Indonesia has set up 151 Learning Centres in Sabah
Published on: Sunday, December 02, 2012
Kota Kinabalu: Indonesia has set up 151 Community Learning Centres (CLCs) for its countrymen's children in Sabah thus far.Indonesian Consul-General Sahid Soepeno, however, said only 22 of the CLCs have already been registered under the State Education Department."Another 17 are still being processed and we are still appealing for the rest to be approved by the Malaysian Government. These CLCs are established to teach Indonesian children whose parents work in the State as well as illiterate Indonesians aged between six and 18.
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"The CLC was approved by the Malaysian Government on Nov 25 last year and most were built in the plantation sector but 30 per cent of them have been established outside this sector."Although the main condition is that the CLC is established in plantation areas, we will continue to register (with the department) other CLCs from time to time," said Soepeno, adding this is to cater to their nationals working outside the plantation sector.He added that even though a CLC is still not registered yet, its establishment should also be reported to the authorities, such as the District Officer, police and Village Security and Development Committee of a particular area.He said this at the inaugural Indonesian Traditional Games Festival on Saturday at the Consulate-General of the Republic of Indonesia's compound, here.
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According to him, every CLC has to be inspected by the Education Department before its application is approved by it.He said the purpose of inspection is to ensure the CLC has enough facilities and infrastructures, enough teachers and students with valid documents.
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Soepeno revealed that about 109 teachers brought from Indonesia have been asked to form one CLC each, besides those set up by the consulate, to meet demand from an increasing number of students each year.According to him, the learning system used in the CLC is a non-formal one but based on the Indonesian syllabus.However, starting next year, the department has asked them to include civics studies to enable Indonesian children to learn about Malaysia.Soepeno, meanwhile, said the festival was held to promote Indonesian traditional games to Indonesian children, as nowadays they (children) only know ICT games."Besides that, this programme also can instil cooperation, creativity and so on among the students, and I hope through this programme, they will learn and know their ancestors games," he said.Stay up-to-date by following Daily Express’s Telegram channel.
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