Friday, February 25, 2011

:: Anak2 cemerlang...



Anak mahu cemerlang



Oleh Dr Tengku Asmadi Tengku Mohamad


IBU bapa sering merungut anak mereka bermasalah, malas, tidak solat, gagal mengurus masa, kerja sekolah tidak siap dan degil.

Hakikatnya, mereka bukan malas. Pengalaman kami mengendalikan Seminar Motivasi Alihan Pelajar sejak lebih 15 tahun lalu mendapati anak-anak mahu cemerlang dan suka menggembirakan ibu bapa mereka.


Cuma, mereka mungkin kurang diberikan dorongan positif, tidak ada tujuan dan matlamat hidup atau tidak didedahkan dengan cara yang betul untuk berjaya.

Apa yang kita rasa, sangka dan jangka maka itulah cara anak-anak kita bertingkah laku.


Jika kita rasa anak kita tidak cukup bagus, jangka anak akan timbulkan masalah, maka bagaikan seorang tukang ramal yang tepat, itulah yang berlaku.


Sebaliknya apabila kita rasa anak ada peluang, kita sangka mereka boleh dan kita harap kecemerlangan, itulah kemungkinan besar yang berlaku.

Minda umpama magnet yang akan menarik apa sahaja bentuk fikiran dan gambaran yang dihasilkan. Oleh itu letakkan rasa, sangka dan jangkaan yang besar terhadap diri anak-anak kita.


Apabila kita jangkakan anak-anak boleh berjaya dan penghujung kepada perjalanannya sebagai seorang pelajar sedia menanti sebuah kecemerlangan, kita akan berusaha dengan lebih proaktif.

Kita belikan buku-buku tambahan dan keperluan anak. Kita masukkan dia dalam pelbagai program yang boleh mengasah bakatnya. Kita usaha tingkatkan prestasi pelajarannya dan membantu mengatasi kelemahannya melalui kelas tuisyen. Malah kita juga tidak akan kedekut menghantar anak-anak ke seminar motivasi dan teknik belajar.


Pendek kata, kita akan lakukan apa sahaja dan sanggup berkorban wang ringgit kerana kita percaya anak boleh cemerlang. Kepercayaan itu datang daripada apa yang kita rasa, sangka dan jangkakan itu tadi.


Sikap membuat andaian buruk merugikan masa depan anak-anak. Misalnya apabila disarankan membeli buku latihan atau buku tambahan, ada ibu bapa yang berkata, "buat apa beli buku latihan banyak-banyak. Bukan anak saya buat pun. Tahun lepas buku yang telah dibelikan untuknya dia hanya buat latihan dalam beberapa muka surat sahaja. Anak saya ni pemalas sikit".


Pertama, ibu bapa sudah menanam persepsi negatif tentang kemampuan anak mereka.


Kedua, ibu bapa tidak percaya yang anak mereka mampu melakukannya.


Ketiga, adalah menjadi tanggungjawab ibu bapa untuk mendorong dan mendisiplinkan anak-anak bagi memastikan mereka mahu memanfaatkan buku-buku yang telah dibeli itu.


Begitu juga apabila ibu bapa mengetahui sesuatu program atau seminar motivasi diri atau teknik belajar, mereka lalu berkata "Alah, buat apalah masuk program atau seminar motivasi ni, kesan perubahannya seketika sahaja. Kelak nanti anak balik semula kepada perangai lama".


Sebenarnya ibu bapa yang tidak faham akan objektif atau tujuan sesuatu program itu. Minda manusia berfikir menggunakan rujukan. Apabila berdepan dengan satu perkara baru atau masalah, minda akan mencari apakah sumber maklumat yang ada dalam simpanannya.


Maklumat-maklumat ini menjadi asas kepada penyelesaian, pandangan, idea dan kreativiti. Tanpa maklumat maka sukarlah untuk minda menghasilkan sesuatu yang baik dan bernas.


Apabila anak-anak ikuti seminar, bengkel atau program motivasi dan teknik belajar, mereka memperoleh pelbagai maklumat baru terutamanya berkaitan dengan aspek kecemerlangan, pengurusan diri dan pembelajaran.


Maklumat baru ini pastinya akan diadun, diaplikasi dan dimanfaat anak-anak dalam mencari penyelesaian dan jawapan terhadap masalah, tekanan atau kesukaran.


