School looking to raise funds

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SEGAMAT: SJK (C) Karas in Labis, located 35km from Segamat town, is looking to raise RM1.3mil to construct a new school building.

School board chairman Yee Soon Ming said so far, the school had received a total of RM390,000 donations from public as well as allocations from Labis MP Datuk Chua Tee Yong.

He said a new two-storey building with 12 classrooms would replace the current six classrooms, which were built in the 1960s.

Timely aid: Chua (centre) presenting a RM100,000 mock cheque to SJK (C) Karas school board chairman Yee Soon Ming (front row, second from right). The school in Labis, Segamat,aims to raise RM1.3mil for a new building.

A science lab, integrated living skill lab and staff room are other facilities planned.

“We hope to provide a conducive learning environment for the pupils,” he said when met after a RM100,000 mock cheque presentation by Chua at Sungai Karas community hall, located next to the school recently.

Yee said plans were being drawn out and construction could commence as soon as enough funds had been raised.

“We have 150 pupils studying here, half of them are residents around Sungai Karas and the rest are from Labis town, about five km from here,” he said.

Chua said an amount of RM100,000 was donated by an anonymous donor who had given RM200,000 to the school last month.

In a separate development, Chua said SJK (C) Labis’s application for the morning school session instead of having two sessions had been approved.

“All students will attend the morning session when school opens on Jan 3,” he told reporters after visiting the school.

Chua said the school received a notification of approval from the Education Ministry in a letter dated Dec 9.

“It is a good news for the people here as we have been waiting for this day for years,” he said.

Chua also said the school received RM5mil of allocation from Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin to build a new school block.

The school decided to convert its old library into four classrooms this year, using the allocation from the state government and Labis parliament as well as public donations.