KUCHING: Teachers and parents have been praised for their efforts in producing SMK Batu Lintang students of calibre, not only excelling in their studies but also in co-curriculum activities at national and international-level competitions.
Speaking at an annual Form 6 Graduation and Award Presentation Ceremony on Thursday, Bandar Kuching MP Dr Kelvin Yii hoped that teachers would continue with their excellent performance and maintain SMK Batu Lintang’s status as one of the leading schools in Sarawak.
His text of his speech was read by his representative Brolin Nicholsion.
Impressed with the achievements of the students, he said SMK Batu Lintang had become the first choice of many parents who wanted their children to continue their secondary school education.
He advised the students to always aim high in life and in order to achieve their dreams, their first step was through academic and co-curriculum performance while in school.
He also urged students with depression to seek proper guidance from teachers and relevant organisations.
Dr Yii announced that he would contribute RM5,000 to the Parent-Teacher Association this year and another RM5,000 each for the next two years.
Meanwhile, principal Bahtiar Afandi revealed that through a collaboration with the Australian Embassy, American Embassy and Namwon Middle School in Korea, some of the students were given the chance to do a study exchange programme.
Outstanding students from the school had also been offered scholarships by a few top international schools in Singapore.
“Last month our students were national champions of United Kingdom’s Institute of Engineering and Technology International Faraday Challenge.”
He also revealed that the school’s strategic plan was also geared to achieving the Malaysian Education Blueprint (2013-2025) goals in record time.
“According to my estimate, with our school’s potential and momentum, instead of 2025, our intrinsic plan should be achieved in 2021, (to excel at international level), four years earlier than the national projection.
“This is because we are ahead and aware of what we are doing instead of waiting for directives from the top,” he assured. In terms of academic results in public examinations, SMK Batu Lintang did well in PT3, SPM and STPM. In PT3, the percentage of passes had increased, and improved the overall grade from 2.89 to 3.03.
In SPM, the school managed to improve the overall passes from 80 percent to 92.31 percent, while in STPM, the CGPA improved from 2.87, 2.94 to 3.00 and maintained a 100 percent pass rate for the last two years.
A total of 118 Upper Six students received their scrolls during the graduation ceremony. There were 33 students from Form 1 to Form 6 who were excellent in academic and were awarded the Naim Foundation Academic Excellence Awards, sponsored by Naim Holdings Berhad.
Naim manager (corporate communications and property marketing) Jonathon Wong presented the awards totalling RM4,000 to the recipients.
Phang Yong Zhi, a Form 5 student, who has won numerous awards in various competitions at national and international level, was awarded the Excellence in Co-curriculum Award in the boy’s category.
Tay Lynn Jia, who won national and international level table tennis competitions, received the Co-curriculum Award in the girl’s category.
The Academic Excellence Awards were awarded to Agnes Tee (Form 5) and Ignatius Liao (Form 6).
