Malaysia, Thailand Forge Closer Cooperation In Education

Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Tunku Putra, Malaysia

Langkawi- Malaysia and Thailand are to forge closer ties in education with the signing of a Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) at Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Tunku Putra, Padang Matsirat, here, Tuesday.

The MoC is for schools in Satun Province in southern Thailand and in Kedah.

At the MoC signing, Thailand was represented by its secretary-general of Chaipattana Foundation, Dr Sumet Tantivejkul, while Kedah by Langkawi education officer, Aziz Ahmad.

It was witnessed by Thailand`s Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn and Datuk Seri Tunku Puteri Intan Shafinaz, who is the chairman of Yayasan Sultanah Bahiyah.

Director-general of Education Datuk Alimuddin Mohd Dom said Sekolah Menengah Tunku Putra and Sekolah Kebangsaan Seri Negeri in Kuah were the first two schools in Langkawi selected for the programme.

"We will expand the programme by including more schools throughout the country," he added at the press conference after the MoC signing.

The MoC is for schools in both countries to establish closer ties by communicating and exchanging information via the Internet and letters, as well as student exchange programmes if they can afford it.

However, prior to this, cooperation between about 100 schools in Malaysia and Thailand had already been established on an unofficial basis, but Alimuddin was confident that more could be achieved with the MoC.

In his briefing, Sekolah Menengah Tunku Putra principal Teh Cheng Chye said the school, set up in 1955, chose the name of Malaysia`s first prime minister, Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra.

He said the school, with almost 2,000 students, had been adopted by the Langkawi Geopark.

Earlier, Princess Sirindhorn who was on a day trip to Langkawi, was accompanied by Tunku Puteri Intan Shafinaz on a visit to Sekolah Kebangsaan Seri Negeri. Siridhorn returned to Thailand in the evening.

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