Sunday 19 July 2012
Assalamualaikum
After  performing Subuh prayer at  the local surau, I headed home to perform the daily house chores to enlighten my wife's heavy burden of upbringing our 4 grandchildren who have joined us since SaturdayJuly 27th, 2012.

The quartet consists of 2 intelligent 9-year-old male twin, their 7=year-old sister and their youngest 1 1/2 years-old sister. The trio were transferred from Sekolah Kebangsaan Saujana Impiann, Kajang,  Selangor to Sekolah Kebangsaan Bandar Maharani, Muar, Johor. They moved to the new school because they would be attending Religious Education in the state of Johor. The idea of spending their primary education in Johor bore from me. I want all my grandchildren to be all round individual who are balanced in their academic and religious endeavours.

Their first day in their new school was on Wednesday, 19 July 2012, Our eldest grandchild,  9-year-old, Muhammad Harith Farhat Mohd Latif, also well known as Abang, his twin brother, Muhammad Harith Farhan, also known as Anand, their 7-year-old sister, Maryam Khadeeja Bt Mohd Latif , also known as Kak Yam, had their first breath of Sekolah Kebangsaan Bandar Maharani, Muar, Johor at 7.00 am, Wednesday, 18 July 2012. Our beloved Abang was emplaced in Year Three Mawar, while our awsome Anand and beautiful Kak Yam were emplaced in Year Three  and Year Two Raya respectively.

As a legal guardian to our three school-going grandchildren, we have to sacrifice  our privacy. time, effort, committment and preserverance in order to transform  them to be successful in their spiritual, emotional and intellectual endeavours. The success of an individual child does not depend solely from their hereditary, he or she depends on the upbringing and environment too. The parents play the biggest role in providing the basic needs of food,clothing, education and recreation.  Parents need the expertise and dedication of other professionals such as teachers, councellors, coaches and doctors to help them achieve their dreams and aspirations to produce a successful child. Success could only be achieved through a sound cooperation of all people around us. Hence students, parents, teachers, councellors, religious teachers, doctors, etc, must be willing to work together in producing a well balanced individual.

SK Bandar  Maharani, Muar, Johor has the Form, but does it have the Substance? Something that has the form does not necessarily has the substance which is usually being run and operated by human..Human play the vital and critical role in making mission and vision a success. One negative feedback I received from an iota of negative substance from the staff of this school was on Wednesday, July 18, 2012 at around noon when I received an uninteresting and irrelevant response from the staff of  the school on enquiring about the school hours when lady was unsure of the hours and without execusing herself she passed the line to another staff who provided the hours I wanted. The school  has displayed a good and informative environment, unfortunately the form is being tainted by  a substance that is  not condusive to this kind of beautiful environment. On the whole the teachers are courteous and friendly. May I suggest that students be allowed to put their bags at the back of the assembly rather that to shoulder them to their classes first and then walk back to the Dataran Ilmu. I assume the teachers would want to walk directly to the Daaran Ilmu rather than putting their bags first and then walking back to Dataran Ilmu.

My wife, my daughter, a Bank Officer, my son-in-law, a TNB employee, and  I, surrender four precious jewels to the  Headmaster, Teachers and Staffs to offer intellectual, spiritual and emotional guidance. Insy' Allah, with the will of Allah, we will be able to produce multi-talentef Malaysians of the future.

Sincerely

Sa'aban Salim

37 Jalan Rajawali 1
Taman Berkat Tg Agas
84000 Ledang Johor
012-3630698 Email:drbano@streamyx.com

Penegerusi
Persatuan Bekas Pegawai Perkhidmatan Pendidikan Malaysia
Cawangan Johor Daerah Muar