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Three IPTS collaborates with UPSI in the field of Early Childhood Education
UPSI, 12 January - Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris signed a memorandum of agreement with three Private Higher Learning Institution to collaborate on
the expansion on the Bachelor’s Degree in Education (Early Childhood) with Honours Programme.
The Vice Chancellor, Profesor Dato’ Dr. Mohammad Shatar Sabran stated that early childhood education programme is an exclusive field in UPSI.
“Therefore, the collaboration between UPSI along Islamic International College (IIC), MCS College and the International Institute of Management and
Technology will be beneficial to both parties and it further establish UPSI as the best education university in the region,”.
“The Chancellor, Her Royal Highness, Tuanku Zara Salim has informed me that it should not matter how many collaborations the university aims to do
with other institutions, it should matter that the university ensures its graduates live up to the prodigious nature of the scrolls and the university’s name,”
he said during a welcoming speech at the event in Seri Tanjung Hall.
He also asks the cooperation of the three aforementioned education institute to emphasize the importance of ensuring the graduates produced are of
high quality and capable of fulfilling the job market needs.
Through the five year long deal, UPSI, serving as the referent university, and the three Private Higher Learning Institute, will provide the opportunity to
produce graduates who are well educated and professional in the field of education, particularly in the field of early childhood education
In attendance at the event are: Vice Chancellor, Prof. Dato’ Dr. Mohammad Shatar Sabran, who represents UPSI; Datuk Jamaludin Hasan, who represents
IIC; Tan Sri Shafie Salleh, who represents MCS and Dr. Steve Yee Seng Seen, who represents IIMAT.
Winter Camp 2018 To
Promote UPSI to China
UPSI, 2 February - A total of 24 students from Xining High School and Gu
Yuan Experimental Primary School, both of which were based in Ning Xia,
China, participated in the Winter Camp Programme which was facilitated
by the Centre of Language and General Studies along with the Mobility
Unit of UPSI.
According to the Director of the Centre, Mr. Sasigaran Moneyam, the
programme was held as a pre-promotion for both the centre and the
university in conjunction with the execution of the Visit Malaysia 2020
programme.
“Winter Camp aims to promote both UPSI and Malaysia as well as
exposing the visiting parties with courses and study programmes offered
here in UPSI, particularly at the Centre of Languages and hopefully the
participants would serve as a mini ambassador to both carry the image and
promotes UPSI and Malaysia to their homeland,” he commented at the
Closing Ceremony of Winter Camp 2018.
The ceremony was made official by the Chairperson of the Board of
Directors Tan Sri Dato’ Seri Dr. Wan Mohd Zahid Mohd Noordin, at the
Seminar Room, Faculty of Human Development.
During the 15 day long ceremony which will last from the 21st of January
until the 4th of February. The students, along with their five concierge
teachers will be exposed to the culture in Malaysia
Among the activities that were held are: Let’s Speak: Language From
and Functions Activities, Study Tour to Port Dickson and Putrajaya, Music
and Dance Workshop: Malay Drum, Gamelan and Malay Traditional Dance,
Learning with Puppetry, Making Traditional Dishes, Batik Drawing and
Crafts.
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