I have
received many called from parents regarding the status of the school tuition
classes.Based on
the information available to me , tuition will only commence once we have
approval from PIBG AGM. Lick Hung has a tradition of conducting tuition classes
for higher levels (4, 5, 6) and for standard 6, the tuition hours also used to
complete the syllabus early so students can have several trial exams before
UPSR which is normally conducted in September.
2015 will be the last year for UPSR
.
.
PIBG is
required to obtain a mandate from its members during AGM if it wants to conduct
fee paying activities from the students . Tuition can be conducted at any time
if no fees are charged but there is nothing to stop the parents from making a
donation to PIBG . This is an acceptable practice in the interim while PIBG
awaits its AGM normally held in March .
I am
personally in favour of an early resumption of tuition on the basis of PIBG
paying an agreed rates to teachers and on the understanding that attendance to
tuition is not DEEMED to be
compulsory . I believe that most parents
will make an appropriate donations to PIBG to cover the costs of running the
classes . Once we have AGM approval, PIBG
can formally charge a fee . Based on the survey conducted in 2013 and the
feedback from the parents –teachers dialog
in June 2014 , I strongly believe that a vast
majority of parents will approve tuition as one of the fee paying activities .
The last
AGM was held on 14 March 2014 so technically the term ends on 13 March 2015 but
with the unanimous approval of the AJK (committee members ), it is possible to hold an early election .
Parents
have also highlighted the problem of lack of electricity and the state of
disrepair affecting many classes. I
trust the school will take notice of these issues since they are safety issues
.I will also be contacting the Board of Governors to see what they can do to assist
since these come under their jurisdiction .
I take this
opportunity to thank all the Staff of LH for their dedication and parents for
their support during my term as YDP. Special thanks to many parents who took
extraordinary efforts to organize parenting
talks , art and craft events and continuous education programs for
parents and children.
With our
AGM around the corner, I look forward to receiving your feedback on our
performance as well as suggestions for the incoming AJK. If you want to take a
further step to be more proactive, please let us know so we can share our
experience with you .
As usual ,
happy parenting from your YDP
Ken Koo
15 January
2015
