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His Majesty the Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Mu’izzaddin Waddaulah accompanied by His Royal Highness Prince ‘Abdul Wakeel during the tour of MISC briefed by Pengiran Mohd Suffian, Acting MiSC Manager

The Media and In-Service Centre (MiSC), a key building block of the Ministry of Education’s e-Hijrah initiative to be officially launched later this year, was presented at ICC during the Majlis Sambutan Hari Guru Kali KE-23 Tahun 2013.  The interactive presentation allowed teachers to preview the vision of how MiSC will support educators in nurturing Bruneian students to meet the challenges of economic and social development in a rapidly changing and increasingly digital world.

The vision of MiSC is to be a world-class digital learning hub for the Ministry of Education that brings together the wonders of digital technology with traditional Bruneian values under MIB. MiSC will develop a range of digital learning resources for children that are of high quality and designed to capture their interest while improving learning outcomes.  The Centre will also carry out extensive programmes of teacher training to ensure that teachers can use these digital resources properly with their students.

The state-of-the-art centre is designed to help meet the goals of Wawasan 2035 and accelerate the changes in the education system that were initiated under SPN21.  A key critical goal of MiSC is to provide culturally appropriate digital learning resources that ensure effective learning outcomes to meet the nation’s social and economic needs.   

Young people across the world are using digital media and the internet in all aspects of their personal lives.  As recently highlighted by His Majesty, this can have both negative and positive influences and impacts.  MiSC is a pro-active step being taken by the Ministry of Education to harness the positive potential of digital learning through the use of materials designed on the basis of Bruneian culture and values. 

MiSC will also include a teacher in-service collaboration and training facility that will assist teachers in learning techniques for the effective use of these digital learning resources.  This in-service facility utilizes an approach that is designed to provoke discussion, feedback loops and research & development which will help to ensure teachers receive opportunities for professional learning programmes that meet their individual needs.

Acting MiSC Manager, Pengiran Mohd Suffian bin Pengiran Hj Mohd Said acknowledges that “students seem to have a natural inclination for anything digital, especially devices and gadgets.  This provides us educators with both challenges and new opportunities to develop effective student outcomes utilizing content that we design and develop on the basis of our values.” MiSC will play a critical role in supporting teachers through the difficult process of change and adapting to new ways of teaching. Press release courtesy of MiSC.

His Majesty the Sultan mingling with the students playing with IT educational tools

Students conversing with His Majesty

HRH Prince Jefri Bolkiah touring around the MiSC booth

His Majesty signing with a stylus on the tablet

Students were in awe while conversing with His Majesty

His Majesty viewing new educational facilities that will be in placed in the future

How Sekolah Menengah Rimba II will look like by December 2013

 

‘flick!’ is an Instagram Contest in conjunction with the Hyundai Athos Open 2013 Fencing Championship. Fencing is one of the oldest Olympic sports and is also known as the physical chess. We often associate what we see in the movies to the modern sport, movies such as Princess Bride, Zorro, Puss In Boots and obviously the Three Musketeers; also we stereotype the sport, assuming it is a sport for only the elites.

‘flick!’ derived from a fencing move and also carry hints of photography, the contest name was picked by a group of local creative individuals.

The contest aims to bring fencing to the public and demonstrate the true beauty of this fast-pace and exciting modern combat sport. Public are invited to come to the venue, watch the competition, learn more about the sport and take part in ‘flick!’.

The prizes for the contest are provided by Athos Fencing, 365estore and KFC Brunei.

Please take note of the following rules:

  1.    The opening date of the Hyundai Athos Open 2013 Fencing Championship – flick! Instagram Contest is on 28th Sep 2013 and the closing date will be on 29th Sep 2013, midnight.

  2.    This contest is open to all residing in Brunei Darussalam. Participations have to ensure their Instagram profiles are not set to private.

  3.    Participants can submit as many photos as they wish to and include both hashtags #athosfencing and #hyundaibrunei. Fencers registered with the Brunei Darussalam Fencing Federation are automatically disqualified.

  4.    Prizes to be awarded include
  • Grand Prize – Galaxy Camera x 1
  • Second Prize – Nokia Mobile Phone x 1
  • Third Prize – Portable HDD x 1
  • Fourth Prize – 3G USB modem x 1
  • Consolation Prizes – Basic OhMyCard! x 5
  • Participation Prizes – KFC Meal Vouchers x 4

And they must attend the prize-giving event on Sunday, 5th Oct 2013 at Athos Fencing Studio at 2pm.
   
