THURSDAY, 19 JUNE – A total of 66 staff (Professional and Administrative) of Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) were feted to a ‘Handing of Promotion Letter’ Ceremony held today at the Café D’Sireh, Chancellery Building UMS.

The number comprised 32 staff from the Management and Professional group whilst the rest were support staff, which involved 23 posts of various grades.

The presentation of Promotion Letter was done by the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Datuk Dr. Mohd. Harun Abdullah witnessed by UMS Registrar, Datuk Abdullah Hj. Mohd. Said.

Earlier, Datuk Dr. Harun reminded the staff promoted to double their efforts in executing their tasks in accordance with their new position and rank in performing their duties and responsibilities at the university.

“I urge all staff to walk the talk. What we say should be carried out wholeheartedly with a strong commitment to accomplish the tasks.

“When you are promoted; your efforts, time and work productivity should be increased in proportion with the recognition accorded to you by the university,” he said.

He added each employee had a role to play in achieving the goals targeted by the university through teamwork. – MA (fl)


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THURSDAY, 19 JUNE – Taking the cue from the success of several schools such as SK Kepayan (Kota Kinabalu), SK Puun Tunoh (Penampang), SK Sg. Bedaun (Wilayah Persekutuan Labuan) and SK Surati (Papar) which was said to achieve success by just using the Utusan Malaysia Education supplement Tutor, Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) through the Faculty of Psychology and Education (FPP) would use this opportunity to do research on the effectiveness of using this education supplement.

“For this reason, UMS deems it necessary to carry out academic research to prove the validity of this supplement for a period of 17 weeks which had started on 6 May 2014, said the Dean of FPP, Prof. Dr. Ismail Ibrahim at the handing over ceremony of the Tutor Education Supplement held at SMK Tebobon this morning.

He added, the role and cooperation among teachers were highly demanded especially teachers teaching the Mathematics and Science subjects in order to ensure that the supplement be fully utilised during the Teaching and Learning period to realise this research.

“The teachers were also given the option to change the questions based on the materials available at the end of each month starting from June to August as an intervention process and their scores will be recorded at the end of each affected month including the final examination results.”

Prof. Ismail also suggested that the schools made a compilation of the newspapers so that these can be used as a reference in future.

THURSDAY, 19 JUNE – The Kinabalu Management and Professional Conference was successfully held and entered its third edition this year, graced by renowned national figures and experienced panellists in the forums held.

Themed ‘Memperteguh Ketahanan Modal Insan, Memperkasa Tadbir Urus (Strengthening Human Capital Resilience, Intensifying Governance), the conference organised by the Management and Professional Officers (Non-academic) Association of Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) was participated by more than 200 participants.

Among the highlights was the forum which explored selected themes chosen for this conference.

Two members of the panel featured were the Director of the State Education Department, Datuk Jame Alip and UMS Member of the Board, Tan Sri Henry Chin Poy-Wu.

In short, Datuk Jame summarised that an organisation with an exceptional governance system needed to have incredible human capital.

He said a firm and extraordinary human capital should be knowledgeable and confident as well as creative and innovative besides constantly striving to improve their capability thus able to implement an efficient system of governance.

For Tan Sri Henry Chin, he upheld superior moral as the highest aspect in strengthening human capital and governance.

He said the management of an organisation will be more effective if its human capital were knowledgeable and expert complete with good moral values and integrity.

The two-day conference was officiated by the Vice-Chancellor of UMS, Prof. Datuk Dr. Mohd. Harun Abdullah. – SS (fl)



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WEDNESDAY, 18 JUNE – Sabah State Assembly Speaker, Datuk Seri Panglima Dr. Salleh Tun Said Keruak today said that the aspect of human capital played an important role in the administration of an organisation.
 

He said that investment in human capital should be a priority in an organisation to be able to draw attention to value which could be emulated by others.
 

“The human capital framework has to be well-generated from an early stage because it is through this that each step and direction be envisioned and plans implemented,” he said.
 

He was speaking at his keynote address entitled ‘Strengthening the Resilience of Human Capital, Strengthening Governance’ in the 3^rd Kinabalu Management and Professional Conference 2014 organised by Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) at Promenade Hotel, Kota Kinabalu.
 

He explained that the government’s efforts in strengthening the country’s human capital, education and training are the foundation of success towards a more excellent development.
 

“Through education and training, not only one’s potential can be developed but also knowledge and other skills can be indirectly incorporated,” he said.
 

The government’s efforts in human capital development agenda can also be seen when it was made into one of the key elements in the 9^th Malaysia Plan (9MP).
 

At the conference, three papers were presented before the 200 participants comprising government and private service officials across the country. Also present was the former State Secretary of Sabah, Datuk K.Y. Mustafa. – ZMD (fl)

 

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