Tuesday, 29 April 2025

Author: Aden Nagrace

Should a casino be built at Borneo Highlands?

The world is like a reverse casino. In a casino, if you gamble long enough, you’re certainly going to lose. But in the real world, where the only thing you’re gambling is, say, your time or your embarrassment, then the more stuff you do, the more you give luck a

Act fast or give us education autonomy

Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world. — Nelson Mandela Why did 222 of the 3,227 one-off specially recruited teachers assigned to Sarawak fail to report for duty as of Sept 30 last year? Did they reject their postings? On the parliament website

Spare our education from politics

“The principal goal of education in the schools should be creating men and women who are capable of doing new things, not simply repeating what other generations have done.” — Jean Piaget   I read with disgust news reports quoting our Higher Education Minister Datuk Seri Mohamed Khaled Nordin, sometime

No more dilly-dallying, please

“The power of education extends beyond the development of skills we need for economic success. It can contribute to nation-building and reconciliation.” — Nelson Mandela.    AN announcement by the Ministry of Education (MOE) that it will improve all aspects of education in Sarawak is certainly music to the ears.