Belait Students Begin School Life 2004

The first school term for the 2004 session has begun.  As usual, at the start of the term each year, a secondary or primary school receives new students and pupils who, for their part, meet their new teachers and classmates.

In the Belait District, all secondary schools on the whole, welcome into their form 1 classes, new students who had passed the primary school assessment or PSR Examinations.  The Belait District recorded 93 percent passes in the previous PSR.  That is 593 students passed out of 641 who sat for the exam last year.  Meanwhile, pra-school pupils entered their third day of schooling today.  Numerous habits and acts can be seen in the first week of their presence in school.

In Belait, a total of 500 pupils were registered at primary schools in the district.  RTB crew was in the district to record the scenario of these future leaders in front of their respective classes.  Parents were also presence at classrooms and some of them were seen waiting outside with the intention of comforting their children with have just begun their life in school.

At present, teachers are playing an important role to encourage pupils to mix around, besides teaching them on how to stand on their own foot and also to allow these pupils to follow the education system wisely.