Sasbadi Annual Report 2021

1987 1997 2002 2005 2011 2012 2014 1985 2015 2019 2018 2020 2021 2016 2017 • Incorporation of Maya Press Sdn Bhd as an imprint for general titles for Sasbadi • Launched ‘Total eDictionary’, our first generation electronic dictionary • Secured the rights as sole distributor and partner of LEGO Education for Brunei and Malaysia • Organised our first Malaysia Robot Olympiad (now known as National Robotics Competition) ® • Incorporation of Sasbadi Online Sdn Bhd ("Sasbadi Online") and launched the first online teaching product, Penjana Pentaksiran Instan • Appointed as the distributor of National Instruments for a range of applied learning products for schools in Malaysia • Debuted on the Main Market of Bursa Malaysia as a Public Listed Company • Sasbadi Online was appointed as the National Science Challenge ("NSC") preliminary level online system developer and smart partner • Incorporation of MBP Publications Sdn Bhd (“MBP”) and Sasbadi Learning Solutions Sdn Bhd (“Sasbadi Learning”) • Granting of licence to PT Penerbit Erlangga to use our digital learning system • Acquired IP for teacher education segment from Penerbitan Multimedia Sdn Bhd • Acquired 70% of Sanjung Unggul Sdn Bhd and its subsidiaries (“Sanjung Unggul Group”) • Celebrated Sasbadi’s 30th Anniversary • Incorporation of MindTech Education Sdn Bhd ("MindTech Education") • Obtained direct sales license from the Ministry of Domestic Trade, Co-operatives and Consumerism for MindTech Education • Acquired United Publishing House Sdn Bhd ("UPH") and its subsidiaries • Acquired Distinct Motion Sdn Bhd and its subsidiary, Distinct Element Sdn Bhd • Signed an MoA with the University of Malaya to collaborate on research and product development of robotics in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics ("STEM") education • Acquired the remaining 30% of Sanjung Unggul Group • Launched the Professional Robotics Skills Certificate with the University of Malaya during the National Robotics Competition 2017 • Signed an agreement with Animasia Studio Sdn Bhd for the global rights to produce and market Chuck Chicken printed materials • Signed an agreement with Marshall Cavendish Education Pte Ltd ("MCE") for the exclusive right to promote, market, advertise, sell and distribute certain MCE-published titles in Malaysia • Acquired Pinko Creative Sdn Bhd as a wholly-owned subsidiary of UPH • MindTech Education received the renewal of the direct sales licence from the Ministry of Domestic Trade, Co-operatives and Consumerism for a period of two years from 26 April 2018 • Launched our digital Learning Engagement Platform for young learners, i-LEARN Ace Junior • Signed an MoU with the Malaysian English Language Teaching Association ("MELTA") to develop two English upskilling programmes for teachers • Signed an MoU with People’s Education Press China ("PEP") to develop two initiatives - Special Education Teaching Materials for Malaysian special education schools and Situational English Learning Programme for learners in China • Signed an agreement with Cambridge Assessment English as the preferred partner for Linguaskill in Malaysia • Signed an agreement with NYC English as the Exclusive Partner for NYC English products in Malaysia • Our awards this year: - Foreign Language Teaching & Research Press ("FLTRP") Award for Best Belt & Road Category - Sasbadi - The Institution of Engineering and Technology ("IET") Industry Excellence Award, Gold Winner for STEM Education - Sasbadi Learning • Signed an MoC with Huawei Technologies (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd (“Huawei”) to develop intelligent solutions, empowering both teachers and students to digitalise and transform in the domain of Artificial Intelligence (“AI”) • Obtained the official recognition from the Ministry of Higher Learning that accepts Linguaskill as a CEFR English entrance assessment for diploma and degree courses in Private Higher Education Institutions (“IPTS”) in Malaysia • Partnered with HarperCollins Publishers Limited to co-develop a series of readers for young learners by embedding audio reading technology, and lead its distribution in Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei • Launched Tutor2U, our e-tuition and learning resources platform to connect teachers and students across Malaysia for remote learning services • Entered into a Strategic Collaboration with Melewar Learning Resources (“Melewar”) to co-market each other's English Solutions: Linguaskill from Sasbadi and Direct English from Melewar • Corporate Social Responsibility Initiatives: - Collaborated with Huawei and TM ONE to provide SPM 2020 candidates free access to i-LEARN Ace from December 2020 until March 2021 - Hosted a series of 21 webinars named BONGKAR SPM which covered 13 SPM subjects for Form 4 and 5 students to attend free of charge • Incorporation of Sasbadi Sdn Bhd ("Sasbadi") and commencement of operations • Publication of our first Textbook ‘Bahasa Malaysia KBSM Tingkatan 1’ • Publication of our first Malay translated publications – ‘Make It Work!’ and ‘Eyewitness Science’. • Co-organised the World Robot Olympiad 2012 with the Government of Malaysia in Kuala Lumpur • Incorporation of Sasbadi Holdings Berhad ("Sasbadi Holdings") SPM 2020 CANDIDATES i-LEARN Ace USERS Content and Platform Provider Cloud Service Provider Technology Provider OUR MAJOR MILESTONES 07 ANNUAL REPORT 2021 OUR MAJOR MILESTONES 06 SASBADI HOLDINGS BERHAD