PTET students depart for the 6th STEP-NUS Sunburst Brain Camp, Singapore

 PTET delegates

PTET delegates with Deputy Principal Cg Rozieana Hj Zini and officers from Dept of Schools, MoE Brunei

On 4 June 2017 four Lower 6 students, namely Dk Nur Haziqah Syuhadah binti Pg Izudin Abas, Norzarifah binti Ishak, Izzul Afiq Amirun bin Muayah and Mohd Naqib Nasrullah bin Mohd Yussof, with chaperon Cg Raihan binti Hj Nokman, departed for Singapore this morning.

The delegates will attend the 6th Sunburst Brain Camp from 4 to 10 June 2017, organised by Singapore Technologies Endowment Programme (STEP), in partnership with the National University of Singapore (NUS). During the programme, with the engagement of experts, students are challenged to research and present a topic on the Brain. PTET students will present their research paper on "Williams Syndrome" 

PTET elects new Parent-Teacher Association members (20.5.2017)

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The new PIBG (Parent-Teacher Association) for 2017/2018 was elected by parents and tutors.

Amongst the six parents elected to hold the key positions were
Hj Amit bin Haji Omar - Chairperson
Norfah binti Esok - Deputy Secretary
Khoo Sing Chen - Deputy Treasurer
Imam Haji Kartolo bin Haji Abang - Chief Bureau in spiritual acitivities
Haji Kamaluddin bin Haji Sabtu - Chief Bureau in community services
Haji Rosli bin Haji Karim - Chief Bureau in physical and recreational activities

The former PIBG chairperson for 2015/2016, Cikgu Abdul Kani bin Abdullah, expressed his gratitude to the school for allowing him to participate in the association.

The newly elected chariperson, Haji Amit meanwhile said that he hoped for the newly elected committee members to take on the responsibility to ensure the success of the students.

PTET star achievers feted at national academic award ceremony (20.5.2017)

Three Year 13 students (2015/2016) who achieved three straight grade A for the Brunei-Cambridge GCE A-Level November 2016 examination were awarded at a national academic award ceremony held at the International Convention Centre (ICC) today.

The students were,
1. Teo Zhi Perng
Chemistry (A*)
Physics (A*)
Math (A*)

2. Arzree Francis
Physics (A*)
Math (A*)
Chemistry (A)

3. Aisy Umar
Chemistry (A*)
Math (A)
Physics (A)

Another Year 12 student, Afiq Hamizan bin Amzah was also awarded for being "Top in Brunei for AS-Level Chemistry" and being "Third Place for Best Across Four AS Levels".

PTET appoints new student leaders for academic year 2017/2018

This morning, PTE Tutong held an investiture ceremony for the new student leaders session 2017/2018.

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A total of 30 students were elected to become part of the Students' Council (MPP) with another 30 being elected to be part of the Peer Guiders (PRR).

Md Riyanulaiman Effendy bin Mohd Yazid is the new President of the Students' Council, succeeding Syafi'e bin Hj Sabrin.

Meanwhile, Mohammad Ammar Syahmii bin Alim is the new Chairperson of the Peer Guiders, succeeding Najwa Hazwani bte Muhammad Haskani as the outgoing Acting Chairperson.

Aspirasi magazine is out

The long awaited PTET School Magazine Aspirasi is out.
PTET students (Session 2015-16), please collect your personal copy from the school admin office during office hour.
The cost of the magazine has already been fully paid during L6 admission.

Imtiaz group sets bar high (26.4.2017)

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Yesterday's gathering involved students who have scored 280 tariff points and above based on the UCAS tariff points system, either in their Lower Sixth End of Year examination and also the recently released GCE AS-Level November 2016 examination results.

In light of their current achievements, representatives from the college's Education Development Unit (EDU) briefed students and parents on various information that will become very pivotal in coming months for their varsity application.

The Assistant Senior Master (Academic), Cg Nur Adyani bte Hj Yusop briefed on general higher education options. The Head of EDU, Cg Charles Lim talked about overseas university application and key dates. The school's specialist career teacher, Cg DK Farizah bte Pg Hj Wahab briefed on the education loan. 

It is hoped that the information relayed would benefit the Imtiaz focus group as well as their parents.

Students show outstanding IT skills to raise awareness on Glocal issues (18.4.2017)

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Six groups of finalists, which comprises of Upper Sixth General Paper (GP) students had the opportunity to share with the school through their excellent thought-provoking videos in this year's iteration of the the GP ICT competition 2017.

Previous year's themes had included Superstititions, Green Brunei and Old is Gold. This year's theme is glocal issues. This year's finalists' videos touched on various global issues including poverty, racism, stereotypes, diabetes, catfish and drug abuse.

The top three videos, as judged by Faiq Airudin, a former photojournalist with the Brunei Times together with Cg Charles Lim Wei Siong (history tutor, PTET) and Abdul Azim bin Hj Morni (a former finalist from GP ICT competition 2015), were

First place - Diabetes
Muhd Danish Asrien bin Md Masri (U6-1)
Andrew Teo Kui Huang (U6-1)
Md Haziq bin Hj Imran (U6-1)
Md Izzuddin bin Ishak (U6-2)
Nur Amirah Syakirah bte Airwan (U6-1)
Nursyafiqah bte Sulhi (U6-1)
Swee Kae Yie (U6-1)

Second place - Drug abuse

Third place - Poverty

Videos are to be made available on the blog soon. Check this space frequently.