Akhirnya, keputusan serta tindakan yang diambil oleh mereka biasanya lebih efektif dan matang berbanding anak-anak yang tidak pernah terdedah dengan ilmu-ilmu kecemerlangan.


Kawalan diri mereka lebih baik. Jika mereka tersalah langkah atau tersasar jauh ke hadapan, mereka tahu cara untuk berpatah balik dan bangkit semula daripada kegagalan. Semua ini adalah kesan yang tidak boleh dilihat secara langsung namun berlaku dalam diri anak-anak.


Apabila persepsi negatif wujud dalam minda ibu bapa maka itulah yang berlaku. Seperti yang telah dinyatakan awal-awal tadi, minda umpama magnet yang akan menarik apa yang ada di dalam fikirannya.


Ini bersesuaian dengan hadis qudsi yang mana Allah telah menegaskan: "Sesungguhnya apa-apa yang akan Aku lakukan terhadap�hamba-Ku adalah mengikut sangkaan hamba-Ku terhadap-Ku... ." Maknanya apa yang kita gambarkan dan fikirkan itu adalah satu doa. Sebenarnya bukan rugi apa pun jika kita berfikiran lebih positif terhadap anak-anak. Yakin bahawa mereka boleh berjaya dan mampu melakukan perubahan. Cari kebaikan dalam diri anak dan suburkan kebaikan itu.


Cari kelemahan dan kekurangan diri anak lalu berusaha mengikis dan mengatasinya. Berkorban hari ini demi kecemerlangan masa depan anak.


Anak-anak itu unik. Mereka lahir dengan pakej masing-masing yang lengkap dengan bakat dan kebolehan yang ada dan dominan pada dirinya dan tiada pada diri orang lain.


Tugas ibu bapa adalah memberi peluang untuk anak-anak mengenal, memupuk, mengasah dan memanfaatkan bakat serta kebolehan yang telah dianugerahkan oleh Tuhan ini bagi mencari rezeki.


Dengan memberikan anak-anak kita pendedahan dan peluang, mereka akan mampu maju jauh ke hadapan berbanding dengan anak-anak orang lain. Kecemerlangan akademik itu penting tetapi ia bukannya satu-satunya sahaja jalan untuk berjaya.


Malah, pengalaman kami menganjurkan seminar Motivasi Alihan Pelajar di seluruh negara membuktikan bahawa anak-anak mampu cemerlang.


Pernah ada pelajar yang sebelumnya menduduki tempat 40 dalam kelas akhirnya masuk dalam kelompok lima pelajar terbaik selepas berkursus selama dua hari.


Ada yang dulunya duduk dalam kelas keempat lalu naik ke kelas pertama. Ada yang tidak pernah mendapat 'A' dalam pelajarannya akhirnya, setelah dua hari dimotivasikan, mendapat 7A dan 8A dalam peperiksaan PMR.


Pendek kata, seminar mampu membuka mata dan menggerakkan hati serta meningkatkan kemahuan anak-anak bagi mencapai kecemerlangan.



Wednesday, February 23, 2011

:: RM45 juta...untuk biaya pilihanraya Sarawak 2011 ?



RM45 mln for state election

Posted on February 22, 2011, Tuesday

EC says increase of RM15 million from 2006 polls budget attributed to inflation




KUCHING: This year’s state election is to cost taxpayers a sum of RM45 million.

The money is to be used for deployment of 24 helicopters, 4,124 four-wheel drive vehicles, 919 boats, 63 speed boats and 21,000 staff.

This is an increase of RM15 million from the previous election in 2006, disclosed Election Commission (EC) chairman Tan Sri Abdul Aziz Mohd Yusof in a press conference at a hotel here yesterday. He pointed to inflation as the culprit for the state election budget to balloon.

“Five years ago, ‘nasi lemak’ would cost RM1 but now RM1.50 … the cost of drinks also increased, not to mention other items such as tents, helicopters, boats, etc,” he said, adding the budget has been submitted to the Ministry of Finance some time ago.

He said EC decided to submit its budget early to enable the ministry to thoroughly check the details so that when the state government eventually announces the dissolution of the State Legislative Assembly, the commission would be all geared up for the election.

This is because EC did not want to be caught by surprise, he said, as it is not easy to hold an election in Sarawak due to its size which involves 2,561 streams and 1,740 voting centres.

