Pehin Rahman Meets Students In S’pore

Bandar Seri Begawan - The Minister of Education Pehin Orang Kaya Seri Lela Data Seri Setia Awang Hj Abdul Rahman bin Dato Seri Setia Hi Mohamed Taib recently met with the students and education officers who are currently pursuing their studies in different institutions in Singapore.

The minister was in Singapore to deliver a keynote address at the Brunei Forum organised by the Brunei Economic Development Board (BEDB) last week.

Twenty-five Bruneian students are currently studying in Singapore and the Education Minister met with 18 of them at a get together ceremony.

These students are under the government scholarship and also under the in-service training scheme.

Nine locals are undergoing various educational programmes under the government scholarship and 10 officers under the in service training scheme. Six of them aged between 14 and 15 years are pursuing their studies at the National University of Singapore, High School of Science and Mathematics.

Another six students are taking Diploma in Consumer Science and Technology with Diploma in Home Economics Education at Temasek Polytechnic, the National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technology.

Three other students are taking courses such as MA Education programme at Nanyang Technological University, BA Political Science (Art and Social Science) at the National University of Singapore and Association Certified Accountants (ACCA) and Oxford Brookes Degree Programme in Financial Training Company, Singapore.

A total of ten officers and senior officers at the Ministry of Education are also in Singapore taking courses such as the Leadership in Education Programme (LIEP) and the Post Graduate in Education (The Teaching of Design and Technology). .

These officers are made up of principals and headmasters. An officer meanwhile is pursuing his MA in Applied Psychology and a UBD lecturer is doing the PhD programme in Applied Linguistics.

All these government officers are studying at the National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University.

Also attending the ceremony were Permanent Secretary, Deputy Permanent Secretary and Senior Special Duties

Officers (Planning and Policy) at the Ministry of Education.

According to Pehin Dato Seri Setia Awang Hj Abdul Rahman, the Education Ministry will continue to send students to Singapore to attend various educational programmes.

Meanwhile on February 19, the Education Minister met with Singapore's Minister of State in Education, Mr Lui Tuck Yew. At the meeting, several issues on education were discussed.

Both ministers also took the opportunity to exchange their experience on the implementation of new educational programmes as well as the initiatives that were introduced.

An agreement was also reached during the meeting for the continuation of cooperation programme that were identified by the Joint Working Group by both countries in January this year.

At the same time, Pehin Dato Awang Hj Abdul Rahman took the opportunity to visit several technical education institutions and secondary schools to take a closer look at the programmes implemented by these schools. -- Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin

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