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THE BRUNEI TIMES | Saturday, 15 November, 2014
Saturday, 15 November, 2014 | THE BRUNEI TIMES
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(Above) Year Six graduates with their certificates in a group photo with members of SGS’s Board of Governors who include its chairman, Liew (front,
3rd L), the guest of honour, Education Officer, Private Education Section, MoE, Hjh Nooradinawati (Front, 4th R), Principal Janidi (Front, 3rd R), Deputy
Principal Mubarak (Front, 2nd R) and Head of Primary Ting (R). (Right) Indian dance performers in action and all decked out in colourful costumes. Pictures: Courtesy of SGS
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN
IT WAS a night to remember for 78 Year Six
pupils from St George’s School (SGS) as they
were recently honoured for their accomplishments during the year at the first ever graduation ceremony held for the last year of the
primary level.
The ceremony was part of the school’s twoday motivational camp for Year Six pupils as
part of their post Primary School Assessment
(PSR) examinations.
At the Star Lodge Hotel’s banquet hall,
graduates commenced the Year Six Graduation Night by marching down the aisle of the
hall accompanied by symphonic sounds of
the ‘Graduation March’ in the presence of 150
proud family members, teachers as well as
the guest of honour, Hjh Nooradinawati Hj
Zakaria, education officer, Private Education
Section, Ministry of Education (MoE).
Also in attendance were the Chairman of
Board of Governors, Anthony Liew and
spouse, members of the school Board, Principal Janidi Jingan, Deputy Principal N M
Mubarak and Head of Primary Alice Ting.
Aside from the handing of graduation certificates, the night also honoured top three
achievers in the school’s examination.
It was also enlivened with a variety of eye-
(From left to right) Students from Innova and PTES listening to the presentation given by one of the students of PTES; 'Tarian Qayyum' performed by the Traditional Dance Club of PTES; Sharing session
between Innova students and their Bruneian counterparts. Picture: BT/Azli Azney
S’pore Malay language students study visit to PTE Sengkurong
Azli Azney
BRUNEI-MUARA
IT was an exchange of cultures on Wednesday as students from the Malay Language
Elective Programme of Innova Junior College
from Singapore visited the Sengkurong Sixth
Form Centre.
Twenty-two students and four teachers
from the junior college — a governmental coeducational ‘A’-Level preparatory junior college located in Woodlands — spent the entire
morning at the sixth form centre to get a
taste of Bruneian culture and its education
system.
The students from Innova first attended a
lesson immersion in Advanced Level Bahasa
Melayu class where they watched a presentation from Lower Six Malay Language and Literature students.
They then proceeded to the multimedia
centre to watch Lower Six students performing “Tarian Qayyum”, a traditional
Bruneian dance, a poetry declamation and a
choir performance. In the second half of the
morning, the students attended a Malay literature writing workshop, ran by Hj Kula Hj Md
Noor, a Malay Language and Literature
Students and Lecturers from Politeknik Kota Bahru, (PKB) Kelantan and Maktab Teknik Sultan Saiful
Rijal (MTSSR). Picture: BT/Rebecca Oi
M’sian polytechnic joins MTSSR
in community outreach
Rebecca Oi
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN
DELEGATES from Politeknik Kota Bahru,
(PKB) Kelantan on Thursday joined in a community service outreach along with students
and teachers from Maktab Teknik Sultan
Saiful Rijal (MTSSR) at Pusat Ehsan.
Several activities were arranged by MTSSR
staff and students for the PKB group comprising 30 students and seven lecturers
during their visit to the Sultanate. One of
them was the visit to the special needs
centre.
During their visit, the students were given
the opportunity to mingle with the special
needs children in their classrooms while assisting the teachers during lessons.
The group also cleaned the garden and
children’s play area while giving a helping
hand at the Rehabilitation and Handicraft
centres. Head of Public Relations Unit Masfarizawati Hj Aminuddin told The Brunei Times
that the purpose of the visit to the centre was
to have a look at non-government organisations and centres of education and training,
as well as care centres in Brunei. The PKB students also joined in a Youth Workshop which
was facilitated by a MTSSR Counselor. They
were then brought to the Masjid Ash Shaliheen for Bertaafur followed by Takzirah,
which was presented by Ustaz Khairul Nazif.
