Teacher Urged To Integrate Human Values In Education
By Nela Awang

Bandar Seri Begawan - Some 32 primary and secondary school teachers received certificates, acknowledging their participation in the workshop on the National Echo Training of Teachers on Human Values-Based Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Education (HVWSHE) - Integrated Lessons, yesterday, at the Islamic Da'wah Centre, in Kampong Pulaie.

The first of its kind to be held in the sultanate, the workshop was jointly organised by the Department of Schools and the Curriculum Development Department, Ministry of Education.

Present at the event as the honoured guest was Hjh Apsah Hj Abd Majid, deputy permanent secretary (Core Education) at the Ministry of Education, who also presented the certificates to the participants.

In her speech, Hjh Apsah highlighted that the programme was not to create a new subject on `Human Values' instead it was held to integrate into curriculum, the human values that concern the society such as to water, sanitation and health.

The four-day workshop was attended by 16 teachers from eight primary schools, and another, 16 from four secondary schools, teaching English Language, Mathematics, Science and Geography.

She also emphasised the importance of giving special attention to human values education, as it was a challenge for the existing educational institutions. The guest of honour then quoted a titah by His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei Darussalam, in conjunction with the National Teacher's Day celebration on September 23, 1998.

In the titah, His Majesty stressed the need for plan and actuates education in every aspect, not only for academic development, but also in nurturing and shaping attitudes.

Throughout the training, the participants had been exposed with knowledge on core human values, suitable with the needs underlined by the Seameo organisations and UN-Habitat.

They were also taught on the preparation of lesson plans and evaluation tools, used in evaluating the changes in the students' attitudes.

As a follow tip after the training, there would be a pilot testing in the schools involved.

The HVWSHE is a cooperative project between Seameo and UN-Habitat for Southeast Asian Schools. The project is meant to promote wise and sustainable use of water and sanitation amongst the Southeast Asian people and to support the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) set by the United Nations regarding sustainable development and access to water and sanitation.

The whole training was to introduce teachers about the concept and rationale of integrating HVWSHE, and therefore enable them to develop HVWSHE-integrated lesson plans and teaching learning materials in classes.

The selected teachers underwent training since October 24; at the Rimba II Primary School.

The workshop was facilitated by tliree resource persons from the Curriculum Development Department, STEP Centre and from Rimba Secondary School, respectively.-- Courtesy of The Brunei Times

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