Visiting the National Sports Council of Malaysia

From left: Tan, Safwan, Lee, Shakira and Norlaila

UTAR visited the National Sports Council of Malaysia (Majlis Sukan Negara Malaysia) on 13 June 2022 to discuss and strengthen the strategic cooperation relating to learning and training opportunities for Malaysian national athletes. The visit took place at Pejabat Pensuruhjaya Sukan in Bukit Jalil.

The delegates representing UTAR were Division of Programme Promotion (DPP) Director Lee Choy Fong, Department of Scholarships and Financial Aid Head Tan Wear Sim and DPP Assistant Manager Norlaila binti Ismail. They were cordially received by Head of Career and Athletes Education Secretariat Joherman bin Amir, Head of Education Department Mohd Safwan bin Mohd Radzi and Malaysian Athlete Career and Education Secretariat (MACE) Youth and Sports Officer Shakira binti Yahaya.

During the meeting, Laila informed the members about the development of UTAR including its hospital in Kampar, the programmes it offers as well as its progression routes. Tan, on the other hand, explained the Top Achiever Scholarship Awards and UTAR Sports and Talent Scholarships offered in UTAR. She also mentioned that UTAR provides tuition fees waiver to 10 athletes who achieve excellent performance in sports every year.  

Both parties then continued their discussion on how they can work together to arrange more educational-related activities for their athletes in the coming months, especially in the training of soft skills and life skills such as digital literacy and various memory techniques and skills.

Lee also suggested that MSN could team up with UTAR to pique the interest of young athletes who are still in school to consider Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) programmes as possible career paths. He informed that UTAR, in collaboration with KLESF, organises various talks and STEM hands-on experiments for primary and secondary school students, which can be extended to the MSN community.

The meeting ended with a tour to the gymnasium and other sports facilities.

From left: Lee presenting souvenir to Joherman