Malaysian Ambassadors to the 8th CIPC Youth Forum, 2011

Ms. Low Mai Keok, Low Yee Mun and Manpreet Kaur in front of their school.

2011 will be a memorable year for 2 students of the Senior Methodist Girls School Kuala Lumpur (MGSKL).  Low Yee Mun and Manpreet Kaur, both prefects in their school have been selected to represent Malaysia to the 8th International Pierre de Coubertin Committee (CIPC) Youth Forum that will be held in Beijing, China from August 13th - 21st.

This is the very first time that Malaysia will be represented in the CIPC Youth Forum which will be participated by 23 countries from 5 continents. 

Yee Mun and Manpreet who were selected through an essay competition followed by an individual interview session were extremely excited when they were told that they had been chosen.  The essay competition was only held for students of MGSKL as they were the only school that had gone through the Olympism Outreach Program conducted by the Pierre de Coubertin Society of Malaysia (PCSM) at the end of last year.

Yee Mun who is a Form 5 student is active in drama and choral speaking and has represented her school in various competitions around Kuala Lumpur.

Manpreet who is a year younger than Yee Mun is a youth reporter for the New Straits Times, Niexter. 

WMS Teachers react positively to Olympic Education

Nicholas Chan speaking to the teachers.

GAMBANG: A total of 137 teachers from six Wesley Methodist Schools (Five secondary and one primary school) were introduced to Olympism and Olympic Education.

The teachers, who gathered in Bukit Gambang Resort City for the annual Wesley Methodist School Teachers’ Conference organized by the Methodist Education Council, were receptive to the information presented to them by the Pierre de Coubertin Society of Malaysia (PCSM) entitled “Olympism and Character Building”.

The three hour session on March 12th was divided into two parts; the first part was the introduction to Olympism and the second part, a group discussion using the Open Space Technology on how to implement Olympic Education in their schools.

CIPC Youth Forum Information

MGSKL students can download the necessary information about the CIPC Youth Forum Essay Competition,  below.  

Power Point Slides

For more information about Baron Pierre de Coubertin and Olympic Education, please click here.

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