| Azaraimy HH |
TOTAL E&P Deep Offshore Borneo BV (TEPDOB) handed over several units of The Brunei Shipwreck education pack to Jerudong International School (JIS) recently.
The Brunei Shipwreck education pack is a corporate social responsibility project and commitment from Total E&P Deep Offshore Borneo BV and it’s CA1 partners (Petronas Carigali Brunei Limited and Murphy Oil Corporation) and supported by Brunei National Petroleum Company Sdn Bhd. It is also in line with one of Total CSR pillars, ‘Promote the marine environment, cultural heritage and activities’.
Total stated that it is proud and remain committed in giving back to the community through this initiative. The event marked the continuous effort from Total in promoting ‘The Brunei Shipwreck’. The education pack together with the iPad Application was launched last year by the Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports. Following the launch of the pack, the action this year is to distribute the books to different education institutions for them to further promote and create awareness among students, especially the younger generation.
This effort is also to promote the artefacts that was discovered which are on display at the Brunei Darussalam Maritime Museum. Total encouraged the public to visit the Brunei Darussalam Maritime Museum adjacent to the Malay Technology Museum in Kota Batu. Moving together with the current digital era, for the convenience of the public, and to make the information available worldwide, Total has also invested in the development of an ipad application titled ‘The Brunei Shipwreck’ which can be downloaded on the Apple Appstore for free.
The handover of The Brunei Shipwreck education pack was presented by Rasimoon bin Haji Adinin, Head of Corporate Communications and CSR representing Total. While receiving on behalf of JIS was David Griffiths, Head of Humanities Faculty and Tomas Duckling, Assistant Pastoral Director.
Rasimoon bin Haji Adinin, Head of Corporate Communications and CSR representing Total and David Griffiths, Head of Humanities Faculty and Tomas Duckling, Assistant Pastoral Director representing JIS with a copy of The Brunei Shipwreck education pack. – PHOTOS: AZARAIMY HH
An overview of The Brunei Shipwreck education pack
The Brunei Shipwreck education pack consists of: a teacher’s resource manual, a student handbook, a DVD documentary on the discovery of the Brunei Shipwreck, a pendrive with an e-copy of the handbook and teacher’s resource manual.
The first book was first published in 2000 and this second edition was printed in 2015. The new education pack was officially launched on March 29 by the Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports. The target for 2017 is to launch the awareness campaign in lower secondary schools.
David Griffiths said the education pack will be valuable materials for the students. According to him, who is involved in redesigning the Year 8 curriculum at the school, in the new curriculum, students will also be introduced to a unit that is based on Brunei Darussalam, and the shipwreck education pack will become of an important value, where in Year 9, as a continuation of the maritime theme, the students will explore subjects touching on the Australian’s wreck.
Tomas Duckling, who is also involved in the redesigning of the curriculum, believed that it is increasingly important for both international and local students to have greater and deeper understanding of the local history.
He said The Brunei Shipwreck education pack is a fantastic way to bring the students to know about the deep rooted maritime history of the country.
David Griffiths added that the education pack from Total, that include a tablet app and booklets, will be a great starting point to look at the history and geography of Brunei Darussalam for the Year 8 students, specifically in term of case studies.
In the interview, David also highlighted some of the great places that could enhance student learning experience, which for Year 8 included the Maritime Museum, which in their view is one of their favourite museums. In Year 9, students at JIS will also visit The Tang Shipwreck in Singapore.
Commenting on the shipwreck education pack, Tomas Duckling also highligthed that it is a fantastic opportunity for the students to learn the shipwreck exploration that is being associated with Total and that it is particularly important for them to understand the links not only in the community but the history of the exploration of the course.
Commenting further on the handing over of the education pack to JIS and the educational cooperation with Total, David Griffiths said he has been with JIS since 1999.
“So … I can remember the first resource pack that is produced by Total. I can also remember the visit to the storage sheath site close to the banks of Brunei River in Kota Batu, where students had the opportunity to witness marine archaeologists storing, cataloguing, and cleaning etc all the materials that are now on display at the Maritime Museum.”
“So for me, we have come full circle, we have …sort of long relationship with Total,” he explained.
“We actually still got some of the original resources and video cassettes. But what we see with the new education pack is that the resources brought in is completely up-to-date and in a digital age.
We also love the work being done in the new education pack by the local company in connection with Total, which fits very well in our digital learning environment, where all our students have iPad, so it is absolutely great and we will download the app at no time.”
According to Rasimoon the app was developed by MeSixty, a local App developing company which was previously an icubatee at icentre. “The idea of engaging and supporting a local company was also part of Total CSR initiative as well.”
David Griffiths said JIS appreciated the way Total spent a lot of time and energy and showed real commitment to developing resources for educational institutions.
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