“Therefore, we do an early preparation and we even send our budget early to the Ministry of Finance,” he said, adding that EC is 65 per cent prepared and is now in the midst of preparing equipment for the election.

Aziz, however, admitted that the election commission has yet to finish its training programme for all returning officers (ROs) and assistant returning officers (AROs).

“I have met with 32 returning officers and 68 assistant returning officers from N1 Opar until N32 Bukit Saban.

“Later we will have another three similar meetings because in total our returning officers are 71 while our assistant returning officers are 159,” said the chairman, who had earlier given a briefing on election matters to ROs and ARO in the hotel.

The chairman said during the meetings, the officers and assistant officers would be briefed on many matters related to the election.

“Some of them have experience and some to do not … that is why we hold briefings for them as well as giving them trainings until late afternoon,” he said, adding the state EC plans to continue giving trainings to its ROs and AROs after the date of the election has been announced by the state government.

Aziz also disclosed that EC alone cannot handle the election without any assistance from government department or agencies.

He pointed out that the commission is just like a small organisation that “depends a lot on support and assistance from other departments such as district offices, municipal councils, local councils, government departments and also those from the private sector.”

Also present during the press conference was state EC director Takun Sunggah.


Monday, February 21, 2011

:: Pehin Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud: 2011...Pilihanraya terakhir..?






Pilihan raya terakhir bagi Taib?



by Awangku Khaider. Posted on February 21, 2011, Monday

Ketua Menteri membayangkan beliau mungkin bertanding untuk kali terakhir disebabkan faktor usia

MESRA: Taib bertanya khabar kepada murid-murid SK Kampung Kuala Balingian iaitu Boniface Luis dan Alexson Merayang (kiri) yang menyambut ketibaan beliau dalam Program Berambeh Jegem Ketua Menteri di Balai Raya Kampung Kuala Balingian, semalam. Kelihatan sama isteri beliau, Ragad Waleed.


BALINGIAN: Ketua Menteri Pehin Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud membayangkan beliau mungkin akan bertanding dalam pilihan raya negeri akan datang untuk kali terakhir, sebelum bersara, disebabkan oleh faktor usia.

Ahli Dewan Undangan Negeri (ADUN) Balingian itu turut mengesahkan bahawa keputusan mengenai tempat di mana beliau akan bertanding dalam pilihan raya negeri kelak hanya akan diputuskan pada saat-saat akhir.

“Mungkin saya bertanding dalam pilihan raya negeri akan datang untuk kali yang terakhir disebabkan usia semakin meningkat. Saya sangat menghargai sokongan rakyat di sini.

“Bagaimanapun, seperti dalam pilihan raya negeri mahupun umum terdahulu, kawasan di mana saya bertanding hanya diputuskan pada saat-saat akhir,” katanya.

Beliau menyatakan demikian sebagai maklum balas terhadap permintaan warga daerah kecil ini yang masih mahukan beliau kekal di Dewan Undangan Negeri (DUN) Balingian dalam pilihan raya negeri akan datang.

Permohonan itu dizahirkan Ahli Parlimen Mukah Dato Sri Dr Muhammad Leo Michael Toyad semasa berucap dalam Program Berambeh Jegem Ketua Menteri di Balai Raya Kampung Kuala Balingian, di sini semalam.

Presiden Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB) yang kini berusia 74 tahun itu menegaskan, kebolehan beliau mentadbir negeri ini dengan berkesan diinspirasikan oleh perpaduan utuh di kalangan rakyat jelata.

“Negeri ini akan selamat jika kestabilan politik yang ada sekarang berkesinambungan. Berpolitik memang tidak sempurna. Tiada pemimpin hari ini yang 100 peratus sempurna.

“Bohong andai ada yang mendakwa boleh mentadbir secara 100 peratus sempurna. Apa yang ada (kemajuan) pada hari ini pun cukup baik, perlu dipertahan dan diteruskan,” jelasnya.

Selain itu, beliau berpesan kepada rakyat agar tidak bergaduh sesama sendiri seperti yang sedang berlaku di beberapa negara di Teluk ketika ini.

“Jangan berebut-rebut. Sedikit sama sedikit. Banyak sama banyak. Bahkan, pembangunan fizikal yang mantap sekarang membolehkan ekonomi meningkat. Pendapatan perkapita rakyat juga bertambah baik.

“Pada masa sama, saya menyeru rakyat supaya tidak mudah terpesona dengan janji-janji manis pembangkang yang bertujuan untuk meraih undi simpati,” tambahnya.

