Sarawak teacher bags national prize for creative education and film

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An English teacher from SK Long Sebangang, Sarawak, has won the Malaysia Teacher Prize 2023, receiving an RM50,000 award.  Muhammad Nazmi Rosli earned the prize on Sunday (Nov 5) for his innovative classroom simulation exercises using recycled materials.  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00 Let your passion run in you as an educator.

00:05 Go find yourself and use it to help your school and your people.

00:25 The Malaysia Teacher Prize 2023 has been awarded to Mahmoud Nazmi Rosli

00:30 of Sekolah Long Sabanggang, Sarawak.

00:32 Mahmoud Nazmi, who is also an English teacher, was chosen for his efforts

00:44 to educate students at school by creating classroom simulation exercises

00:48 where his students were introduced to common life experiences

00:52 such as entering a laundromat or boarding an airplane using only recycled materials.

00:58 As a pioneer of Club Philpan or Short Films Club, Mahmoud Nazmi said

01:02 he also provided opportunities to his students to express themselves

01:07 through the making of short films, including Tither,

01:10 which was accepted at the Horror Unleashed Film Festival in Portugal.

01:14 I myself right now am running the Philpan Club.

01:20 It's a club for social interdependence.

01:25 We not only try to solve any issues around our schools and our districts,

01:29 but also want to raise awareness on how filmmaking can help students,

01:33 teachers and communities.

01:35 Mahmoud Nazmi takes home a cash prize of RM50,000.

01:39 He was also one of the winners of the Star Golden Hearts Award 2020.

01:45 For more information, visit www.fema.org/covid19

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