FREE E-TUITION FOR STUDENTS
Anwar launches pdtuition.com set up by PTAs and NGOs for PD students
SCHOOLGOERS in Port Dickson can now receive free e-coaching lessons outside the classroom. The e-tuition portal pdtuition.com was set up by Parents and Teachers Associations and non-governmental organisations and launched by Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim when on the hustings yesterday.
The Port Dickson by-election candidate said the initiative would benefit students.
Anwar described his stint as the education minister years ago as the most rewarding and fulfilling cabinet post. He acknowledged the value of having good teachers and drew on the role played by Tan Sri Dr Abdul Rahman Arshad, who taught him during his schooldays at the Malay College Kuala Kangsar.
“He (Dr Abdul Rahman) is an example of a great teacher who is strict yet his love for his students was exceptional. During interschool debating events, I would hitch a ride in his car.”
Dr Rahman, who was at the event, said he would sometimes reprimand Anwar in his dormitory for his misconduct.
Anwar previously worked with Dr Rahman when he was the education minister at the time when the latter was the ministry’s director-general.
“I would like to pay tribute to the teachers and parents here,” Anwar said, adding that he hoped students and teachers would benefit from the online tuition portal. The portal is accessible to primary and secondary students from national schools, as well as Chinese and Tamil vernacular schools.