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G U I N N E S S A N C H O R B E R H A D
( 5 3 5 0 - X )
Education Pillar
Enabling Education
With Education being a pillar for the enrichment of
any community, the GAB Foundation’s efforts in this
crucial area have seen progress in our SMILES, Dragon
Mission, Bidayuh Community engagement and Partial
Scholarship Scheme initiatives which assist children
to reach their highest potential.
SMILES
SMILES (Supporting Malaysian Indian Learning,
Education & Sports) represent the Foundation’s, as
well as GAB’s, long-term commitment to contribute
towards the betterment of the Malaysian Indian
community.
English Enrichment Programme (EEP)
The GAB Foundation also lends support to the English
Enrichment Programme (EEP), in which students are
coached in Year One with the aim of providing them
with additional lessons over and above their regular
curriculum. To-date, over 1,000 students from the
Klang Valley, Rawang, Malacca and Pahang have
benefited from this sponsorship.
In 2009, a total of RM113,000 was donated to the
Tamil Foundation in support of EEP for over 500 Tamil
Primary One students in selected Tamil schools
throughout the country.
Our Commitment to Enriching Communities
In 2010, we have continued our commitment to
improving English proficiency amongst Tamil school
children. We have engaged a child development
specialist and a lecturer in early childhood
development to help develop our own English
Enhancement Programme andwe are currently training
our pool of facilitators comprising volunteers who are
professionals. We hope to roll this programme out to
200 students from five schools in the coming months,
in collaboration with NGO, Educational, Welfare and
Research Foundation Malaysia (EWRF).