Excellent awards for 46 students
KOTA KINABALU: Children are the future leaders of of our country, and as such parents and teachers have the responsibility to ensure that our children are raised and molded into successful and responsible members of the society by guiding them to achieve their full potentials.
Parti Bersatu Sabah cum Sustainable Energy Development Authority (SEDA) Malaysia chairman Datuk Dr Yee Moh Chai said this during SJKC Shan Tao Children’s Day Celebration.
“In today’s competitive world, children are subjected to stress and pressure from an early age. Children’s stress could come from their family, school, friends and other factors,” he added.
“As such we need to be aware and not put undue pressure and stress on our children by demanding them to excel academically by studying all day, there must always be balance between study and play time, often we as adults tend to forget that we must give time for our children to be children, a time to play and explore and enjoy their childhood, so that they will grow up normal, healthy and happy,” said Yee.
He also called on parents and teachers to work together to ensure that the children are able to cope with their studies and to always give them encouragement.
During the Children’s Day celebration, 46 students were also awarded with the Excellent Student Awards.
Also present during the Children’s Day Celebration were SJKC Shan Tao Board of Governors chairman Augustine Lee, chairman of Kung Shan Alumni Fung Chun Fatt, president of the Parent-Teacher Association Belfred Ho and headmaster Goh Teck Seng.