Kata-kata motivasi semasa menghadapi kesusahan yang dipetik dari Al-Quran

Kata-kata motivasi semasa menghadapi kesusahan yang dipetik dari Al-Quran

Surah Al-Baqarah ayat 286

Perpaduan Nadi Transformasi Negara

1. Saya mengucapkan selamat Maal Hijrah 1437H @ 2015M kepada semua.

2. Tema sambutan Maal Hijrah 1437H ialah "Perpaduan Nadi Transformasi Negara"

http://www.islam.gov.my/

Kaji selidik Kepuasan Pengguna Malaysia

Kaji selidik Kepuasan Pengguna Malaysia

Layari portal rasmi Kementerian Pendidikan Malaysia http://www.moe.gov.my/
untuk maklumat lanjut mengenai Kaji Selidik ini seperti tarikh tutup, kelayakan, terma dan syarat dll.

Kaji selidik Kepuasan Pengguna Malaysia ini dianjurkan oleh Multimedia Development Corporation Sdn Bhd (MDeC) bagi mengukur tahap kepuasan pengguna terhadap perkhidmatan kerajaan, dan untuk mengenalpasti tahap penggunaan kaunter berbanding dengan perkhidmatan dalam talian.

Cabutan Bertuah ini dianjurkan bagi menyokong Kaji selidik Kepuasan Pengguna Malaysia.

6. Hadiah:

6.1 Senarai Hadiah adalah seperti berikut: -

(a) Dua (2) Hadiah Utama = Setiapnya terdiri daripada satu (1) unit Apple Macbook Pro 13"
(b) Empat (4) Hadiah tempat ke- 2 = Setiapnya terdiri daripada satu (1) unit Apple iPhone 6 atau Samsung S6 Edge
(c) Enam (6) Hadiah tempat ke- 3 = Setiapnya terdiri daripada satu (1) unit Go Pro atau Play Station 4
(d) Lapan (8) Hadiah tempat ke- 4 = Setiapnya terdiri daripada satu (1) unit Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 atau Xiaomi MiPad
(e) Dua Ratus (200) Hadiah Sagu Hati:
• Lima puluh (50) baucer dari Lazada bernilai RM200 setiap satu
• Lima puluh (50) baucer dari AEON bernilai RM200 setiap satu
• Lima puluh (50) baucer dari Parkson bernilai RM200 setiap satu
• Lima puluh (50) baucer dari Isetan bernilai RM200 setiap satu

University in Putrajaya and Pahang competitive in getting their students into the workforce

I found this article in The Star Online dated Monday 5th October 2015

For parents who are concerned about the children securing work upon graduating there are some habits you can inculcate in your children even before they begin their tertiary education.

You can mirror the activities undertaken by these universities, in a smaller scale, probably at low cost or no cost, at home. Imagination and creativity is all you need.

I provide the link to the actual article here as well as the full article below.

http://www.thestar.com.my/Metro/Community/2015/10/05/Shaping-nationbuilding-graduates-University-in-Putrajaya-and-Pahang-competitive-in-getting-their-stu/

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BUILDING a nation begins with building every individual human being.

Knowing that classroom education alone is insufficient, Universiti Tenaga Nasional (Uniten) has designed programmes to ensure students are not just employable but valuable towards building Malaysia.

Boasting a 97.7% employability rate, Uniten vice-chancellor Prof Ir Dr Kamal Nasharuddin Mustapha said the university was highly competitive in getting their graduates into the workforce.

“The employability measurement is conducted by Higher Education Ministry based on six months after the students graduate.

“So far, our graduates have not had any trouble in securing jobs in multinational companies locally and overseas,” he said.

Thanks to industrial training projects that tie in with Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB), known as the “Better, Brighter” programme, Prof Kamal said all Uniten graduates were equipped with soft and leadership skills following their four to five-year programmes.

“In our graduate requirements, each student must not only participate actively in academic activities but also co-curricular.

“Each semester, they are required to gather 10 points and it will be captured in a system called SCORUN. We have been using this system since 2012.

“As of August 2015, Uniten has produced 22,370 graduates,” he said.

Holistically building a healthy environment to surround its staff and students, Prof Kamal said each student at Uniten helped businesses in the vicinity blossom.

