Education Trip To Sabah - Part 1

Educational Trip to Sabah (ETS) will be schedule on 13th – 20th March 2010. It will be organized by Student Support Services Department (SSSD), Student Representative Council (SRC) and International Student Council (ISC).

The objectives of the program are to expose UTP students with industry in East Malaysia, expose international students to the diverse culture, history and traditions of Borneo, familiarize students with the incredible diversity of the eco system, understand its importance and enhance the love for it and encourage a caring society by reminding students of their responsibility towards the surrounding community through community service activities.

ETS program is very unique and different from any other educational trip especially on 16th – 17th March 2010, of which the participants will climb Mountain Kinabalu. The Mountain Kinabalu height is 4095 meters (13,435 ft) above sea level, ETS participants will try their best to climb the mountain with one objective to conquer the peak of Mountain Kinabalu with a group of 40 people (UTP students and PETRONAS officials).

The organizing committee has scheduled few phases of selection process to select qualified candidate to participate in the ETS. This includes interview sessions, fitness tests and climbing Bukit Larut (Maxwell Hill), Taiping Perak. The Bukit Larut (Maxwell Hill) height is 1036 meters (3,398 ft) above sea level.

For the interview sessions and fitness tests about 120 turned up after the committee screened the applications. Among them 56 candidates qualified to climb Bukit Larut after passing the fitness tests. On 05th – 06th February 2010, all candidates went to Kamunting to climb Bukit Larut, Taiping, Perak. The delegates stayed at Youth Complex Kamunting and were warmly welcomed by Mr. Kahiruddin Bin Abdullah, Assistant Youth Officer Taiping who guided and gave some advice and tips to climb Mount Kinabalu. They will again climb Berincang Mountain, Cameron Highlands, Pahang schedule on 26th – 27th February 2010 for the final selection. The Berincang Mountain height is 2031 meters (6666 ft) above sea level. Those successful candidates will be announced on 01st March 2010 to represent UTP and their countries.

International Student Unit would like to give our utmost gratitude and thanks to our Vice President of Education PETRONAS, Y.Bhg Puan Juniwati Bt Rahmat Hussin, Honorable Rector, Y.Bhg Datuk Dr. Zainal Abidin Bin Haji Kasim, Director of Student Services, Tuan Haji Mohamed Noor Rosli Bin Baharom, Senior Manager of Student Support Services Department, Encik Muhammad Syazwan Amarjit Abdullah, Sports and Recreation Unit of Student Support Services and others who were involved directly or indirectly in making this program a success.