Hadir sama ialah isteri beliau Puan Sri Ragad Waleed Alkurdi, Setiausaha Politik Kepada Ketua Menteri Abu Seman Jahwie, Pengarah Urusan Kumpulan Parabena Sdn Bhd, Datuk Raziah Mahmud serta Penghulu Johari Mahali.

Pada pilihan raya negeri yang lepas, Taib yang bertanding di kerusi DUN N.51 Balingian atas tiket BN-PBB berjaya memenangi kerusi itu dengan memperolehi 6,393 undi dan majoriti 5,726 (89.06 peratus), mengalahkan calon Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR), Ibrahim Bayau yang hanya memperolehi 667 undi.


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http://www.theborneopost.com/?p=94862



Chief Minister indicates may call it a day after coming state polls


by Gaing Kunding. Posted on February 21, 2011, Monday

BALINGIAN: Chief Minister Pehin Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud yesterday gave a strong indication that he may retire from politics after leading Barisan Nasional (BN) in the coming state election due to age factor.

MOVING TOGETHER: Taib (right) flanked by Abu Seman greets schoolchildren upon his arrival at Kuala Balingian with his wife Raghad (behind Taib) and others yesterday.

Taib made the remarks in his speech as guest-of-honour at the ‘Berambeh Jegem’ programme with the chief minister held at Kampung Kuala Balingian community hall here yesterday.

Taib was responding to popular calls from local grassroots leaders from Kampung Jebungan, Kampung Sesok/Sau and Kampung Petanak in Mukah as well as from Kampung Kuala Balingian which hosted the programme on Saturday and yesterday.

“I think it will be timely for me to call it a day and retire from politics after leading BN in the forthcoming election in Sarawak, mainly because of age factor and to spend more time with my family,” said Taib, 74, who had just tied the knot with Puan Sri Raghad Waleed Alkurdi Taib last January.

Responding to the overwhelming calls for him to defend his Balingian seat, Taib confirmed that he will only make a decision on his seat after finalising the list of all BN candidates in other constituencies, which has been his normal practice since becoming chief minister and head of Sarawak BN on March 26, 1981.

“I will make a decision on which seat I will contest after completing the final list of other winnable BN candidates in all constituencies, which is my normal practice since leading Sarawak BN,” said Taib firmly.

The term of the current state legislative assembly expires sometime in July this year.

Taib won the Sebandi (now Asajaya) by-election in 1981 and was appointed land and mines minister before succeeding his uncle, Tun Abdul Rahman Yakub, as chief minister of Sarawak. He held the Sebandi seat until 1987, when he was elected as state assemblyman for Asajaya constituency. In 2001, Taib contested and won Balingian seat which he successfully defended in 2006. His victory brought tremendous development and progress to the people of Balingian and the central region of Sarawak, particularly with the introduction of Sarawak Corridor of Renewable Energy (SCORE) initiatives, mainly to develop the central region encompassing Tanjung Manis-Mukah-Samalaju (Bintulu) regions.

In his welcoming speech, organising chairman Penghulu Johari Mahali pledged the community’s full support for Taib as their leader in Balingian in order to enjoy greater development and progress.

Meanwhile in his speech, Mukah member of parliament Dato Sri Dr Muhammed Leo Toyad called on Taib to defend his Balingian seat in the coming election and continue to become chief minister for many more years to come.

The function was also attended by Jemoreng assemblyman Abu Seman Jahwie, Borneo Convention Centre Kuching (BCCK) chairperson Datuk Raziah Mahmud, Mukah Resident Saudi Narani, district officer Mohamad Nawawi and other heads of government departments.



Saturday, February 19, 2011

:: SK Ulu Lubai yang hebat..







SK Ulu Lubai, toast of S’wak


by Philip Kiew. Posted on February 18, 2011, Friday

Far-flung rural school makes it to nation’s top 23 performing schools

SOUVENIR: Beatrice Chealsie Gawan (centre) and Calvin Roger Juan (right) present an Ilang (an Iban warrior’s sword) to Muhyiddin.


LIMBANG: Two Sarawak schools have made it to the list of the nation’s top performing schools.

The schools, SK Ulu Lubai in Limbang and SM Sains Miri, found themselves in the coveted position as they have impressed the Federal Ministry of Education.

