Vocational School's first Red Crescent Association launched
By Liza Mohd

The Chief Guest presents a certificate to one of the participanting students

A ceremony to officially launch the Red Crescent Association Unit of Sultan Bolkiah Vocational School in Seria was held yesterday afternoon at the school. The Red Crescent Association is the first uniform activity formed at the school. Twenty-five students of Sultan Bolkiah Vocational School were awarded with certificates of appointments. Three officers of the Red Crescent Association also had their ranks promoted from Cadet Officer to Assistant Commander.

Present to handover certificates was the Chief Guest, Pg Hj Metassan bin Pg Hj Jumat, the Assistant Director of Curriculum Department, Ministry of Education.

The Chairman of the Red Crescent Association, Cikgu Hj Masri bin Hj Ahad explained that the objectives of the formation of Uniformed School Red Crescent Association were to respond to the exclamation of the Ministry of Education in diversifying the school activities as well as to provide awareness and opportunity for school members to gain basic knowledge of emergency help.

The Red Crescent Association with the initiate of the school's principal, he added, had recently organised a briefing on "Emergency Help" with help from the Medical Unit of the Suri Seri Begawan Hospital. The series of briefings first commenced in November last year and will draw to a close soon.

The briefing involves everyone - both students and school staff - with the purpose of exposing the importance of having basic life saving skills. This enables one to attend to the needs of those who need it - both in and out of the school vicinity.

Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin