School-based assessment best approach
BY NURQALBY MOHD REDA Empowering the school-based assessment (PBS) and the classroom assessment (PBD) starting this year has been described as the best approach in developing students holistically. Assoc Prof Dr Azlin Norhaini Mansor, senior lecturer at the Centre Department of Education Leadership and Policy of Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) said this is because the assessments would emphasise various aspects including physical, spiritual and intellectual compared […]
Duo makes Sibu, Sarawak proud
SELANGOR: Two Sibu girls, Claudya Luncha Julin and Ayuna Yussoff, have made the town and Sarawak proud by receiving the Tun Abdul Razak Award and Anugerah Di Raja respectively for their excellent academic achievements during the 48th Convocation ceremony of Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia’s (UKM) on Saturday (April 3). Claudya, 25, who hails from Taman Grand […]
Dr Noor Hisham awarded Honorary Doctorate in Leadership in Public Health
KUALA LUMPUR: Health director-genera Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah was conferred the honorary doctorate in Leadership in Public Health in conjunction with the 48th convocation of Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM). The scroll was presented to him by UKM chancellor Tuanku Muhriz Almarhum Tuanku Munawir yesterday. In a posting on his Twitter yesterday, Dr Noor […]
Safeguarding against heatstroke during hot spell
By Sakini Mohd Said KUALA LUMPUR: The hot spell Malaysia is currently experiencing may be a yearly phenomenon but it is something the public should not take lightly as it can have serious implications on their health. Continuous exposure to high temperatures over long periods can be fatal as it can lead to heatstroke. Community […]
Right time to reopen schools
KUALA LUMPUR: Is it wise to reopen schools when four-digit new Covid-19 cases are still being reported daily nationwide? Unhappy over the government’s decision to reopen schools for face-to-face teaching and learning sessions beginning today, many netizens have been flooding social media, as well as the Ministry of Education’s (MOE) Facebook account, with their comments […]
Not using national curriculum wouldn’t go against Act
INTERNATIONAL SECONDARY SCHOOLS KUCHING: Association of the Boards of Management of Aided Chinese Primary Schools in Kuching, Samarahan and Serian Divisions president Jonathan Chai has dismissed an academician’s claim that the setting up of international secondary schools in the state would contradict the provisions of the Education Act 1996 should it not adopt the national […]
Appreciation of Rukun Negara to be instill in Pre-School
KUALA LUMPUR: Understanding and appreciating the Rukun Negara should start as early as the pre-school level so that it can be in harmony with the identity of every Malaysian citizen, said Distinguished Prof. Datuk Dr Shamsul Amri Baharuddin. The founding director of the Institute of Ethnic Studies (KITA) Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) said the appreciation […]
Using IR4.0 apps to combat Covid-19
BY KURNIAWATI KAMARUDIN KUALA LUMPUR: Industrial Revolution 4.0 applications are currently being deployed by several countries to track and contain the Covid-19 pandemic. China, for example, has been making use of its technological resources to devise more effective tools to study the novel coronavirus, as well as create innovative enforcement and disease monitoring applications, to […]
Airborne route still under study
BY KURNIAWATI KAMARUDIN KUALA LUMPUR: In any outbreak of a viral infection, it is important to identify the exposure route or pathway of the virus to humans. In the case of Covid-19 – which has claimed the lives of thousands of people worldwide – the coronavirus that causes the disease is known to be transmitted […]
It is smart economics: Economist Analyst
KUCHING: Expanding the state’s economic stimulus package, Sarawakku Sayang Special Aid package, would be more extraordinary by outlining specific measures of the long-term effect for the post-movement restriction order. Lauding the package as smart economics, fellow of Akademi Sains Malaysia Assoc Prof Dr Madeline Berma explained that the implementation of using the expansionary fiscal policy […]
