Lee: Adopt holistic approach to nurture students
MIRI: School boards of management should adopt a holistic educational approach to nurture students instead of just academic study.
Assistant Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture Datuk Lee Kim Shin in proposing this said that it would be unfair to evaluate students based on academic performance alone. Holistic approach in education encourages schools to focus on students’ sports and co-curriculum performances too.
He said this when officiating at the earth-breaking ceremony for Riam Road Secondary School (RRSS) new building block project here yesterday.
“What we need are future leaders who do well in academic results with the ability to socialise and have good personal attributes,” Lee added.
He lauded RRSS for its continuous efforts to upgrade the school’s facilities to facilitate students’ development in academic, sports and cocurriculum.
“In the effort to raise the standard of education, it is important to ensure that quality is delivered not only through your teaching methods but also having the necessary facilities in school.
“RRSS has produced a lot of excellent students because of the school’s effort which contributes to the students doing exceptionally well,” Lee said.
The Sarawak government, he added, has also been helping Chinese independent schools as part of its promises and will continue to do so.
“We are proud to say that Sarawak government is delivering its promise accordingly to earn the people’s trust and will continue to work hard in that direction,” he said.
After the ceremony, Lee visited the new seven-storey building that is almost completed. The RM15 million building will be able to accommodate local and foreign students early next year.
Thereafter, he officiated at the earth-breaking ceremony of a project to build Block F witnessed by RRSS school board of directors chairman Datuk Seri Law Kiu Kiong, deputy chairman Dato Sri Lau Hieng Su and chief exexcutive officer Dato’ Dr Fong Onn Min as well as other invited guests.
The new building block which is now in phase two is scheduled to be completed by 2021 to cater to the expected increase in the number of students in the next ten years.