More than 300 staff and students of SIDMA College UNITAR Sabah participated in the Let’s Read Together for 10 Minutes programme namely “Jom Baca Bersama Untuk 10 Minit”. The SIDMA College event which was organised by Madam Badrinah Suhaimin, (Head, SIDMA College Resource Centre) at SIDMA Atrium on 24 April 2018, beginning at 11.00 – 11.10 am. Other than at SIDMA Atrium, students were also seen reading at the library, tutorial or lecture rooms, and some were seen reading at cafes; quite a common sight among institutions of higher learning students. The highlight of the event was when everybody at the atrium read something “solid” from books for the said 10 minutes.
The event which was a special joint initiative organised by the Sabah State Library, Sabah Education Department, SIDMA College Sabah, Badan Bahasa dan Sastera Sabah, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, University Technology MARA, Institute Pendidikan Guru, Kinabalu Polytechnic, Amminudin Baki Institute, Tun Haji Mohd Fuad Stephens Borneo Research Library and INTI College.
In line with the Malaysia Education Blueprint (MEB) 2013-2025 to produce young Malaysian graduates who are equipped to work in a globalised economy where English language is the international language of communication, but still preserve the proficiency in the use of a common national language (Bahasa Malaysia) in addition to the international language of communication, SIDMA College continues its effort to improve the English proficiency among its students.
About 30 of academic staff trooped to Pan Borneo Hotel, Putatan on the 22 to 23 March 2018, for a scheduled staff professional development seminar, with the theme “Power-Up a Good Lecture.”