KUCHING: A decision of the Education Ministry not to close the 21 institutes of teacher education (ITE) in the country is strongly supported by the Congress of Unions of Teachers in the Malaysian Education Service. Its president, Anuar Hussin, said the teacher training system and additional training still requires the
KUCHING: The Democratic Action Party (DAP) is not qualified to speak on behalf of Sarawakians. This is an opinion of the supporting board chief of the Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (Parti Islam Se-Malaysia — PAS) Sarawak, Achau Mujah. “DAP was the only component party of Pakatan Harapan (PH) that went on
SRI AMAN: Students should strive for holistic excellence through the Physical, Emotional, Spiritual and Intellectual (Jeri) concept. Assistant Minister for Community Wellbeing Datuk Francis Harden Hollis said the Jeri concept aimed at producing quality human capital. “Quality human capital is capable of improving the quality of life of a family
KUCHING: The Congress of Unions of Employees in the Public and Civil Services (Cuepacs) Malaysia wants a collective agreement (CA) with the government on salary increases for civil servants. Its president Datuk Azih Muda said Cuepacs would bring up the issue with the Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad and
KUCHING: The Congress of Unions of Employees in the Public and Civil Service (Cuepacs) Malaysia has appealed to the government not to shut down the 33 established training institutions under the Ministry of Health (MoH). Its president Datuk Azih Muda pointed out that of today, seven to nine of them
BY ALLAN JAY KUCHING: The people of Sri Aman ought to stay indoors due to the dangerous air quality outside their houses. As of 5pm yesterday, the Air Pollution Index Monitoring Station (APIMS) in Sri Aman recorded a reading of 407 which is in the hazardous air quality level. The
SRI AMAN: The operation to put out fires at Kampung STC here went into its fifth day yesterday. Operation commander Tiong Ling Hii said 37 firemen and 14 members of the Malaysian Armed Forces (MAF) were involved in the operation. The men were divided into three sectors — Sector A
KUCHING: The Association of Iban Community Leaders in Kuching City (Pemaik) has been told to work closely with any non-governmental organisation (NGO) interested in helping Iban squatters in the city. “The NGOs…they will have some programmes to help. Such cooperation and ties should be sought after and nurtured,” said Deputy
KUCHING: The unhealthy air quality throughout the state has caused a total of 1,037 schools to be closed down yesterday. The number comprises 136 secondary schools and 901 primary schools involving 325,391 students. A statement from the state Education Department said the schools are located in 20 education districts (PPD).
KUCHING: Politics will be put aside when any issue on education surfaces, said Education Minister Dr Maszlee Malik. “As I have mentioned before, my ministry emphasises a lot on education and making sure that the children and teachers get the proper and quality infrastructure. “I have told Michael Manyin this,