#Bangkit e-Booklet

TNETNOC FO ELBAT 01 About SSA
05 About #Bangkit
07 Award Ceremony
08 Board of Committee
10 The 5 Sectors
15 Finalist Teams
20 Partners & Sponsors

ABOUT SSA

Sunway Student Ambassadors (SSA) is a student leadership body led by a
team of dedicated scholars. Membership of this student body is achieved
through obtaining any scholarship from Sunway College (KL) or Sunway
University.
SSA aims to advance both academic and extracurricular distinction for all
Sunway students, especially the scholarship recipients. This includes
cultivating a conducive and inclusive environment, in which scholars are able
to develop essential soft skills and important values such as philanthropy and
perseverance. SSA believes that it is imperative to cultivate these necessary
skills in addition to one’s education, as to provide students with a better
foundation when moving forwards to the working society.
In line with our objectives, SSA will be organising the first “#Bangkit”, which
is a conference and challenge style event. This year, the participants and the
Malaysian community will be exposed to the few selected underlying societal
issues within the education sector.

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SSA INITIATIVES

SOCIAL LEADERSHIP PROGRAMME

Social Leadership Programme is a community and service-oriented
programme pioneered by SSA. The aim of this programme is to set forth
activities which introduce a plethora of skills that further ignite the potential of
the individuals undergoing the programme. It was first conducted in the year
2017 with Trinity Home, Petaling Jaya and later moved on with Pusat Jagaan
Rumah Juara, Puchong. Currently, SSA is actively working with Rumah Hope,
Petaling Jaya for this programme which houses children between the ages of
6 to 21 years old while adhering to social distancing.
In this programme, SSA, together with the recipients of the Jeffrey Cheah
Foundation Community Scholarship, pay monthly visits to Rumah Hope - a
home to the underprivileged children. SSA aims to render the children with
necessary life skills such as financial management as well as stimulating their
artistic talent, with the hope to evoke a societal transformation.

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SSA INITIATIVES

MYREADERS

Apart from the Social Leadership Programme, MYReaders programme is
another community outreach initiative conducted by SSA. MYReaders is a
homegrown reading programme that provides remedial literacy programmes
within communities to help children read. The objective of MYReaders is to
empower children through literacy. SSA has been actively volunteering with
MYReaders since October 2020 to deliver one-on-one English lessons to the

children residing in Pusat Jagaan Rumah Juara, Puchong.
This educational programme involves the categorisation of
children according to their age and English proficiency which
will be determined by undergoing a test before the
assignment of syllabus accordingly.

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SSA INITIATIVES

SUNWAY'S GOT TALENT

Sunway’s Got Talent was first organised Sunway’s Got Talent has
in 2017. It was an annually anticipated not failed to obtain
event in Sunway College (KL) and overwhelming support from
Sunway University for three years in a the Sunway community and
row, up to 2019. SSA was driven to participants’ family as all
organise this event consecutively because tickets (limited to 1,000 due
we aspire to carry on the spirits of the to size of venue) were sold
previous team, which was to provide out annually. This resulted
inspiration and enhance the confidence of in an increase in the number
students. This aim was achieved as of likes on our Facebook
previous participants have ignited their Page which currently has a
talents and received priceless experiences total of 13,019 likes (as of
during the event. Countless participants April, 2021). Unfortunately,
of Sunway’s Got Talent have been offered the fourth instalment of
to perform at events organised in Sunway Sunway’s Got Talent was
Education Group that further build up discontinued in the year
their confidence through the widespread 2020 due to the ongoing
support by the public. COVID-19 pandemic.

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#Bangkit: Rethinking the Malaysian
Education Landscape

#Bangkit is a brand new initiative by SSA with a goal to
encourage Malaysia’s youth to voice out on the underlying
issues and oftentimes overlooked affairs of topics that are
spoken broadly in Malaysia. This year, SSA aims to raise
awareness of the Malaysian education landscape through an
array of conference sessions delivered by notable speakers
from the education sector.
Furthermore, students of tertiary education institutions will be
given the opportunity to grasp issues regarding the topic
“Education” via a conference challenge where students will
undergo a series of brainstorming sessions under the
guidance of field professionals. The participants will be
provided with a platform to present their impactful solutions
which might act as a game changer to Malaysia’s education
landscape.

