Kota Kinabalu: Five secondary schools will take part in the 2023 State-level Rukun Negara Sketch competition at SMK Kolombong in Inanam on Sept 6.
“The five are SMK Kunak, Kunak Jaya, Bandaraya Kota Kinabalu, Kolombong and two groups from Apin-Apin Keningau,” said Sabah Information Department (JaPen) Director, Jainisah Mohd Noor.
The prizes for the winning group are RM2,000 cash, RM1,500 cash for first runner-up and RM500 for third place winner. They will each receive a trophy and certificate of appreciation.
“Judging is based on several aspects including presentation techniques, scripts, language accuracy, communication techniques and creativity in presentation.
“The competition will be judged by three judges consisting of representatives from JaPen as organizers, the Language and Library Council (DBP) and artists,” she said when met by the press after a live broadcast on Konti SabahFM on Wednesday.
She hoped that all the groups involved would execute a creative and interesting performance because according to her, the winner would represent Sabah at the national level in Kuala Lumpur on Oct 28 next year in addition to the attractive prizes.
Jainisah said, the competition, which has the concept of acting and storytelling, is for high school students who have a Malaysiaku Club with the aim of promoting the spirit of love for the country through the appreciation of the Rukun Negara principles and acted as a platform to produce youths with a patriotic spirit.
“We are committed and believe that the effort to stir up the spirit of love for the country needs to start from the grassroots and hopefully it will not be seen as lonely because even a small effort will surely bring long-lasting awareness,” she explained.
