“I found out about CGC on Facebook and applied online. The process was quite simple and fast, and I would recommend it to any small business owner.”
Tadika Minda Labuan | Education
Labuan, Wilayah Persekutuan
Ng Chiew Peng
With only a few children, Ng Chiew Peng started a kindergarten in 2011. After being in business for nine years, she was looking to expand her premises to accommodate increasing demand for enrolment. Her kindergarten has two class sessions, comprising around 120 students. To add to her service range, she offers tuition classes and a childcare facility, too. Soon she needed more space so, after receiving her BizMaju loan at the end of 2019, she added two rooms.
“I found out about CGC on Facebook and applied online. The process was quite simple and fast, and I would recommend it to any small business-owner,” states Ng, who had tried other financial institutions and had her applications turned down. She asserts that capital is necessary for small businesses to expand. She herself has hired more teachers and staff to accommodate the increasing number of new students.
Her establishment focusses on a hands-on, interactive learning approach. “We mix various methods to ensure students learn as they play, and remember through actions after the part on theory.” At Tadika Minda Labuan, they combine multimedia, workbooks and practical methods. In teaching phonetics, storyboards aid young students’ learning, reinforced with song and dance. Ng observes that the children greatly enjoy their lessons, while parents are pleased with the techniques and teaching staff. Regular training and updated material support the Q-dees programme, for example. Ng thinks that children are smarter nowadays, and thus teachers need to constantly hold their attention with varied routines. “Easier for them to catch up with the lessons and they won’t get bored.”
Though perhaps not this year, Ng hopes to extend her current premises next year as she cannot accept any more students despite requests and enquiries. In future, Tadika Minda aims to be an established kindergarten in Labuan, with the possibility of adding more branches.