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Goducate trains Batam teens

Indoor bonding session

For the past 2 months, approximately 30-40 Indonesian teenagers gather each Saturday for a Goducate Teens’ training session.

Goducate staff pick the teens at 230 pm and bring them to a local school with nice facilities for their training.

A small team from Singapore leads the training program, assisted … … Read More

Learning to run youth camps in Batam

Teachers being trained as camp counselors

Last month 3 Americans from an established youth camp in America came to Batam to teach us how to run youth camps. The 3 Americans were accompanied by 3 Filipinos from Goducate Training Center in Iloilo, who are also experienced in running Goducate youth camps in the Philippines.

The … … Read More

Batam English camp at Tunas Bahru Junior High School

Just last month Dr Paul Choo conducted a seminar on Principle of teaching for the 100 teachers of the seven schools under an Indonesian educational NGO (in English called “New Sprouts”).

Subsequently, Goducate was invited to conduct English camp for their first year Junior high students on the 7th … … Read More

Visit by students to Goducate learning center at Punggur Batam

On the 13 and 14 July we had 15 students and 3 teachers from Singapore Peicai Secondary School to visit our center.

They came as part of the school program to help their students be exposed to life outside their country and to do their part to help the … … Read More

Monthly Goducate English camps in Batam, Indonesia

Our English camps were held with students coming from Tunas Baru Secondary school in Batu Aji, Batam. We had over 45 students for each month of May and June. Their ages are from 14 to 16 years. The purpose was to teach them conversational English through games and drama. … … Read More