OPERATING from a small rented shop lot at the Gangsa Business Complex in Alor Star, Kedah, the Catholic group New Thessalonian Apostolate (NTA) has been running a free school for refugee children and others denied a formal education since 2012.
There are about 100 children studying at the school, including five- and six-year-olds are placed in a preschool class.
The older children attend English, Bahasa Malaysia, Mathematics, Science and Islamic lessons taught by volunteer teachers, among them Fulbright English teaching assistants.
Most of the children are Rohingya, and the others are of non-Malaysian mixed parentage.
NTA, which was originally founded in Kuala Lumpur to help victims of abuse, gangsterism and human trafficking, today also has a nutrition and advisory bureau, emergency and medical aid, and vaccination and stewardship programmes. – August 10, 2018.
A pupil playing with a puzzle at the New Thessalonian Apostolate (NTA) school in Alor Star, Kedah. – The Malaysian Insight pic by David ST Loh, August 10, 2018.Pupils attending the New Thessalonian Apostolate (NTA) school in Alor Star, Kedah. – The Malaysian Insight pic by David ST Loh, August 10, 2018.Pupils playing with a puzzle at the New Thessalonian Apostolate (NTA) school in Alor Star, Kedah. – The Malaysian Insight pic by David ST Loh, August 10, 2018.A pupil doing Malay translation at the Catholic New Thessalonian Apostolate (NTA) school in Alor Star, Kedah. – The Malaysian Insight pic by David ST Loh, August 10, 2018.A pupil checking a dictionary in class at the New Thessalonian Apostolate (NTA) school in Alor Star, Kedah. – The Malaysian Insight pic by David ST Loh, August 10, 2018.Pupils in a classroom at the Catholic-run New Thessalonian Apostolate (NTA) school in Alor Star, Kedah. – The Malaysian Insight pic by David ST Loh, August 10, 2018.A pupil jotting down notes during lessons at the New Thessalonian Apostolate (NTA) school in Alor Star, Kedah. – The Malaysian Insight pic by David ST Loh, August 10, 2018.Pupils at the Catholic New Thessalonian Apostolate (NTA) school in Alor Star, Kedah. – The Malaysian Insight pic by David ST Loh, August 10, 2018.Pupils at the Catholic New Thessalonian Apostolate (NTA) school in Alor Star, Kedah. – The Malaysian Insight pic by David ST Loh, August 10, 2018.Student Nur Shafiqah practise writing her name on her notebook during lesson at the Catholic group New Thessalonian Apostolate (NTA) school in Alor Setar, Kedah. - The Malaysian Insight pic by David ST Loh, August 10, 2018.
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