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UEM Sunrise Rewards High Achievers Of Its Pintar Schools

• UEM Sunrise’s High Achievers Award enters its seventh consecutive year since its inception in 2009
• 86 PINTAR schools’ students passed with flying colours in their 2014’s UPSR, PT3 and SPM examinations

NUSAJAYA, Johor, 30 May 2015: UEM Sunrise Berhad (“UEM Sunrise” or the “Company”), the master developer of Nusajaya, one of the five flagship zones of Iskandar Malaysia, organised a High Achievers Award ceremony to celebrate 86 outstanding students from its PINTAR Adopted Schools who achieved excellent results in their 2014 UPSR, PT3 and SPM examinations at Kota Iskandar, Nusajaya today.

The UEM Sunrise’s High Achievers Award which was first introduced in 2009 and is now into its seventh year, aimed to motivate and encourage the students to strive harder for their future endeavours at the same time, to acknowledge their efforts, persistence and determination in delivering their personal best. The ceremony also recognised the essential role of the teachers as well as the parents for their continuous efforts in guiding the students.

For the year 2014, UEM Sunrise’s PINTAR schools’ students overall examinations results recorded commendable improvement as compared to the previous year. This was illustrated in UPSR result as it recorded significant increase in students obtaining 5As and 7As with 62 students, as compared to 2013 with 44 students. However for 2014’s PT3 results, there has been a decrease for the number of students achieving 8As and above, with only nine students as compared to 13 students in the year before. Meanwhile for the SPM result, statistic showed significant leap with 15 students obtaining 9As, 10As and 11As as compared to previous year with only four students.

Each of the UPSR, PT3 and SPM high achievers was awarded with cash prize amounting to RM300, RM400 and RM600 respectively, and certificate of appreciation. The best overall students for the respective examination level additionally, received an 11-inch MacBook Air, which went to Muhammad Fazrullah bin Fadli from SK Pendas Laut for Best UPSR student with 5As, Ayinggeri a/p Asogan from SMK Gelang Patah for Best PT3 student with 10As and Lee Wai Yan also from SMK Gelang Patah for Best SPM student with 11As.

According to Encik Rusli Zainal Abidin, General Manager for Township, Infrastructure and Planning of UEM Sunrise said, “It is an honour to celebrate these high achievers as their commitment and determination towards achieving success can be emulated by other students. As a caring and responsible corporate citizen, UEM Sunrise has a responsibility not only to its employees, customers and investors, but also to the various communities in which it operates in”.

“UEM Sunrise’s CSR policy focuses on Education Enhancement and Community Development. In implementing the Education Enhancement programmes, we are guided by the four core modules set by PINTAR Foundation to inspire the young generation to become responsible citizens by Promoting Intelligence, Nurturing Talent and Advocating Responsibility,” he added.

Officiating the event was Tuan Haji Aminudin bin Adam, Director for Johor State Education Department, whom commented that, “I would like to congratulate all teachers of UEM Sunrise’s PINTAR schools who gave their full commitment and determination in achieving excellent results as we see today”. The event was also attended by Johor Bahru District Education Officer, UEM Sunrise’s PINTAR Adopted Schools headmasters as well as parents of the celebrated students.