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Scarborough student balances school and welding business 8 Hrs Ago Dejean Lewis company offers a wide range of services, including welding; fabrication; restorating and repairing gates; burglarproofing, railings; custom builds and designs. Photo courtesy Scarborough Secondary Alumni Scarborough Secondary student Dejean Lewis, 18, has been described as a role model for other young people. With excellent school grades, his own business and a plan for his career, he seems to fit that description p...

JOHOR BARU: More than 800 students of Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) have expressed their intention to return home for Hari Raya, according to its deputy vice-chancellor (student affairs) Prof Dr Shamsul Sahibuddin. He said this was based on special forms filled up by some 25% of the 3,200 students in the campus who wished to make the Hari Raya journey. “So far, the university has decided to allocate six buses to carry students home to the East, North and Central Zones and four buses in ...

KUCHING: All schools and educational institutions in Sarawaks Covid-19 red zones will remain closed for another week until May 10, says the state Disaster Management Committee. The committee said the decision to extend the closure was made following Education Minister Datuk Dr Mohd Radzi Md Jidins announcement on Monday (April 26) that all schools would conduct home-based teaching and learning for two weeks after the Hari Raya Aidilfitri school holidays from May 8 to 16. "It was agreed in a mee...

Wednesday, 28 Apr 2021 11:06 PM MYT KUCHING, April 28 — The Sarawak government has decided to extend the closure period of educational institutions under the Ministry of Education (MOE) and all categories of private educational institutions (IPS) until May 10. All schools located in the Covid-19 red zone in Sarawak were previously ordered to close for two weeks from April 20 until May 4. The State Disaster Management Committee (JPBN) in a statement said only Form Six students who are sitting ...

Tracell Frederick graduates with music and law degrees by Tracy Frederick Cel­list Tra­cell Fred­er­ick, 27, at­tained a BSc in In­for­ma­tion Tech­nol­o­gy in 2016 and a Bach­e­lor of Laws de­gree (LLB) from the Uni­ver­si­ty of the West In­dies, St Au­gus­tine Cam­pus in 2018. Last year, how­ev­er, test­ed her abil­i­ty to bal­ance her in­ter­ests. Dur­ing the COVID-19 pan­dem­ic, she man­aged to grad­u­ate from two in­sti­tu­tions, the Hugh Wood­ing L...

There was a time when upon query by a relative on what they were now doing, young people would proudly say, “Ndakapedza chikoro” (I am done with school).

April 9th 2021 at 11:34:14 GMT +0300 “Mwendwa Wakwa Mariru” and “Mumunya” benga star Albert Gacheru, who crooned in Gikuyu was a rare breed of musician juggling a singing career with managing businesses. Though he composed and produced several hits, what has stood the test of time and reverberated through our radios was the love song, Mwendwa Wakwa Mariru released in 1989. The song gave Gacheru his stardom and he would go on to produce over 200 albums. Others popular songs he composed ...

A house owner showing the fallen roof tile of the house scattered at the back lane. ALOR SETAR: A freak storm struck the Taman Seri Derga Phase 3 area here on Monday (April 5) damaging the roofs of several houses. Wong Hock Aik, 49, who runs a car painting workshop, said the downpour lasted for about an hour starting at 7pm. "At about 7.30pm, my wife Lily Lau heard some loud noises coming from the roof of our house. "She immediately told our two daughters Sin Ying, 19 and Sin Yuan, 13, to move ...

PETALING JAYA: After a bumpy year of online classrooms and missing their classmates, most students are excited to finally resume in-person learning. Form Five student Fatema Yasser is eager to return to preparing for her SPM examinations as well as being with her friends on her final year of school and capping off her eventual graduation with prom. The 17-year-old science student said the past year of mostly online learning had been overwhelming, adding that she had received more homework. She ...

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 20: The 401,105 school candidates of the Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) 2020 examination will be setting many firsts as they put pen...