Anugerah Guru Inspirasi McDonald’s Cikgu Chan Chin Ho from SMK Durian Tunggal, Melaka

Happy Teacher’s Day! “human has never once planned to fail but failed to plan” here are some of the words from Cikgu Chan. In life we must have our vision, ambition, and work hard for it. Few days ago, I managed to interview one of Anugerah Guru Inspirasi McDonald’s 2021 nominees Cikgu Chan Chin Ho from SMK Durian Tunggal Melaka. Continue to read to find out what are challenges that he and his students encounter the most during this pandemic period.

Anugerah Guru Inspirasi McDonald’s Cikgu Chan Chin Ho SMK Durian Tunggal Melaka

Being a teacher is a noble and passionate career for Cikgu Chan. As a kid, he always wanted to be a great teacher to create and provide love, care, and happiness to the students. He started his career as a teacher in 2002, almost 19 years and he has experienced many ups and downs together with his students. He hopes that his student improvement will help them to achieve their dreams and be able to further their studies at university.

Cikgu Chan Chin Ho SMK Durian Tunggal Melaka

As the school counselor he often had to help his students to solve or ease their problems. According to Cikgu Chan, the reason that inspired him to be a counselor is his personal traits. He has great patience to understand and go deeper into the issues or problems faced by my students. This urges him to help his students and at the same time, they encourage and guide him to be a better school counselor. 

Anugerah Guru Inspirasi McDonald’s Cikgu Chan Chin Ho SMK Durian Tunggal Melaka

Cikgu Chan was nominated by one of his students, Nurin Atiqah Binti Basri in Anugerah Guru Inspirasi McDonald’s 2021. To Nurin Atiqah, Cikgu Chan is Cikgu Luar Biasa and sangat membantu. When Nurin Atiqah lost her father, Cikgu Chan had helped her to gain back her motivation to excel in her studies for a better future. Cikgu Chan helped her and her family to go through difficult times. 

Cikgu Chan also shared that during the MCO period, students are unable to join online lessons is one of the biggest challenges that he faced. Mainly because the students do not have online gadget, have financial issues, weak internet connection, and many more. When he visited the students’ houses, he also found out that some of the students are lazy to join the online class and parents facing difficulties to discipline their children.

As a school counselor, he tried to contact the parents, caretakers, or even the students through phone calls and social media such as Whatsapp, Telegram, Instagram DM, Facebook, etc. Besides that, I also promoted counseling services on the Facebook page and Instagram, @ubk_dutass.

Cikgu Chan wish that all students able to focus on their studies and be consistent to achieve their dreams. He always thinks that only the students can help themselves if they want to succeed. Teachers are there to guide and assist only. He hopes that students will appreciate every opportunity they have in secondary school.

In conjunction with National Teacher’s Day, McDonald’s Malaysia is having Anugerah Guru Inspirasi McDonald’s 2021 (AGI2021) to celebrate and appreciate the extraordinary teachers who have gone beyond the call of duty in nurturing students and inspiring them to do better.

Anugerah Guru Inspirasi McDonald’s 2021

This is the fifth year that McDonald’s Malaysia is running this initiative. McDonald’s Malaysia will announce the winners of Anugerah Guru Inspirasi McDonald’s 2021 by end-May, so stay tuned for the results ya!

Anugerah Guru Inspirasi McDonald’s

For more information and updates about Anugerah Guru Inspirasi McDonald’s Cikgu Chan Chin Ho SMK Durian Tunggal Melaka, please visit McDonald’s Malaysia Website https://www.mcdonalds.com.my/bm/anugerahguruinspirasi/