Primary, Secondary schools receive PPE

MIRI: A total of 44 Primary schools and 16 Secondary schools in this division last Friday (July 24) received personal protective equipment (PPE) donated by Pertubuhan Ikram Malaysia (Ikram) Miri branch, in collaboration with Miri District Education Office and Sew4Frontliners Miri. The simple handing over ceremony was held at Miri’s education office, and receiving on behalf of […]

Construction work to commence soon

FOOTBRIDGE AT SMK BANDAR BINTULU BINTULU: Construction work on the footbridge (pedestrian bridge) at Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan (SMK) Bandar Bintulu will commence in the near future as the existing power cables and underground pipes have been identified. However, due to the complexity of the underground cables and pipes involved, the authorities have no choice but […]

Face shields for students

MUKAH: Politeknik Mukah (PMU) distributed 550 face shields to selected schools and kindergartens here last Thursday. The recipients were Sekolah Kebangsaan (SK) Mukah, SK Agama Mukah, PASTI Al-Wafi Mukah branch, 3Q MRC Mukah branch, Pemaju Masyarakat Taska S29 and Taska Permata Kemas PMU. PMU director, Dullah Muluk said it was PMU’s corporate social responsibility (CSR) […]

Compliance level satisfactory

SIBU: The level of compliance to the standard operating procedures (SOPs) at primary schools here has been satisfactory, said Education, Science and Technological Research Assistant Minister Dr Annuar Rapaee. He said the use of face masks among students showed that parents were very concerned about protecting their children from the Covid-19 pandemic. “Similarly, teachers are […]

Yayasan Petronas donates hand sanitisers, dispensers to schools

KUCHING: Yayasan Petronas has donated hand sanitisers and manual dispensers to 16,634 students in Miri and Bintulu. The items were distributed through the districts’ Education Department offices to five primary and secondary schools in Miri and six schools in Bintulu, it said in a statement yesterday. “Among the recipient schools in Miri are SMK Lutong, […]

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 […]