The male staff and students of PKB also
stayed overnight to perform Qiammulail by
Ustaz Adi Aismat Lamat.
The Brunei Times
JOINING in the current ‘Go Green’ trend,
Sekolah Vokasional Sultan Bolkiah (SVSB) recently took to promoting habit of recycling at
the school.
A total of three recycling bins courtesy of
Daikyo Environmental Recycling Sdn Bhd
were placed at the school compound,
marking the first recycle activity to be organised at SVSB. One of the school clubs, known
as Environmental Awareness Initiative Team
organised the project as part of their ongoing
activities to provided awareness among students and staff in SVSB regarding their environment.
The team, which is led by one of the
teachers, Mohd Zainor Hj Zainal said that
they are trying to encourage people to do recycling.
As such, the programme aimed at staff,
teachers and students of SVSB to take up the
habit of recycling everyday items that can be
found and often used around at schools, such
as aluminium cans, glass and plastic bottles.
The recycling activity is one of the newest
initiatives made by the school club to cultivate green activities into the school. A series
of environmental-friendly projects will also
follow suit in order to continuosly instill the
nature to care for the environment among
the SVSB students and teachers, and hope
that the practice will be carried on not just in
school, but also at home and public places. –
Hafiizah Maideen
The Brunei Times
Members of Environment Awareness Initiatives Team of SVSB pose in front of their new recycling
bins provided by Daikyo Environmental as one of the school club's initiative to promote awareness
among the teachers and students to care for the nature and promote recycling habit. Picture:
BT/Hafiizah Maideen
Is cyber security important?
HOW aware are you in placing importance
on cyber security?
In today’s fast paced world where technology keeps innovating every few months,
consumers get easily enthralled by the
latest gadgets and apps and for a number of
them, they tend to forget that with the good
such as greater connectivity and interactivity, comes the bad in the form of
leaked personal and sensitive data among
others.
The Brunei Times asked members of the
public their opinions on the importance of
cyber security and advise on protecting
oneself in cyberspace.
The Brunei Times
Azli Azney
TUTONG
The SMSA team in a group photo during their study tour of Bukit Sawat. Picture: Courtesy of Md
Hazwan Suhaimy
SMSA gains insight on remote school
BELAIT
THE Sociology Department of Sayyidina Ali
Secondary School (SMSA) recently gained insight on education in remote areas during its
Teaching Outreach programme to a primary
school in the interiors of Belait.
Led by Head of Department Azean Hj Mohammad and accompanied by a Psychology
tutor, Asyraf Hj Yussof, the trip to Orang Kaya
Pemancha Berandai Primary School at Bukit
Sawat was not only aimed at enhancing students’ outlook of education in remote areas,
it was also to evaluate the compensatory education made available in such areas.
During the trip, students had the opportunity to interact with the primary students
whilst incorporating an educational based
activity ranging from colouring activities, pop
quiz and presentation about “Myself”.
Reflecting on the recent programme, Sherilyn Chua voiced out her opinions regarding
her experience. “Teaching the primary students of Bukit Sawat was truly a new and
great experience for me and my teammates.
It was exhilarating to learn about the different cultures and attitudes of the children.”
On the overall programme, a representative of the students as well as the Head of the
Student Representative Council Department,
Md Hazwan Suhaimy said, “It was definitely a
new experience for all of us to engage in the
remote areas such as Bukit Sawat. We were
enlightened by the students as well as the facilitator as we were treated with great hospitality.
The Brunei Times
Hjh Amal Asme
UBD graduate
“In my opinion, the awareness of cyber security is important as we
know that it involves protecting information by preventing,
detecting, and responding to attacks. And although most aspects
of our lives, including communications and education, rely on the
Internet and computers, we must be very careful when it comes to
using the Internet, especially social media as malicious intentions
are everywhere. Also, be aware of gadgets and apps as there are a
number that are designed to steal private and personal
information.”
to be proven wrong after spending four days
in the nation and has been enjoying the trip
so far. Ak Faiz Pg Saheffuldin, a lower six student at the sixth form centre, was happy to
have met a new friend from abroad.
“Other than the fact that we Bruneians are
a bit on the quiet side and the Singaporeans
are more inquisitive and chatty, I’m surprised
that we are the same,” he said, talking about
the exchange session they had with the
Singaporean students earlier where they
shared things such as their daily school life,
subjects and extracurricular activities.
