‘No decline in Awg Semaun Secondary School results'
By Azlan Othman 

"The decline in the Form 3 results is not true. On the contrary, the performance of the students in the PMB examination has improved over the years." This was stated by the Principal of Awg Semaun Secondary school, Hj Metali in responding to one of the Kg. Lumapas village resident's remark during the dialogue session between Deputy Minister, Permanent Secretaries and Directors under the Ministry of Home Affairs and Kg. Lumapas village consultative council last Thursday.

The remark, which appeared in the Borneo Bulletin on April 18, 2003 highlighted that the need to build a bridge to connect Mukim Lumapas to the capital in order to further shorten the journey from the usual 30 minutes.

One resident said, this matter was raised several years ago but did not receive a positive response from the government authority.

"One of the reasons for the drop in Form 3 exam results at the school was that teachers did not want to bring along students' class/homework books as teachers find it too bulky to bring these books and cross the Brunei river via boats."

The principle added that claim that teachers did not take back class/homework books was also baseless.

"Our teachers try to complete whatever they can in the two or three afternoons when they are expected to stay back after the normal school hours. They do take the books home to complete their marking if necessary."

Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin