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Best Of The Base
By Lyna Mohamad

Bandar Seri Begawan - St Andrew's School and the Yayasan Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Primary School emerged as the champions in the BASE National Science Learning Resources Competition 2008 in the secondary and Primary Five categories.

The proud students received their prizes yesterday at a ceremony held at the Press Conference Hall of the ICC in Berakas.

Present as the guest of honor was the Permanent Secretary (Coe Education) at the Ministry of Education, Datin Paduka Dyg Hjh Apsah Hj Abd Majid.

A total of 123 pupils from 41 government and private primary schools and 102 students from the government and private secondary schools participated in this year's competition that carries the theme "Passion Towards Active Learning Science and Technology."

Amongst the objectives of the competition that once again achieved great success with the cooperation from MoE and fully sponsored by Brunei Shell Petroleum SDN BHD, was to build pupils' awareness on the importance and relevance of science and ICT in everyday life as well as emphasizing the scientific concepts presented.

It was also aimed at stimulating pupils' interests in learning science and technology, evaluating their abilities in creating science project and creating a PSR learning resource to be utilized in primary school. It also hopes to support MoE's vision to implement SPN 21 more effectively and systematically.

In second place in the Primary Five category was Bendahara Lama Primary School Brunei I and Nusa Jaya School Tutong came third.

Chung Hwa Middle School and Sayyidina Hussain Secondary School came second and third in the secondary category.

Bendahara Lama Primary School also emerged as the champion in the BASE Booth Awards followed with Yayasan Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Primary School in second place and Nusa Jaya School in third in the Primary Five category.

For the secondary category in the BASE Booth Awards, Sayyidina Hussain Secondary School emerged as the winner followed by St Andrews School and Chung Hwa Middle School.

The Primary Five Best Male Presenter went to Tom Anthony of St Margaret's School while Nurfadhlin Afifah Hj Mohd Yussof of YSHHB Primary School was adjudged as the Best Female Presenter.

Shaun Sim Sze Sien of St Andrew's meanwhile won the Best Male Presenter in the secondary category and the Best Female Presenter award went to Adeline Poh Went Jhin of MSPSBS. -- Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin 26 October, 2008