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OBJECTIVES pn

Below are the objectives of
organising this event:

FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC:

To cultivate a heightened awareness of
the state of education in Malaysia.
To foster a more informed and
knowledgeable Malaysian society.
To encourage involvement among the
community in selected societal issues.

FOR THE PARTICIPANTS:

To allow for the platforming of impactful
solutions to concerns surrounding
education the participants.
To enable the participants to gain a
deeper insight and delve greater into
less explored matters pertaining to
education.
To offer the participants a basis to
engage in thought-provoking
discussions and networking
opportunities.

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A W A R D C E R E M O N Y 4th September 2021, 7.00 PM - 8.30 PM

The Award Ceremony will mark a closure for #Bangkit
whereby the Challenge winners will be announced. This
occasion features spectacular performances by the Sunway
Dance Club as well as a group of Chinese Music performers
named Colours Ensemble to collectively mark an ending to
#Bangkit.

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EXCO

Siew Zhen Toong Catherine Lim

SEETTIMMOC FO DRAOB Chong Huai Hui Hemarkesh A/L Samantha Ong
Sathiadeva

LOGISTICS

Beatrice Ho Ang Sing Yuin Tah Tze Yeung

Chin Siew Mei Gan Hui Xin Gan Ming Hui Hajar Fazillah

Ily Yap Leong Jia Hui Marcus Wong Ke Lun

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OPERATIONS

Lien Qiao Yi Lim YuJia Adeline Khor Charlotte Cheong

Jade Tan Lim Wei Tong Low Ee Cian

Priyankaa Samantha So Yap Yi Pheng

PROMOTION & MULTIMEDIA

Ko Jia Xin Foo Jie Kie Chin Yan Wen

Eng Hui Yeen Loo Xuen De Tee Meng Kiat

PUBLIC RELATIONS

Natalie Ong Kelly Chai Icelyn Chong Lim Sher Zenn

Lim Zi Jie Tang Su Yee Virman Juri pg 9

PARTNERING WITH

BUSINESS

How Businesses Can Support Youth Today
To Be A Force For Change Tomorrow? 

What are the challenges that youths face in the educational system resulting
from a lack of youth empowerment in schools and/or not having their voices
acknowledged by the system?
What kind of solutions (movements, initiatives, etc.) can be proposed to solve
these challenges and be implemented across institutional and school
administrative levels?
Most importantly, how, specifically, can businesses support the solutions
proposed?

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PARTNERING WITH

NON-GOVERNMENTAL
ORGANISATION

A Self Accessed Literacy Solution for
Communities with Poor Access to The

Internet and/or Devices

What would be a solution for communities with poor access to the internet
and/or devices to gain access to an existing literacy curriculum without relying
on a literate adult?

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PARTNERING WITH

INFORMATION
TECHNOLOGY

Digital Talent Development

How can we promote digital knowledge education in the relevant systems
within the educational sector from the perspectives of different education
stakeholders (e.g. private and public institutions, etc.)?
What measures can be taken to address this urgent need for digital talents at
all levels of education so that the future generation is able to contribute to
Malaysia’s digital growth?
Most importantly, how can tech companies like Exabytes support these
initiatives?

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PARTNERING WITH

SCIENCE

Elevating STEM Education in Malaysia

Corrective measures must be taken to address the underperformance of
Malaysian students in Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics (STEM)
subjects at an international level. What strategies or ways can be implemented
to maximise student learning outcomes in STEM education in Malaysia?

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PARTNERING WITH

EDUCATION IN
THE FUTURE

Graduate Employability

How do we close this gap and address the
mismatch between academic education and
industry needs to ensure that fresh graduates are
industry-ready and future proof to tackle
challenges in an upcoming IR 4.0 environment?

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PARTNERING WITH

BUSINESS

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PARTNERING WITH

NON-GOVERNMENTAL
ORGANISATION

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PARTNERING WITH

INFORMATION
TECHNOLOGY

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PARTNERING WITH

SCIENCE

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PARTNERING WITH

EDUCATION IN
THE FUTURE

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PARTNERS

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PARTNERS

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PARTNERS

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PARTNERS

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PARTNERS

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DIAMOND SPONSORS

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DIAMOND SPONSORS

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DIAMOND SPONSORS

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DIAMOND SPONSORS

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DIAMOND SPONSORS

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PLATINUM SPONSORS
GOLD SPONSORS

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GOLD SPONSORS

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