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Students celebrating Eid on campus

KUCHING: There will be more than 1,000 Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (Unimas) students who will be staying put on campus during the Hari Raya Aidilfitri holidays. Unimas Global Strategic Communication and Branding’s deputy director Dr Ernisa Marzuki said out of the 1,662 students, 848 are Sarawakians, 504 from Peninsular Malaysia, Sabah (174), international students (130) and […]

Encouraging response to blood donation drive

KUCHING: The blood donation programme at Politeknik Kuching Sarawak (PKS) received an encouraging response, with 46 donors consisting of staff members and students coming forward to bleed for a good cause. The programme was organised by the Department of Transfusion Services and Blood Bank, Sarawak General Hospital (SGH) in collaboration with the Student Representative Council […]

MBKS donates food aid to quarantined students

KUCHING: The students quarantined at SMK Tabuan Jaya received food aid from Kuching South City Council (MBKS). Its Mayor Datuk Wee Hong Seng together with Zone 4 chairman Cr Iskandar Sharkawi and Tay Motor Sdn Bhd managing director Aaron Tay handed over food aids to the school’s teacher Azmi Seruji,  acting as representative today (April […]

Financial aid available for TAR UC students

KUCHING: Tunku Abdul Rahman University College (TAR UC) has various kinds of financial aid for students during these trying times. The Prihatin Flexi Payment Plan, introduced in 2021, provides greater flexibility in the payment of first semester fees. Students only need to make an initial payment of RM263 to begin their tertiary education at TAR […]

Students share orchid research at virtual world conference

KUCHING: Four 16-year-old students of Maktab Rendah Sains Mara (MRSM) Kuching presented their research on one of Sarawak’s endangered orchid species at the 23rd World Orchid Conference (WOC) in Taiwan last Sunday (April 26).  The conference was held virtually from April 23 to 26. The students were Sarawakians Alwinchel Lovinner Douglas, Humaira Hossain, Nur Husnina […]

76 undergo swab tests after three students test positive

SIBU: State Health director Dr Chin Zin Hing confirmed that 76 teachers and students of SJKC Tung Hua here underwent the Covid-19 swab tests on Monday (March 22). Three students tested positive for Covid-19 on Sunday (March 21) and subsequently, the school was ordered to close the following day. “Seventy-six teachers and students from the […]

New initiative to help slow learners

KUCHING: Assistant Minister of Education, Science and Technological Research Dr Annuar Rapaee said that he will propose to the Sarawak government on ways to help students especially slow learners struggling with online learning during the Covid-19 pandemic. He said that home-based teaching and learning (PdPR) sessions were not only affecting students in the rural areas […]

Traffic light for safety of students, teachers

MIRI: Transport Minister Datuk Lee Kim Shin has proposed that a pedestrian traffic light be installed in front of Riam Road Secondary School (RRSS). “I’ve suggested to the Public Works Department (JKR) Miri to install a pedestrian traffic light for the safety of students, teachers, parents, and road users,” he said when met on Monday […]

Hard for many to adapt to online learning

BY CRYSTAL WONG KUCHING: It is challenging for many students to adapt to an online learning environment immediately after traditional classroom learning.  “My kids find it too comfortable to study at home. There are many other issues such as technical difficulties and time management.” said Catherine Wong, 41, an accountant and mother of a Form Three […]

Students, KPJ Miri contribute to the less fortunate

MIRI: Three inspiring 17-year-old students started their own non-profitable charity donation to help the less fortunate people in Lapok area here. The students are known as Emma, Sonia and Janoniva from St Columba’s National Secondary School. Hearing this, KPJ Miri Specialist Hospital offered a helping hand in the programme which seeks to share the joy […]