| Achong Tanjong |
SAYYIDINA Abu Bakar Secondary School (SMSAB) emerged champion at the National Cooking Competition for students in the pre-vocational programme. The competition was organised for the first time by the Special Education Unit at the Ministry of Education (MoE).
Masin Secondary School came in second place and third place went to Pengiran Anak Puteri Hajah Rashidah Sa’adatul Bolkiah Secondary School.
The prize presentation ceremony was held yesterday at the SMSAB main hall, with Acting Director-General of Education Hajah Anis Faudzulani binti Haji Dzulkiflee as the guest of honour.
The competition ran for two weeks from mid-June at schools across the country, and the final round was held at the Institute of Brunei Technical Education (IBTE)’s School of Hospitality and Tourism, Sultan Saiful Rijal Campus on July 7.
Each team comprised three to four persons and the finalists from each cluster were: Sultan Hassan Secondary School (Cluster 1); Masin Secondary School (Cluster 2); SMSAB (Cluster 3); Sultan Sharif Ali Secondary School (Cluster 4); Tanjong Maya Secondary School (Cluster 5); and Pengiran Anak Puteri Hajah Rashidah Sa’adatul Bolkiah Secondary School (Cluster 6).
The ceremony began with the recitation of Surah Al-Fatihah and Doa Selamat by Abdul Munim bin Abdullah Mutalif, a student from SMSAB, followed by welcoming remarks by Acting Head of the Special Education Unit cum Chairman of the Organising Committee Haji Ali Yusri bin Abdul Ghafor and a short video montage of the competition.
The guest of honour handed over prizes and certificates to the winners, certificates to participating teams and certificates of appreciation to invited judges from The Rizqun International Hotel, Royal Brunei Catering, IBTE, and the Curriculum Development Department at the MoE and also to judges from the preliminary rounds.
Present at the event were senior officials from the MoE, principals from participating schools, parents and officers from the Special Education Unit.
