PENGENALAN

Jabatan Kemajuan Masyarakat atau lebih sinonim dikalangan khalayak umum sebagai KEMAS adalah lanjutan dari Bahagian Pelajaran Dewasa yang telah ditubuhkan pada 1961, melalui kertas kabinet Bil.385/25/60 dengan memberi fokus utama kepada program "Pembasmian Buta Huruf".

Menjelang tahun 1977, gerakan membasmi buta huruf ini telah dipertingkatkan dengan pengenalan konsep 'Functional Literacy' oleh UNESCO sebagai satu usaha untuk menjadikan gerakan membasmi kemiskinan sebagai salah satu strategi membangunkan masyarakat luar bandar. Berikutan pelancaran "Dasar Ekonomi Baru" (1970), Bahagian ini telah ditukar namanya kepada "Bahagian Kemajuan Masyarakat" (KEMAS) dengan penekanan kepada usaha-usaha pembangunan masyarakat dalam erti kata sebenar.

Sunday, December 9, 2007

Scrolls for 314 Kemas kindy pupils


Deputy Culture, Arts and Heritage Minister Datuk Wong Kam Hoong (left) and Bayan Baru Kemas Activity Committee chairman Roslan Mohamed (right) helping the Tabika Kemas graduates to adjust their robes.
A TOTAL of 314 pupils from 19 Kemas kindergartens in the Bayan Baru constituency received their scrolls from Bayan Baru MP Datuk Wong Kam Hoong.


Also present at the graduation ceremony held at Vistana Hotel in Penang recently were Penang Kemas deputy director Linda Hamzah and Bayan Baru Kemas Activity Committee chairman Roslan Mohamed.

In his speech, Wong, who is Deputy Culture, Arts and Heritage Minister, said parents are the best educators and as such the upbringing of their children depends largely on them.

He said what their children turn out to be later in life rests a lot on the guidance of parents.

“Leaders of the various societies should also help in moulding the younger generation to become responsible citizens,” he said.

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