Compiled by SALMA FAIRUS, C. ARUNO and R. ARAVINTHAN
AN award-winning Indian teacher from Johor Baru has won yet another accolade with the title of most innovative teacher under his belt, Makkal Osai reported.
Theeban Raj Karthigesu won the award in an innovation competition for teachers organised by the district education office.
The SMK Taman Sutera teacher developed a teaching device called Science Talks: Digital Disruption Thesaurus, which helps students with the spelling and pronunciation of scientific terms.
This innovation beat 62 other entries in the event.
Theeban Raj also won the Teacher of the Year award at the Asian Education Awards 2024 held in Bangkok.
> Police in India arrested two men who performed ultrasound scans to determine the gender of unborn babies, Malaysia Nanban reported.
Prenatal sex determination has been illegal in India since 1994 to deter sex-selective abortions targeting girls.
Local officials received a tip that two men claiming to be doctors were providing the service in Melur district in Tamil Nadu.
Ilaiyaraja, 36, who had a Grade 12 (STPM equivalent) education, and Manivannan, 36, who had a basic science degree, were arrested in the middle of a scan.
The above articles are compiled from the vernacular newspapers (Bahasa Malaysia, Chinese and Tamil dailies). As such, stories are grouped according to the respective language/medium. Where a paragraph begins with a >, it denotes a separate news item.
