Category: Young Perak
Total Empowerment Camp Huge Success
After a lapse of nearly 10 years, EWRF (Educational, Welfare and Research Foundation) Ipoh Branch successfully conducted the Total Empowerment Camp for a group of post-UPSR students at Sekolah Jenis Kebangsaan (Tamil) Kerajaan, Jalan Sungai Pari, Buntong, Ipoh recently. The objective of the Camp was to improve the level of English among Tamil school students [...]
Youth Moral Development Camp
Hindu Sevai Sangam conducted a nine-day Youth Moral Development Camp for secondary school children. Sixty seven boys and girls attended the camp which was held in SJK(T) Kerajaan, Jalan Sungai Pari. Guru Ramaji, Spiritual Head and Founder of the Sangam, conducted the camp. He was assisted by six volunteers from the organisation and the daily [...]
Polytechnic’s Entry among Winners
Polytechnic Ungku Omar (PUO) Ipoh participated in the recently concluded Amphibious Vehicle Contest 2011 held at the National Science Centre, Bukit Kiara. The contest, backed by the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation, was to pick the best entry from among the many institutions of higher learning in the country. Some 33 teams from institutions [...]
Children’s Day Colouring Contest
In conjunction with Children’s Day, Sri Murugan Centre (SMC) organised a colouring contest for children below 12 years old. More than 300 children took part in the contest held at SJK (T) Kerajaan, Jalan Sungai Pari. K. Nachemutu, Co-ordinator SMC Perak, said that the purpose of the contest was to bring out the artistic talent [...]
Tadika Adik Bistharii Graduation 2011
Twenty-two students from Tadika Adik Bistharii graduated and received their certificates upon completing the K2 programme from Datin Thavamani Thambhipillay, Chairperson Board of Governors, at the Royal Ipoh Club. Tadika Adik Bis-tharii (TAB), established in 2001 by Pushpa Jeyasingam, strongly believes in providing young children with programmes that build community support, respect for diversity and [...]
Ipoh – Fukuoka Exchange
A simple ceremony was held at Dewan Azlan Shah, Bangunan MBI, Ipoh, recently, to kick start an exchange programme between students of Ipoh and that of its sister city, Fukuoka, Japan. The eight Form 4 students from Ipoh are Nur Wajihah Khalipsa and Nur Ayuni Mohd. Salleh of SMK Raja Perempuan, Mohd. Danial Zakaria of [...]
Speaking Out
Five sixth-formers from St Michael’s Institution, Ipoh, did their school proud when they came out top in the video clip category of The Star Newspaper-in-Education (NiE) Mag Inc 2011 Competition, which was endorsed by the Education Ministry. The theme of the competition was “Speak Out!” The video, entitled “Stereotyping”, by team SPLOOSH, comprising Mabel Low, [...]
Pre-schoolers ‘Graduate’
Some 100 pre-schoolers received their graduation certificates from Encik Aznan Hj Alias, Deputy Director of Education Perak during a concert held in their honour. They were students of Tadika Kinderjoy, Ipoh who had put up a superb show of on-stage talent for the benefit of parents and guests, numbering over a thousand. The end-of-term show [...]
Debut Performance
Thirteen-year old Vanya Verma, an Indian national residing in Ipoh, is a Year 10 student at the Ipoh International School. But unlike other 13-year olds who more commonly spend their time on Facebook and hanging out, she recently performed her Bharatanatyam arangetram accompanied by accomplished musicians. Bharatanatyam is an Indian Classical dance. Arangetram is the [...]
Alumni-Owned Cyber Café
Mindful of the problems students of Polytechnic Ungku Omar (PUO), Ipoh face whenever in need of computers and the Internet to complete their written assignments, members of the polytechnic’s alumni chipped in to build a cyber café within the campus. This is the first ever cyber café to be built in any polytechnic in the [...]
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