Category Archives: Education
Needy students get education grants
A total of 112 students from poor families received education grants from Perak Foundation amounting to RM82,000. Senior state Exco Datuk Hamidah Osman presented the grants in a simple ceremony at Sungai Rapat community centre in Batu Gajah yesterday. The recipients are currently pursuing certificate, diploma, and degree courses at various institutes of higher learning [...]
Perak bakal menjadi pusat pendidikan bertaraf dunia
Oleh Sakina – Negeri Perak bakal menjadi pusat tumpuan pengajian tinggi bertaraf dunia selepas salah sebuah institusi pengajian tinggi swasta terbesar di Malaysia, Kolej Universiti SEGI, bakal membangunkan kampus utamanya di sini Menteri Besar Perak, Datuk Seri Dr Zambry Abd Kadir berkata, pembangunan kampus SEGI Enclave bakal menjanjikan satu hub kosmopolitan dan pembelajaran menyeluruh untuk [...]
Premier International University Perak presents RM1.5million student’s grant
Deserving students in Science and Business Administration foundation courses at the soon to open Premier International University Perak can apply for scholarships as the university’s shareholder today presented a RM1.5 million for that purpose. The money was given in a mock cheque ceremony by adviser to Perak Chief Datuk S. Veerasingam on behalf of Datuk [...]
IDR’s upcoming Talent Placement Centre spells hope for jobless youths
By Bella – Perak was one of Malaysia’s wealthiest states during the colonial period, as most of country’s tin deposits were situated here and the mining industry flourished until global tin industry collapsed in the 1980s, subsequently forcing the closure of many local tin mines and resulting in a slide for the state’s economy. This [...]
Hubble telescope zeroes in on green blob in space
WASHINGTON – The Hubble Space Telescope got its first peek at a mysterious giant green blob in outer space and found that it’s strangely alive. The bizarre glowing blob is giving birth to new stars, some only a couple million years old, in remote areas of the universe where stars don’t normally form. The blob [...]
70 anak yatim terima peralatan persekolahan daripada UTP
Universiti Teknologi Petronas (UTP) buat tahun keempat berturut-turut melaksanakan program Menggapai Impian bagi membantu insan bernasib malang terutamanya anak yatim di negeri ini. Program ini adalah sebahagian daripada tanggungjawab sosial korporat UTP untuk meringankan nasib golongan tidak bernasib baik dan tahun ini, seramai 70 anak yatim dari empat rumah kebajikan dan anak yatim terpilih menerima [...]
Aspati kendalikan Program Kebolehpasaran Graduan Kolej-Kolej Komuniti
Oleh Suhaila – Seramai 12 graduan lepasan Kolej Komuniti Teluk Intan menjalani Program Kebolehpasaran Graduan Kolej-Kolej Komuniti bagi tempoh tiga bulan yang dikendalikan oleh Aspati Sdn Bhd dan KPerak Inc. Pengarah Projeknya, Faharul Radzi, berkata program ini bertujuan meningkatkan kebolehpasaran graduan yang dikeluarkan oleh institusi pengajian tinggi awam selain melengkapkan graduan dengan nilai tambah supaya [...]
STAR sekolah terbaik Perak
Oleh Suhaila – Sekolah Tuanku Abdul Rahman (STAR) di Ipoh, muncul sekolah terbaik di Perak dalam peperiksaan Penilaian Menengah Rendah (PMR) apabila 88 calon dari sekolah itu mendapat 8A, sekaligus mengekalkan kedudukan itu bagi tiga tahun berturut-turut. Pengetuanya, Abdul Hashim Abdul Karim, berkata seramai 105 calon menduduki peperiksaan itu dan keputusan tahun ini menunjukkan peningkatan [...]
UTP gondol 13 pingat emas Pameran Brussels INNOVA 2010
Universiti Teknologi Petronas (UTP), Tronoh mengharumkan nama Malaysia apabila menggondol tujuh pingat emas dan enam perak hasil 13 projek penyelidikan di Pameran Brussels INNOVA 2010 yang berlangsung di Heysel, Brussels, Belgium pada 18 hingga 20 November lalu. Selain itu, UTP turut memenangi Anugerah Khas Emas Tenaga dan Alam Sekitar INNOVA menerusi penciptaan SOL-FG-ELE oleh Profesor [...]
Make Tamil schools attractive; administrators told
Former MIC president, Datuk Seri Dr. S Samy Vellu urged administrators to make Tamil schools more attractive by fully utilising and maintaining given facilities. “We want to see Tamil schools as the pride of the community. When parents of pupils are proud of the local school, other people would be willing to send their children to the [...]