Compiled by C.ARUNO, ELISHA MARY EASTER and R. ARAVINTHAN
PUPILS from SJK(T) Jalan Yahya Awal in Johor Baru won a national-level innovation in teaching competition, Makkal Osai reported. The event, TheEdu@Innovate competition, was organised by the Sultan Idris Education University in Tanjung Malim on May 4.
It focused on technology-based innovations to help improve teaching and learning in schools.
A group of pupils from the school took home the top prize, winning RM1,800 and a gold medal, while a second group won another gold medal.
> A child was killed and two others injured when a homemade explosive they had mistaken for a ball exploded in the West Bengal state of India, Malaysia Nanban reported.
Neighbours who heard the explosion rushed the victims to a hospital, but the child was declared dead, while two others were being treated.
The Bharatiya Janata Party, which is looking to topple the Congress-led government in the state, did not wait long to turn the issue into political mileage, blaming the Congress party for the explosion. However, a Congress spokesman said there was nothing political in the tragic incident, adding that it was being investigated.
The above articles are compiled from the vernacular newspapers (Bahasa Malaysia, Chinese and Tamil dailies). As such, stories are grouped according to the respective language/medium. Where a paragraph begins with a, it denotes a separate news item.
