MONDAY, 07 JULY – The cooperation through a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed between local production company in Sabah, North Borneo Media Sdn Bhd and Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) had been shown to bear fruit when both sides successfully produced a telemovie called ‘Selamat Pagi Cikgu’.

Besides animation films done by both parties, the telemovie produced for Radio and Television Malaysia (RTM) was the second production after producing a documentary on research entitled ‘Sunduk Omadal’ in 2012.

Manager of North Borneo who was managing the production, Alinah Osman said the production of the telemovie and documentary simultaneously was beneficial to both sides, especially in providing opportunities to undergrads to engage in actual film production professionally managed through a combination of expertise.

According to her, most of the production crew and telemovie actors were made up of staff and students of UMS from the Creative Arts and Visual Arts programme, Faculty of Humanities, Arts and Heritage (FKSW).

“Through the production of this telemovie, we only made use a handful of skilled and experienced actors with other production crew and actors from among the students and staff of UMS.

For example, he said the original idea of the story was produced by FKSW lecturer, Dr. Zairul Anuar Md. Dawam and the script was written by a former staff of FKSW, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Rohani Yousoff.

Alinah also said that the initial management task or pre-production was done by the lecturers and UMS students themselves including their alumni.

“Other then the famous actor Zahiril Adzim, more than 90% of the actors involved consists of UMS students and former students studying creative arts such as theatre, writing and dance,” she explained.

Meanwhile, Dr. Zairul Anuar when contacted said the involvement of students in a production co-managed and also professionally between UMS and North Borneo was to expose FKSW students to the aspect of actual production.

He said the involvement in the production of the telemovie would provide guidance and benefit for students of FKSW to produce quality video for film projects or for the course that they undergo thereby instilling interest to be involved in the creative industry after completing in their studies.

“Based on the feedback I received, I found that more undergrads of the creative arts and visual arts programmes are now becoming more active and eager to produce video projects and short films through a number of courses offered through the Creative Arts and Visual Arts programmes,” said Zairul.

‘Good Morning Teacher’ directed by Azeli Mohamad was a story of a graduate teacher who was forced to become a teacher because he could not get other jobs and was sent to the rural area in Sabah to work. However, after a few months into his job, he was attracted to life in the village and its people making him determined to be an excellent teacher. - (fl)


Source: Faculty of Humanities, Arts and Heritage, UMS


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MONDAY, 07 JULY – Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Datuk Dr. Mohd Harun Abdullah recently attended the breaking of fast with staff of UMS Labuan International Campus (UMSKAL).

He also performed the Maghrib prayers, Isyak and Tarawih which was headed by the Mufti of Sabah, Ustaz Haji Bongsu Jaafar.

Ustaz Bongsu also presented his Tazkirah to the congregation at the Al-Hikmah Mosque.

Also present were the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic and International), Prof. Dr. Sharif Omang Al-Haj, UMS Registrar, Datuk Abdullah Hj Mohd. Said and UMSKAL Director, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ismail Ali.

At the event, a total of six UMSKAL staff received contributions from Dr. Mohd Harun.

In his speech, Dr. Mohd Harun hoped that Muslim staff of UMSKAL would seize this golden opportunity during Ramadan to practice more charitable deeds such as reciting the Quran and performing the Tarawih prayers and to give alms to the needy.

In addition, he was confident that the spirit of Ramadan would strengthen ties between the management and staff of the university with the lecturers and students.

“We must take advantage of the opportunities in the month of Ramadan, which can only be enjoyed once a year. Tighten up and strengthen unity amongst the university’s management, lecturers, staff and students of the university,” he added. - (fl)



Source: Azri Onn


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Chancellery Department

FRIDAY, 04 JULY – The Public Service Department (JPA) is inviting postgraduate students to apply for the Yang di-Pertuan Agong scholarship for the 2014/2015 academic session.

According to a statement issued by the department, a total of 12 places were offered and the attention would be given to those taking the science and technology as well as law and Islamic Finance courses.

The 12 places are equally divided; six for the Doctorate degree (PhD) and the rest for Masters degree.

According to the statement, application can be made online by visiting www.jpa.gov.my or http://esilav2.jpa.gov.my starting at 5.00 pm today.

Further enquiries can be obtained by calling 03-88853546/3569/3571. The closing date is 18 July. – SS (fl)



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FRIDAY, 04 JULY – The ICT-Based Learning Object Development Project Through Natural Methods for Rural Primary Schools conducted by a group of lecturers and researchers from the Faculty of Psychology and Education was an effort to expand the teaching method of English subject in rural schools.

Chief of project, Yoon Seok Jhee explained that the projects undertaken at Sekolah Kebangsaan Bundu Tuhan showed positive results in reviewing the effectiveness of teaching and learning of English.

“We not only use the learning objects in teaching students for this project, we also help the school to create learning objects appropriate to the minds of the pupils at the pre-school and primary schools.

“Our primary goal is to assist schools in enriching the methods used in teaching English to the students,” he said when met by Chancellery Media.

She added that the study through interviewing of students was done to ensure their acceptance of the learning objects used.

“The pupils responded well to the interviews conducted, and we found that most of the objects were well-liked by the students, although there were some that were less favoured.

“We will make further improvements on the learning objects, a special workshop will be organised after this project to teach Teaching of English as a Second Language (TESL) students and school teachers in developing the learning objects for effective English language learning,” she said.

The project also involved five Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) lecturers from the Faculty of Psychology and Education (FPP), Assoc. Prof. Dr. Tan Choon Keong, Dr. Lee Kean Wah, Dr. Suhaida Omar; lecturers from the Faculty of Humanities, Arts and Heritage (FKSW), Assoc. Prof. Dr. Low Kok On, and a lecturer from the Centre for the Promotion of Knowledge and Language Learning, Priscilla Shak Yee Ping. The project was sponsored by the Ministry of Education under the Research Acculturation Grant Scheme (RAGS). – MA (fl)


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