“If each student spends RM20 a day on meals at food outlets in Putrajaya and RM120 a month on accommodation, it will add up to close to RM10.6mil in economic activity.

“More food outlets and properties will develop in the area to meet to the rising demand from students,” he said.

Operating in two campuses, namely Uniten Putrajaya and Uniten Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah in Pahang, the university looks after 12,416 Malaysian and international students.

Housing a total of five faculties or – as they term it – colleges, Uniten offers 50 courses in engineering, IT, business management and accounting, graduate studies as well as foundation and general studies.

Prof Kamal said the university was looking at expanding its facilities.

“We have received RM64.7mil from TNB to upgrade our facilities over the next two years to improve Uniten into a more vibrant campus.

“With the budget, we will build a sports centre and an additional multipurpose hall for the campus in Pahang besides upgrading 100 classrooms to be multimedia-friendly,” he said, adding that he hoped to encourage a “green campus environment at both the branches as well.”

Currently at 251st in the QS University Rankings (Asia), Prof Kamal said the university intended to improve its rankings internationally by 2020 with a systematic plan.

While the Education Ministry is in constant worry of brain drain, Uniten cuts the risk with attractive student exchange programmes and adjunct lecturers comprising TNB and other industry-trained professionals.

“Personally, I would advise students to get as much work experience as they can abroad and then come back to contribute to Malaysia.

Prishanthini (left) and Cheong (right) are happy to be studying at Uniten because of its holistic education and nurturing environment.

“There must always be loyalty and consistency when you work for an organisation.

“They must learn to stay and work for at the very least three to five years. But they should return to help grow the country.

“We at Uniten are very proud of what we have achieved, but we are not going to rest on our laurels.

“We are going to keep working very hard to be the top-ranking university internationally and produce more employable graduates,” he said.

Uniten’s holistic education and nurturing environment is reflected in its scholars.

Yayasan Tenaga Nasional scholarship recipient Jason Cheong, 20, is looking forward to being part of the student mobility programme to Germany in his next semester.

“Being raised by a single mother, I am very grateful to TNB for helping to fund my education,” he said.

Pursuing his second year in Computer Science degree with a major in system networking, the scholar is at the top of his game in class and in co-curricular activities.

“Malaysia lacks talent in the field of security and proper networking and that is where I want to contribute.

“I want to work closely with the Government and provide expertise as we need to have stronger IT security systems.

“TNB is a big company with a lot of international corporation links and opportunities, I am excited to work for them because I believe it will help me grow in this field,” said the student who maintains a CGPA 3.98 each semester.

Though it was her father’s suggestion to join Uniten, Prishanthini Manoharan, 22, said she had no regrets.

“It is like being in a pressure cooker, but in a good way.

“Studying here has improved my ability to solve problems and to think critically.

“After a year of working experience, I want to do my Masters and hopefully I can do it at Uniten as well,” said the final-year student who is pursuing a degree in IT and majoring in graphics and multimedia.

Learning English five years ago upon arriving in Malaysia from Hadramawt, Yemen, Business Management PhD student Abbod Al Tamimi, 36, found a home at the Putrajaya campus.

“I feel like I am part of this place. It will be very difficult for me when I leave because I am close to all the lecturers, staff and students here,” said the postgraduate student who also pursued his Masters in Business Administration at Uniten.

Solat dan kesihatan

Selamat Hari Raya Aidiladha 1436H

Saya mengucapkan Selamat Hari Raya Aidiladha 1436H kepada semua umat Islam di mana sahaja anda berada.

Kisah transformasi SMK Tropicana

1. Saya kongsikan kisah transformasi pendidikan yang berlaku di SMK Tropicana.

2. Kisah ini dipetik di ruang Education dalam akhbar The Star Online.

http://www.thestar.com.my/News/Education/2015/09/20/School-heads-triumphant-tale/

3. Saya kongsikan juga artikel penuh SMK Tropicana di sini untuk kemudahan bacaan pembaca blog ini.

4. Semoga kisah SMK Tropicana menjadi panduan berguna untuk mana-mana pihak yang ingin mentransformasi institusi pendidikan mereka.

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Ruth Cheah has a reason to share her story. She managed to turn around a school that was failing badly to one that is making tremendous progress in just three years!