  5.    The images shall be shared on Athos Fencing’s facebook page and winners announced via Athos Fencing’s facebook page.
 
   6.    Images must be taken between 28th and 29th Sep 2013 at the contest venue (Bola Bola Indoor Futsal Court, Times Square). The subject must be fencing related. Instagram Video entries are allowed.
   
  7.    Images/Videos must NOT express any forms of profanity, sexual and/or racist elements. Image/Videos must NOT incite religious hatred and/or phrases that may be deemed inappropriate to other races.
 
   8.    Setia Motors and Athos Fencing reserve the right to reuse any photos that are submitted to the official hash tags of the Instagram Contest.
 
   9.    Upon submission, the owner of the photo will no longer have rights to use the photos upon submission and after the contest for personal or professional use, giving Setia Motors and Athos Fencing sole rights of the photographs in an unrestricted, irrevocable, worldwide, royalty- free license to use, reproduce, display, publicly perform, transmit and distribute such photographs.
 
   10.    Setia Motors and Athos Fencing shall determine winner eligibility in its sole and absolute discretion. Decisions made by the judges are final and no forms of communications will be entertained at any time.
   

 

Bigger is better! KFC Brunei would like to offer their valued customers a big eat meal today! KFC Brunei is launching the New HotBox with their four KFC signature burgers for the young and surfing generation. This New HotBox includes the new addition of a scrumptious crispy hash brown and creamy jalapeno cheese sauce.

The KFC New HotBox features four of the favourite KFC signature burgers, namely, Colonel Burger, Colonel Fish Burger, Zinger Burger and Cheezy Zinger Burger. The New HotBox comes with a piece of succulent chicken, the crispy hash brown to scoop up the delicious creamy jalapeno cheese sauce and a regular carbonated drink as part of the combo. Customers can choose between the Colonel Burger HotBox (BND$6.50), the Colonel Fish Burger HotBox (BND$7.50), the Zinger Burger HotBox(BND$8.50), and the Cheezy Zinger Burger HotBox (BND$9.50).

The New HotBox is now available at all outlets in Brunei. Get them today and do not miss out!.

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His Majesty Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Mu’izzaddin Waddaulah, the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei Darussalam (L), presenting an award to Pehin Orang Kaya Seri Lela Dato Seri Setia Awang Haji Abd Rahman Dato Setia Haji Mohamed Taib, during the 23rd Teachers’ Day 2013 celebration at the International Convention Centre in Berakas. Image taken by Saiful Omar of The Brunei Times.

More than 1,000 teachers packed the International Convention Centre yesterday to celebrate Brunei’s 23rd Teachers’ Day with His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei Darussalam as the special guest.

The monarch was on hand to present special awards to 11 teachers, including former minister of education Pehin Orang Kaya Seri Lela Dato Seri Setia Hj Abdul Rahman Dato Setia Hj Mohamed Taib, who received the prestigious Sultan Haji Omar ‘Ali Saifuddien (SOAS) Education Award.

Pehin Dato Hj Rahman began his career as a teacher at SOAS College in the 1960s, and after holding a series of cabinet positions in the ’80s and ’90s, went on to lead the education ministry from 2005 to 2010.

Recipients of the SOAS Education Award receive $20,000 as well as a lifetime of free medical treatment in a first-class ward at any government hospital.

His Majesty the Sultan with the Royal Family at yesterday’s Teacher’s Day

His Majesty the Sultan with the students from the Robotics Olympiad competition using Lego Mindstorms

His Majesty looking at the demo on Lego Mindstorms arranged by the students

His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei Darussalam said yesterday the government will continue to invest in teacher education, stressing that an education system is only as good as the quality of its teachers.

Speaking to over 1,000 educators at Brunei’s annual Teachers’ Day celebrations, the monarch the importance of cultivating a reading culture and a thirst for knowledge.

“Educators are the key to success of Brunei Vision 2035… There’s no doubt that teachers play a big role in producing a highly skilled and knowledgeable population,” he said in a titah at the International Convention Centre.

“Teachers have a major role in producing an excellent education system. In this regard, my government will remain committed to a large investment to develop the professionalism of teachers in the country.” Source: Quratul-Ain Bandial of The Brunei Times.