry of Health (MOH) will issue guidelines […]
Education can combat the underlying structures of poverty
KUCHING: Sarawak Teachers Union (STU) welcomes the recent remark by Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg on empowering children of the less privileged through education to eradicate poverty. “Acquired basic skills such as reading, writing and numeracy, have a documented positive effect on marginalised populations’ incomes and it increases the rate of return […]
New-normal challenges ― Teachers advised to be prepared for school
KUCHING: Teachers should be innovative and creative as they may need to go through another paradigm shift in their profession, said Adam Parkash Abdullah. The Sarawak Teachers’ Union (STU) president said that the upcoming school session might bring some new challenges. The Ministry of Education (MoE) recently announced that the 2021 school year in government […]
Not good idea to scrap 2020 SPM
KUCHING: Sarawak Teachers Union (STU) believes that it is not a good idea to scrap the 2020 Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) examination. STU president Adam Prakash Abdullah, responding to Democratic Action Party (DAP) Sarawak chairman Chong Chieng Jen’s call to do away with the SPM as it was postponed due to the Covid-19 pandemic, said […]
STU wants high speed Internet coverage expedited
KUCHING: Sarawak Teachers’ Union (STU) has called upon relevant authorities to ensure that high speed Internet coverage to be extended to all schools in the state. STU newly-elected president Adam Prakash Abdullah said the call was one of the resolutions proposed after detailed deliberation among the STU members during its 25th Biennial Delegates’ Conference (BDC) […]
Adam Prakash new STU president
KUCHING: Adam Prakash Abdullah was appointed as the new president of Sarawak Teachers Union (STU) at its 25th Biennial Delegates’ Conference held at Penview Hotel here on Sunday (Dec 20). The conference was held to allow for election of the Union’s Principal Office bearers who will take office for the next two years. Adam was […]
STU, Swinburne sign MOU on further education
KUCHING: Sarawak Teachers Union (STU) signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Swinburne University of Technology Sarawak Campus to allow collaboration in areas of further education on Sunday (Dec 20). The signing ceremony was held at Penview Hotel here after the Union concluded their 25th Biennial Delegates’ Conference. The MOU was signed between STU newly-elected […]
Prioritise vaccination for teachers
KUCHING: Sarawak Teachers’ Union (STU) has seconded the call for teachers to be prioritised for vaccination against Covid-19. Its president Adam Prakash Abdullah said such call was timely because the teachers are also facing a critical situation, especially in putting children’s education back on track. “We want to spend as much time with our students […]
Spare time for learning, says union chief
KUCHING:Sarawak Teachers’ Union (STU) president Macky Joseph has urged all students to spare time during their school holidays to study in preparation for next year’s school calendar. He noted that tomorrow (Dec 18) is the final day of the school term this year, with school holidays starting on Saturday (Dec 19). “As the new norm […]
