Centre makes sure Islamic students don’t miss lessons
Published on: Thursday, July 02, 2020
By: Johan Aziz
Zubair (left) briefing Jurus on the examination questions that need to be answered.
KENINGAU: Sabah Dakwah and Islamic Study Institute (Ipdas) lecturers have taken steps to keep track of post-Covid-19 students who are unable to attend Learning and Teaching (PDP) online session, said Ipdas Centre of Student Excellence division, Chief Assistant Director, Muhammad Zubair Samsidi here.He said this is due to the uniqueness and diversity of students in the institute who live in remote areas and could not attend the online lesson conducted by Ipdas since the enforcement of the Covid-19 Pandemic Movement Control Order (MCO) on March 18.
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“However, the Ipdas lecturers did not give up on tracking down one of the students who is taking Islamic Studies and Dakwah (Spid) certificate, Jurus Sunggim who stay in the remote interior of Kampung Lobou Timbua in Ranau,” he told Daily Express here.
Zubair said Spid’s study is in two years, and Jurus is now in the final year of the fourth semester.
He said this was to ensure that Jurus did not miss out on the subject and examination, Ipdas Registrar, Datu Mohd Sallehin Moksan, himself and Ipdas Counsellor Sir Mohamad Hafizi Nurodin had taken the initiative to track and meet Jurus in Timbua town, recently.
“However, we were unable to enter his village because our vehicle could not pass through the area. We had to ask Jurus to come and meet us at the coffee shop near SMK Timbua.
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“Our visit to the village was to provide the student with assignments and examination questions. We took four hours by car from Keningau to Ranau and then to Kampung Timbua,” he said.
He said they only spent several hours with the student at the Timbua town and after giving him a set of questions for the examination, they returned home on the same day.
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According to him, they could not access the set of examination questions due to poor internet connection in the village.
Zubair said the examination questions were given to Jurus and he could refer books to answer the questions and send the answers through WhatsApp to the relevant lecturer or examination unit at Ipdas.
On facilities in Jurus’ village, he said only water supply is available and they do not have electricity. They have to use a power generator at night.
“Jurus’ village doesn’t have electricity, but other areas like the town of Timbua, schools and clinics have the power supply.
“In the village, there is also no network that can support the PDP. Only Celcom networks are available for WhatsApp and video calls but sometimes do not support the online learning because of the poor internet connection,” he said.
Zubair said Jurus needed to be assisted in terms of accessing his learning materials in WhatsApp or video call.
“If Jurus could not access the internet in his village, he could go to Timbua town that twice a week to attend the online learning,” he said during a meeting with Jurus in the Timbua town.
Jurus also had to borrow his friend’s motorcycle to go to the town because the suspension bridge is only accessible by bike.Stay up-to-date by following Daily Express’s Telegram channel.
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