Four schools to represent south zone in Consumers Club Interactive Challenge
KUCHING: SMK Kuching High, SMK Datuk Patinggi Abdul Gapor, SMK Tun Abang Hj Openg and SMK Pesantren Abdul Taib Mahmud will represent the South Zone at the Sarawak-level School Consumers Club Consumers Interactive Challenge 2018 on Aug 19.
This follows the achievements of the four secondary schools which won fi rst, second, third and fourth place respectively in the challenge for South Zone, which was held at Reservoir Park here yesterday.
The champion, SMK Kuching High, took home RM200, trophy and certificates while second and third place winners SMK Datuk Patinggi Abdul Gapor and SMK Tun Abang Hj Openg took RM160 and RM120 respectively in addition to trophy and certificates.
According to the director of the Ministry of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs (Sarawak) Dato Stanley Tan, the challenge was participated by 27 secondary schools and 108 students.
He said the challenge for North Zone was held on July 19 involving 14 schools, with the top four winners chosen to compete at the Sarawak level.
“The challenge has chosen the best eight schools to compete at Sarawak-level on Aug 19 and, the school which emerges as the champion will represent Sarawak at the national level,” he told a press conference after presenting prizes to the winners, witnessed by Kuching District deputy education officer Chen Fei Ming.
Tan also called on all schools in Sarawak to set up their respective Consumers Club to expand consumerism programmes among students.
“The Consumers Club Interactive Challenge, which was set up in 1996, is one of the platforms of the ministry in collaboration with Sarawak Education Department to provide students with knowledge on consumerism.
“Wewant ourstudents to be aware and become smart consumers,” he said, and expressed the hope that more schools would participate in the challenge next year.