KUCHING: The construction of the Yayasan Sarawak International Secondary School (YSISS) here has reached 50.67 percent completion.
Minister for Education, Innovation and Talent Development Datuk Roland Sagah Wee Inn said the school located at Mile 12 Kuching-Serian Road is expected to be completed in the third quarter of next year.
“As for the YSISS Sibu, construction is targeted to commence in the first quarter of next year, with the target completion date in July 2024,” he said.
He said this in his ministerial winding-up speech at the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly (DUN) sitting today (Nov 29).
As for the YSISS in Bintulu and Miri, Sagah said both are currently at the planning stage.
The first YSISS which is located at Petra Jaya officially began operations on April 4 this year.
“For the YSISS in Petra Jaya, our initial intake exercise attracted 1,261 applicants out of which, 761 sat for the entrance examination.
“Due to capacity constraint, the campus could only accept 115 students from throughout Sarawak for the first cohort,” Sagah said.
Once fully developed, he mentioned the campus will have a capacity of 500 students from Year 7 to Year 11 which is equivalent to Form 1 to Form 5.
