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The Star
18-05-2025
- General
- The Star
First full-fledged rehab school opens
No one left behind: The new Puspen school in Karangan, Kedah. KARANGAN: The country's first school dedicated to addressing learning loss among young drug users has opened its doors in Kedah. Technical and vocational education and training (TVET) courses were introduced at the National Anti-Drugs Agency (AADK) learning facility this month. Welding, aircond repair and sewing modules by the National Youth Advance Skills Training Institute (IKTBN) and GiatMARA Nibong Tebal, are now being taught alongside formal classes at the school located in AADK's Narcotic Addiction Rehabilitation Centre (Puspen) Karangan. The school, which opened in December last year, offers structured learning of six Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) core subjects, namely Bahasa Melayu, English Language, Science, Mathematics, History and Islamic Studies or Moral Education. Zuraidah says approval was given to build the double-storey school block, complete with four classrooms, a computer lab and library, in 2021. A total of 75 drug users are currently undergoing treatment and rehabilitation at Puspen Karangan, which can accommodate up to 300 clients, said its director Zuraidah Ayob. Twenty-two are aged between 15 and 21. In addition, 17 will be sitting for the SPM this year under the guidance of four dedicated teachers, she said. 'We have 30 rehabilitation centres nationwide but this is AADK's first and only full-fledged school. 'Approval was given to build the double-storey school block complete with four classrooms, a computer lab and library in 2021. 'The school officially opened five months ago,' she said. Prior to the setting up of the school, youths under AADK's Client Education Access Programme (PAPK) were given the opportunity to study at selected centres. Introduced in 2015 to address learning loss, PAPK allows adolescents aged 18 and below to follow a structured learning timetable under the tutelage of teachers appointed under the Malaysia Short-Term Employment Programme. On April 24, AADK director-general Datuk Ruslin Jusoh said 25 SPM candidates who prepared for the exams under the PAPK programme sat for the 2024 exams at Puspen Seri Iskandar, Perak, and Papar, Sabah, had qualified for a certificate, having passed all the subjects they sat for.
Barnama
24-04-2025
- Health
- Barnama
Twenty-Five NADA Clients Undergoing Rehab In PUSPEN Pass Their SPM Exams
PUTRAJAYA, April 24 (Bernama) -- A total of National Anti-Drug Agency (NADA) clients undergoing treatment and rehabilitation have managed to pass their Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) 2024 examinations. Its director-general, Datuk Ruslin Jusoh said 14 of them were located at the Seri Iskandar narcotics addiction rehabilitation centre (PUSPEN) in Perak while 11 were at Papar PUSPEN in Sabah. 'All clients are currently following the Treatment and Rehabilitation Within Community programme, which offers special modules such as Client Education Access programme (PAPK), specially for clients under 18 years as a second chance at education. 'Under this programme, all qualified clients will follow a systematic class schedule and are taught by experienced teachers with teaching support from the district education office,' he said in a statement today, adding that the clients sat for six subjects, Bahasa Melayu, English, Science, Mathematics, History and either Islamic Studies or Moral Studies. He added that the PAPK aimed to help clients to gain formal education that could ensure a better future and that it was the springboard to changing perception that being left behind at school left no chance for improvement. He said the educational programme could nurture human capital with knowledge in line with the national education's goals, especially after the programme was improved with the introduction of 'PUSPEN Karangan sebagai Sekolah Integriti'. "With this facility, the agency can tackle education issues for clients and ensure they can continue their education collectively,' he added. -- BERNAMA