The Brunei Times
AS THEIR final project for their Diploma in
Travel and Tourism Services in Maktab
Teknik Sultan Saiful Rijal (MTSSR), five students recently organised a tour of the Hana
Soy and World (B) Sdn Bhd (HSWB) factory at
the BINA Industrial Complex in Serambangun, Tutong.
Titled Culinary Tourism in Brunei, the students, led by Nurul Hamizah Nurdin, reached
out and promoted their tour through social
media and posters. As a result, a dozen
people from various institutions and professions joined the tour to take a look at how soy
drinks were made.
Prior to the tour, the group attended a
short presentation on the company. This was
then followed by a demonstration on how the
soy beans, non-GMO (genetically modified organism) beans imported from Canada, are
processed in the factory. They also got to taste
two versions of the Suku Suku drinks that
HSWB makes — the original version and the
other, a trial version.
The Brunei Times
A group photo of the visitors with the management of HSWB. Picture: BT/Azli Azney
Jiddah Grace Scott
Penuntut Sekolah Menengah Sayyidina
Hasan
Pictures: BT/Raghadah Agus
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN
teacher with the centre.
The Brunei Times spoke with a student from
both schools to get a sense of what they
learned from the visit. “We’re here not just to
see the tourist attractions of Brunei but to
also learn about the economy of Brunei and
the roles the youths play within the economy
and learn the difference between the Brunei
and Singapore educational systems,” said
Qidran, a 17-year-old student from Innova
and one of the two male students that were in
the delegation. A first time visitor to the Sultanate, Qidran has heard that there was not
much to do in the country but he was happy
Culinary Tourism Project
students tour Hana Soy
SVSB says yes to recycling
BELAIT
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SGS Year 6 pupils’ night of honour
catching performances from the students,
which included modern and Indian dances as
well as a Nasyid number.
But what brought beams and tears to the
faces and eyes of the primary teachers was
the farewell speech by Cely Jelita, a representative for the Year Six students, followed by a
farewell song sung by all the young graduates, which reflected grateful hearts for all
the help in overcoming the challenges.
Head of Primary, Ting, said the special celebration along with the camp were aimed at
giving pupils the experience of a milestone
event and the confidence to move ahead into
the secondary level of education, while establishing better relationship among teachers
and students.
Present to officiate the fun-filled camp
earlier on in the morning was President of
the School Board Bishop Cornelius Sim as
well as the chairman of the Board of Governors, the principal and deputy principal as
well as teachers of the school.
The motivational camp ended with an
awe-inspiring farewell. Each pupil was given
an ornamental piece as a gift of remembrance and in return, they embraced
teachers and each other with tearful eyes as
their parting gift.
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Ajeerah Hamdani
Penuntut Sekolah Menengah Sayyidina Hasan
“Evolusi teknologi maklumat dan komunikasi (ICT) masa kini
berkembang dengan begitu pesat dan telah mengubah gaya
hidup masyarakat dunia termasuk rakyat Brunei. Saya sendiri
juga menggunakan teknologi sebegini untuk melakukan kerja
sekolah saya. Sebagai seorang belia, saya mesti tahu batasbatas untuk menggunakan teknologi sebegini supaya tidak
terjerumus ke dalam hal yang tidak di ingini dan yang tidak
mendatangkan apa-apa faedah. "Nasihat saya bagi seorang
belia kepada belia yang lain, berhati-hatilah dalam menggunakan Internet dan jaringan sosial, jenayah siber boleh berlaku
dimana-mana dan ianya tidak mengenal sesiapa.”
“Keselamatan siber pada pendapat saya
memang sangat penting dan penggunaan
teknologi dan alam siber ini perlulah di awasi.
Di dalam era yang serba canggih dan moden
ini, banyak jenayah yang dapat dilakukan
melalui siber sebegini seperti penipuan,
penggodaman dan lain-lain lagi. Oleh itu,
kesedaran mengenai keselamatan siber
perlulah di ambil berat. Dengan adanya
kesedaran sebegini dapat meningkatkankesedaran orang ramai mengenai keselamatan
siber dan dalam mendidik masyarakat Brunei
mengenai kepentingan keselamatan siber serta
tatacara penggunaan Internet secara positif
dan berhemah.”