Yayasan Basmi Kemiskinan

No 32 & 34, Jalan Kelana Jaya SS 7/24 Petaling Jaya 47301, Selangor

Tel : 603-78750036
Fax : 603-78750719
ybk@ybk.org.my

What Is KUNTUM ?

KUNTUM abbreviated of Kumpulan Tuisyen Hujung Minggu or Group of Free Weekend Tuition. This is a poverty eradication programme through education excellent. This programme was started as early in 1993 whereby free tuition for SPM (Malaysia Certificate Examination) were organised by YBK especially for candidate who comes from very poor family in rural areas.

Every year during Mac to October, YBK organised free tuition for poor student in selected rural school who preparing for SPM (Malaysia Certificate Examination) are provided by YBK. The classes comprises 20 poor students who are cannot afford to pay for private tuition, They were attending the tuition either after normal school time or weekend depends on school or teachers avalaibility for selected subjects such as Mathematics, Science, Language and Accounting.

The programme had succesfully improved students academic performence in generall especially in those subject thought. The programmes were conducted with the collaboration of selected rural school including schools priciple in Peninsular Malaysia. Number of rural schools and students benefited involved every year and monetory are as follows

Year
No of schools
Cost (RM)
No. Of Students)
1993
55
170,503.90
1,718
1994
35
135,897.50
1,241
1995
31
85,712.50
745
1996
24
125,894.89
745
1997
34
125,894.89
1,089
1998
35
206,718.30
1,240
1999
39
224,913.70
1,180
2000
58
191,260.13
2,100
2001
28
35,000.00
600
2002
25
32,000.00
550
2003
20
151,048.58
472
2004
27
244,726.14
550
2005
21
297,510.00
672
2006
23
236,957.00
600
2007
43
152,689.05
860
Jumlah
 
2,416,726.58
14,745