BFM podcast - June 2016

Arts-ED is a Penang-based, non-profit organization which empower youth in the community through programmes and curriculums in the arts. Last year, Arts-ED won the UNESCO Wen Hui Award for Educational Excellence and Cultural Expression. Here to tell us more about Arts-ED is programme manager Chen Yoke Pin and Arts-Ed alumnus Khoo Teng Shin, who is currently a final year student in medicine and surgery at Universiti Malaya.

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The Star - May 2014

Our education system is partly to blame for the lack of interest in Malaysian heritage. It is a sentiment shared by both Elizabeth Cardosa, executive director of Badan Warisan Malaysia (BWM) and Chen Yoke Pin, programme manager of Penang-based Arts-ED.

While students get their fill of history in school, Chen thinks the design of the syllabus isn’t exciting and interesting enough to create a lasting impression.

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