Education trip to help pupils prepare for UPSR
KOTA KINABALU: La Salle Alumni, SEEDS and IIUM Alumni (Sabah Chapter) organised an educational trip to SK Malinsau Ranau on August 28.
The trip was organised in conjunction with the school’s programme for Primary Six pupils in their preparation for the UPSR examinations.
The special slot called ‘Pecutan Akhir UPSR’, was a series of motivation programmes targeting rural schools organised by the La Salle alumni’s education bureau headed by Dr Rafiq Idris, a senior lecturer at Faculty of Business, Economics and Accountancy, Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS).
Besides Dr Rafiq, the programme was collectively handled by the school teacher John Paisal Sadeh, the organisation counselor of Sabah State Education Department, Rafley Abd Rasit (UMS) and teacher Hairin Mahat.
According to Dr Rafiq, the programme hoped to help students to better prepare for the UPSR examinations.
“The school has been very supportive and its headmaster Jamain Abd Halim and assistant headmaster Dahim Hj Rahim were gracious,” he said.
With regard to the program’s theme, it emphasised on their strategies in the UPSR examinations.
“Different activities were also conducted during the half-day programme which included motivation talks and group discussions with facilitators among others.”
This was the third such programme under this educational trip at SK Malinsau with more programmes for students being lined up by the bureau.
Dr Rafiq emphasised that the Association of Ex-Students of La Salle and Sacred Heart, IIUM Alumni (Sabah Chapter) and SEEDS were very concerned about the education performance of pupils in Sabah and were committed in organising more voluntary motivation programmes in rural areas this year.