A TOTAL of 62 students from Section 17 and Kampung Baru Damansara in Petaling Jaya have enrolled for free online Bahasa Melayu and English tuition classes, courtesy of the Petaling Jaya MP’s service centre. Also present were YTL Foundation programme director Datuk Kathleen Chew Wai Lin and several volunteer teachers. Among them were retired airline senior manager Daud Abdul Kadir, 74, from Subang Jaya, retired agriculturist Billy Woo, 77, from Subang Jaya and retired human resources trainer Jaline Wellington, 67, from Kelana Jaya. “I came to know about the call for volunteer teachers and decided to sign up, since I have the time to do it, ” he said. Wellington said she had always loved teaching and got her Teaching English for Speakers of Other Languages certificate after retirement.

Source: The Star April 27, 2021 23:26 UTC