Following the recognition, SK Ulu Lubai has become an overnight sensation because, as a primary school in the interior of Limbang, it was relatively unknown before yesterday; while SM Sains Miri, a boarding secondary school in the heart of Miri City, has been known and seen as a pathway for students hoping to go into medicine and engineering.

The two schools were included in the list of the second batch of 23 Top Performing Schools after the initial 20 listed in 2010 under the NKRA of the Ministry of Education to promote schools par excellence and distinction last year.

SK Ulu Lubai was the toast of the Education Ministry for its outstanding performance and initiatives, including networking linkages with universities and schools in United Kingdom and Singapore.

SK Ulu Lubai won the Gold Medal Award for Commonwealth Education Good Practice Awards, Finalist Commonwealth Education Good Practice Awards 2009 (Malaysia Government and Commonwealth Secretariat), and was nominated for Unesco Education of International Best Practices 2010 competition.

Deputy Prime Minister cum Minister of Education, Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin, said this multiple awards winning school and top performer was a reflection of the leadership and their commitment to the development of infrastructure and facilities.

He said it was these two schools that had attracted his attention to hold the function here to announce the nation’s recognition of top performing schools nationwide.

SK Ulu Lubai in nation’s top performing schools’ list


CONGRATULATIONS: Serina Sauni of SM Sains Miri (right) receiving the certificate of recognition from Muhyiddin. Looking on at left is Jabu.


SK Ulu Lubai is a very ordinary remote school as far as infrastructures and facilities are concerned. But it is extraordinary in terms of performance, winning two international, five national, 14 state and 46 division awards,” he said at the school yesterday. He went on to announce 13 other secondary schools and 10 primary schools nationwide that had all made it to the nation’s top performing schools’ list.

The 13 secondary schools are Sekolah Menengah Imtiaz (Terengganu), SMK Jalan Empat (Selangor), Sekolah Tuanku Abdul Rahman (Perak), Sekolah Berasrama Penuh Integrasi (SPTI) Gombak (Selangor), SBTI Pekan (Pahang), SM Sains Alam Shah (KL), SM Sains Tengku Muhammad Faris Petra (Kelantan), SM Sains Miri (Sarawak), SM Sains Seri Puteri (KL), SM Sains Selangor (KL), SM Sains Tengku Abdullah (Pahang), and SM Sains Muar (Johore). SK Ulu Lubai, under the charge of headmaster Jaul Anak Buyau, led the list under the primary schools category.

Jaul was responsible for turning parents to become the strongest backers of the transformation of the school. As a result the school went on to bag the top prize in Council of Commonwealth Education Ministers (CCEM) Best Practices award.

The other nine schools are SK Convent Muar (Johor), SK Seri Biram (Pahang), SK Sultan Ahmad Tajuddin (Kedah), SK Setiawangsa (KL), SK (Girls) Methodist Kuantan (Pahang), SK Sultan Ismail (Terengganu), SK Jalan Tiga (Selangor), SJK© Perempuan Cina (Penang) and SJK© Lick Hung (Selangor).

All the respective school principals and headmasters travelled to Ulu Lubai for the awards presentation ceremony. The awards included a RM0.7 million incentive paycheck to the schools.

The minister also announced incentives of RM1,000 and RM700 each to the teachers of the secondary and primary schools concerned.

SK Ulu Lubai is tucked in the middle of the jungle at the farthest reaches of Lubai River, about 55km from Limbang. It is accessible by an abandoned logging road, river and on foot.

But despite that it beat many contemporary schools with its network that includes University of Bristol, Kingsford Community School and Deptford Green School in UK and Jin Shan Primary School of Singapore in 2009-2010.

“SK Ulu Lubai and other schools announced today prove that success is achievable if we believe in our capabilities to create success, and I hope all will sustain the success,” Muhyiddin said.

Also present at the function were Muhyiddin’s wife, Puan Sri Noorainee Abdul Rahman, Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Tan Sri Alfred Jabu and his wife Dato Sri Empiang, Minister of Rural and Regional Development Datuk Seri Shafiee Apdal, Second Minister of Planning and Resource Management Datuk Amar Awang Tengah Ali Hassan and his wife Datuk Dayang Morliah, Deputy Education Minister Datuk Dr Mohd Puad Zarkashi, Assistant Minister in the Chief Minister’s Department Datin Fatimah Abdullah, elected representatives and community leaders.