Intervention classes for dyslexic students at reform schools

KOTA PADAWAN: Intervention classes will be provided for juvenile students at Sekolah Integriti and Sekolah Henry Gurney who are troubled by learning difficulties or dyslexia. The Ministry of Women, Early Childhood, and Community Well-being Development said it is ready to continue its collaboration with the Sarawak Prisons Department on this matter. Its Minister Datuk Seri […]

Dyslexic youth makes good as chef, café operator

By Nurqalby Mohd Reda KUALA LUMPUR: Amer Adham Kamaruddin constantly felt inferior and miserable when he was in primary school because he could not keep up with his classmates in learning. At the age of eight, he still could not read and write fluently. By then, he was diagnosed with dyslexia but he continued to […]

Free books on dyslexia at Pustaka

MIRI: Pustaka Negeri Sarawak, Miri branch, here is offering free books on dyslexia for those with dyslexic children. To get the free books, all they have to do is to register as Pustaka member. According to a spokesperson of the Sarawak Library Miri at Jalan Kipas here, they are giving those books for free to […]

Three books for dyslexic children to be launched

KUCHING: Pustaka Negeri Sarawak will be launching three books for dyslexic children during the third Sarawak Authors Festival 2020 from Aug 27- 29. Its chief executive officer Dr Rashidah Bolhassan said the books published by Pustaka were part of its Corporate Social Responsibility initiative in raising public awareness of dyslexia. “The books will be donated […]

Dyslexic children need early intervention

MELAKA: Parents with dyslexic children are advised to seek advice from experts as early as possible. They are also told to find support groups to help monitor their children’s development especially in terms of learning. Norliza Abdul Wahid, 42, whose eight-year-old son suffers from the condition said it was important to have an early diagnosis and get […]

Donate to DASwk centre this Christmas

KUCHING: With Christmas just days away, why not make your celebration a meaningful one by giving back to society?  Just two days ago, the earth-breaking for the Dyslexia Association of Sarawak’s (DASwk) new Learning and Resource Centre in Desa Wira, Batu Kawa was held. However, the association still needs RM2.5 million more for the completion […]

Bigger centre for more dyslexic children

KUCHING: Once a new Learning and Resource Centre in Desa Wira, Batu Kawa is completed, it will serve and cater to more dyslexic local children and those from outside this city. The RM3.5-million building will have ten classrooms. There will also be hostels for rural kids. Presently the Dyslexia Association of Sarawak (DASwk) has only […]

Dyslexic children need intervention programmes

KUCHING: Dyslexic children should be given proper intervention programmes so that they would not drop out of school due to marginalisation, said Sarawak Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg. He said society should understand that dyslexia is not mental retardation but is just a learning disability marked by difficulty in reading, writing, spelling […]