IT was dangerously close to being the lowest ranking school in the country.

In fact, SMK Tropicana was marked as a Band Five school and ranked in the bottom 12% nationwide.

All this changed when Ruth Cheah Kah Yok, 59, stepped in as the principal in 2012.

SMK Tropicana now ranks 819 out of the 2,300 schools in the country.

“That’s a jump of 1,202 spots!” she exclaims.

Cheah is quick to point out that it has not been an easy climb over the short time period. She shares that when she first stepped foot in the school, vandalism and gangsterism were rife.

“Staff morale was low and teachers discouraged, because the children were all so rude,” she says.

It was so bad that teachers sometimes dreaded coming to work. Cheah describes the situation in the school then as a “broken culture”.

Her definition of “broken culture” is where school furniture, including its fittings such as fans and plug points, were damaged.

“Chairs, tables, switches, doors ... you name it, all were probably faulty or badly vandalised, they were useless.

“The doors were punched through and the plug points were dangling from the walls. It was so bad that I was embarrassed to take visitors around the school,” she says.

Cheah says the majority of the pupils come from nearby Kampung Cempaka, a Chinese village where the majority of the residents are from the lower-income group.

“Many of the parents work as hawkers and spend so much time trying to make ends meet, they neglect their children,” she says, adding that some of the students even work at their parents’ stalls after school to supplement the family income.

Cheah believes she was sent to head the school for a reason – she had the experience and talent to raise the school’s rankings.

Her 25 years as SMK Damansara Jaya principal stood her in good stead and would certainly see her bring positive changes to a school that was in the bottom rung.

Looking back, Cheah says it wasn’t easy. Her close friends had advised her against taking up the position, but she saw it as a challenge.

When asked how she persevered when things became tough, she leaves it to divine intervention.

“I believe I got my strength from God and prayer,” she says.

When Cheah first stepped foot into the school, she says she had to quickly diagnose the situation and come up with a plan to “fix things”.

“I had to figure out what actually caused the school to drop so far in its rankings. Why the teachers were so down. Why those in charge could not make headway in the school,” she adds.

One of the first things she did was to seek help from non-governmental organisations (NGOs) by sending them pictures of the school and every broken item in it.

“I knew I could not do this alone,” she says.

Next, she reached out to the parents by sending a letter in both Bahasa Malaysia and Mandarin.

Surprisingly, she received RM17,000 from the first collection drive and she says the first item on her agenda was to instal grilles in the school.

“I needed the grilles (which were installed at the base of each staircase) to prevent the students from freely roaming around the school,” she says.

She emphasises that she needed to control the students’ movements if she wanted to instil law and order back in the school. She also had new doors and even added grilles on the classroom doors and windows. There was also enough money to change all the electrical switches and paint over the graffitied walls. Companies and NGOs also stepped in to help with the painting, with volunteers even showcasing their creativity on the murals dotting the school walls.

Fixing the school’s outward appearance was easy. But changing the mindsets of students proved to be the biggest challenge. After meeting with her fellow educators, they came up with a discipline guidebook that clearly spells out all school rules and regulations. It included a demerits that would be handed out if the rules were broken.

Cheah says it was important that a demerit system was introduced, before a merit system.

“I needed to lay down the law,” she explains.

She also says that when she disciplined the students, she would receive backlash from some parents. There were some who were willing to see and listen to reason, but there were plenty who accused her of being too harsh. Still, she says, she persevered as she insists the school is not a “babysitting service”.

“ A school is an institution where a teacher teaches and a student listens and learns. If these two basic functions are not carried out, then this is not a school,” she says.

Cheah is not without a heart. She made it a point to provide spare school uniforms and school shoes to students who would come in tattered uniforms or slippers because their only pair of shoes were wet.

“You must understand that these are poor children,” she says, adding that she also managed to convince a local NGO to provide free breakfast to 50 poor students every day.

All her hard work paid off as in under six months, the school received an award for the highest jump in the PMR 2012 results.

Parents were also asking to enrol their children in the school - a place they once tried to avoid. It really boosted the teachers’ morale and they are now inspired to teach and go the extra mile.
She thanks the school’s teachers and staff, for without them she says “this success story would not have been possible”.