Over the weekend my family and a few teachers from SMK Sri Permata kad a short trip to Berjaya Hills in Bukit Tinggi. We had planned this a long time ago but had to postpone it a couple of times as every one was busy with their stuff. We finally managed to do it during the school holidays.
All the teachers except for the Penyelia Petang were part of the school's computer literature class. They have been working very hard throughout the year and I thought should be rewarded with a trip. Though the trip was short, hardly 24 hours, it was okay, I thought. After all there was nothing much to be done there. Staying any longer would have been a bore.
We discussed a bit on the plans for next year. The big issue was our inability to collect money from parents to finance the classes. For the past several years we had collected RM70 per student to pay for the materials and more importantly to continue upgrading the equipment. That is why our school have one of the best equipped computer labs, even better than some of the Smart Schools around. Now we cannot collect any money. Actually, we have had no problems collecting the money from the parents. After all, RM70 a year for a computer class that teaches introduction to computers, Word, Excel and Powerpoint is damn cheap. For students who genuinely cannot afford to pay the PIBG will subsidize or even pay the whole fees for them. We just thinking about expanding the clsses to Forms 3 and 4 and now we may have to scrap the whole thing. What a waste.
Anyway, we had a good outing and there are now plans to make this a yearly affair and the teachers want to start saving money from early of the year. That is a good idea and maybe next year we can go for a better holidays.
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