Sasbadi Annual Report 2020

As such, the Group has stepped forward to provide i-LEARN Ace, our complete e-learning platform, free for all SPM 2020 candidates up until the end of the examination. To ensure our comprehensive learning materials and digital learning tools can be effectively delivered to a potential of 500,000 or so students, Sasbadi has partnered with Huawei Technologies (Malaysia) and TM ONE as our Technology Enabler and Cloud Service Provider respectively. Via this initiative, school administrators and SPM 2020 candidates began registering for their free access to i-LEARN Ace at the end of November 2020 and may continue to utilise the platform for their revision until the end of March 2021. In dire times like these, providing access to i-LEARN Ace’s contents and technology is another step the Group has taken to bridge the divide and ensure no student gets left behind. Supporting underserved communities In December 2019, the Group participated in a charity event named Jingle Baazar, organised by Common Ground and the Malaysian Social Research Institution, to support refugee children and asylum seekers in Malaysia. During the event, Sasbadi sponsored more than 300 refugee children with primary school books and held robotics workshops that were free of charge for participants. The workshops provided children aged 9 to 15 years old the opportunity to experience a hands-on robotics class using our LEGO Education products. Conducted by our Sasbadi Learning Solutions qualified trainers, the workshops received a positive response from event attendees and refugee children alike. Championing STEM Education Since 2005, Sasbadi has been championing Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (“STEM”) education for Malaysian children. Experts around the world agree that in order for our young generation to thrive in the 21st century, educators must impart to students a crucial set of skills that include problem solving and collaborative capabilities, as well as creativity and computational thinking. As such, the Group has partnered with the global brand LEGO Education to provide state of the art robotics products to Malaysian school going students. We joined hands with the Ministry of Education Malaysia (“MoE”) to create avenues that nurture hands-on learning and 21st century skills by organising nationwide robotics competitions open to Malaysian students. Each year, the Group invests in the materials and resources needed to run the National Robotics Competition (“NRC”), National Robotics Open Competition (“NROC”), FIRST LEGO League (“FLL”) Malaysia and FIRST LEGO League Junior (“FLL Jr.”) Malaysia, which also include trainings for educators. This year, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, our robotics competitions were carried out virtually. We held training sessions for more than 600 participants which included the digital upskilling necessary for them to take part in the virtual robotics competitions. Malaysian students’ top performance at the World Robot Olympiad, a final global competition leading from the NRC, is a testament to our nation’s talent and potential; our greatest motivation to continue on this path of nurturing our students for tomorrow, today. CONCLUSION We acknowledge that there are still areas for improvement with respect to sustainability. This year has proven to be exceptionally challenging with the inclusion of heightened risks attributed to the COVID-19 pandemic. As the Group continues to establish our strategies to mitigate and recover from the effects of the pandemic, we hold steadfast to our goal of building a sustainable business for the future. We will continue to keep abreast with developments in our operating environments, actively engage our stakeholders and build on our foundation to further promote sustainable practices within our organisation. SUSTAINABILITY STATEMENT 32 SASBADI HOLDINGS BERHAD (continued) Scan this page with the Sasbadi Play app for interactive content