By The Star Publication
Education Ministry slashes budget for MSSM
By Y.P. SIVAM
THE Education Ministry has dropped a bombshell just eight days into the new year by slashing the annual allocation of RM6mil to RM1.5mil to the Malaysian Schools Sports Council (MSSM), thus forcing the council to cut down on the number of sports in the calendar.
Until last year, the Education Ministry had provided RM6mil annually to the MSSM. A total 24 sports, catering for the Under-12, Under-15 and Under-18 were under the programme.
However, with a tight budget this year, the MSSM had to restrict the number of sports to only 13.
They are artistic gymnastics, gymrama, golf, swimming, athletics, badminton, netball, basketball, volleyball, sepak takraw, football, tennis and hockey. On top of that, all the sports, except for artistic gymnastics, gimrama, swimming and athletics, will not have the Under-15 age group.
This brings forth the second blow to the sports fraternity.
Prominent sports like bowling, squash and archery have been axed from the programme. These are the sports that have put Malaysia on the world map through current world squash champion Datuk Nicol David, Malaysia’s first professional bowler Shalin Zulkifli and archer Cheng Chu Sian won the recurve individual gold at the recent Laos Games.
Archery is also included in the ambitious Road to London programme targeted for the 2012 Olympics.
The others given the chop are table tennis, rugby, cricket, sailing, softball, handball, cross country and chess.
According to an official, many were caught by surprise when informed of the decision to drop the 11 sports.
“The MSSM officials explained that the Education Ministry had reduced the annual budget.
“With the drastic cut in finance, it is not possible to organise all 24 sports,’’ said the official.
However, all state education department sports units were advised to organise the sports that are not in the MSSM calendar at the school, district and state level.
“But this suggestion is not practical as the state will have to source for sponsorship,” the offical said.
Another problem is that the Education Ministry sports awards for 2010 will only be confined to athletes involved in the sports in the MSSM.
“Then there is also the 10 merit points allocated to students to gain entry in universities. The students, active in the 11 sports not in the MSSM, will lose the 10 merit points and this jeopardises their chances.
More importantly, the MSSM’s decision has demoralised a lot of teachers who have been involved in sports,’’ said the official.
Despite the financial constraints, the MSSM have accepted the responsibility to host the Asean Schools Sports Carnival in July.
The carnival, involving all 13 sports in the MSSM calendar, will be held in the Klang Valley. It is learnt that Selangor and Kuala Lumpur have been entrusted to host the events.
The 2010 MSSM programme
Date Sport Host Category
March16-19 Artistic Gymnastics Malacca Under-12, 15, 18 (boys and girls)
March 16-19 Gimrama Penang Under-12,15, 18 (girls)
March 17-19 Golf Negri Sembilan Under-18 (boys and girls)
March 19-22 Swimming Selangor Under-12,15,18 (boys and girls)
May 19-22 Athletics Johor Under-12,15,18 (boys and girls)
June 9-12 Badminton Perak Under-18 (boys and girls)
June 10-12 Netball Putrajaya Under -18 (girls)
June 8-12 Basketball Pahang Under-18 (boys and girls)
June 8-12 Volleyball Kedah Under-18 (boys and girls)
June 8-12 Sepak takraw Kelantan Under-18 (boys)
June 8-13 Football Perlis Under-12, 18 (boys)
June 9-13 Tennis Terengganu Under-18 (boys and girls)
June 8-13 Hockey Kuala Lumpur Under-12, 18 (boys and girls)
BOWLING HAS BEEN AXED FROM MSSM 2010!!!! DO YOU AGREE?
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BSSK mahu elak 11 sukan 'disembelih'
Oleh Ahmad Khawari Isa
ahmadkhawari@bharian.com.my
Kami cuba cari penaja untuk selamatkan: Jame
KETIKA bayangan ajal kian hampir, ada 'tangan penyelamat' tampil untuk cuba memastikan 11 sukan terpinggir daripada kalendar Majlis Sukan Sekolah-sekolah Malaysia (MSSM) tahun ini, tidak terus disemadikan.
Ia terjelma menerusi usaha Bahagian Sukan, Seni dan Ko-kurikulum (BSSK) Kementerian Pelajaran yang mahu 'memancing' penaja untuk tetap menganjurkannya.
"Jumlah 11 sukan itu pada ketika ini akan hanya dipertandingkan di peringkat daerah dan negeri. Tetapi BSSK mengatur beberapa strategi melaksanakan penganjurannya di peringkat kebangsaan.
"Antara yang diusahakan ialah berbincang dengan persatuan sukan kebangsaan bekerjasama menganjurkannya. BSSK juga kini berusaha mencari penaja untuk membiayainya," kata Pengarah BSSK, Jame Alip ketika dihubungi, semalam.
Ia adalah reaksi balas pantas selepas pendedahan, kelmarin, betapa 11 sukan 'jadi mangsa sembelihan' apabila digugurkan daripada kalendar MSSM gara-gara pemotongan peruntukan kewangan tahunan.
"Kami memang harap pihak penaja tampil membantu membiayai penganjuran peringkat kebangsaan. Ia untuk memastikan usaha terus memperkasakan sukan negara jadi kenyataan.
"Anggap ini sebagai tanggungjawab sosial kepada negara. Kalau bukan kita yang sama-sama membantu memartabatkan sukan negara, siapa lagi. Dan kalau bukan sekarang, bila lagi," tegasnya.
Usaha menyelamat itu termasuk juga inisiatif mempertandingkan semua tiga kategori – bawah 12, 15 dan 18 tahun – pada setiap sukan berkenaan, termasuk acara bola sepak yang asalnya dijadual untuk bawah 12 dan 18 tahun sahaja.
"Untuk bola sepak, Kejohanan Liga Kementerian Pelajaran Malaysia untuk pemain bawah 14 dan 17 tahun akan diteruskan hasil bantuan penaja, 100Plus. Kita harap ramai lagi penaja akan hadir memberikan bantuan sebegitu," kata Jame.
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