Teaching is always a challenge, especially if it involves travelling long distances into rural areas, but for two young Orang Asli teachers, the rewards are well-worth their sacrifices.
The two teachers, Romario Ariffin and Nazhan Suhendra Shamsuddin, part of the Special Class Project (Prokhas) that provides education to members of the Bateq tribe at Kampung Aring 5, Pos Lebir here, shared their experiences with Bernama recently.
Romario, 27, who is from the Semai tribe in Tapah, Perak, mentioned that even though he was technically considered to be the same ethnicity as his students, the difference in languages they used had made the teaching and learning process quite challenging, especially when he started teaching here.
Source: BERNAMA News Agency