Sports Toto “Reading My Companion” Reading Programme 2022

STM Lottery restarted its Sports Toto “Reading My Companion” Reading Programme to donate storybooks to the students of 11 Chinese primary schools in West Malaysia.

The 2022 edition of Sports Toto “Reading My Companion” Reading Programme donated storybooks to 11 micro-sized Chinese primary schools in the rural areas of Perak, Pahang, Negri Sembilan,

Melaka and Johor, benefitting a total of 1,586 students. As part of the STM Lottery’s Helping Hands programme, the reading programme is in line with the Goal 4 of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals to “ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all”.

The “Reading My Companion” reading programme aims to inculcate reading as a pastime of choice for the rural students who are relatively lacking in terms of recreational choices.

A team of staff volunteers visited the 11 participating schools beginning on 4 August 2022 and handed over the storybooks to the students.

Apart from giving away storybooks to the students, STM Lottery also donated storybooks to the library of each participating school. A storytelling session was also held at the schools to teach the students to enjoy reading creatively.

The schools played an active role in driving book exchange among the students as they were encouraged to share stories in class and pen down their post-reading thoughts in the journals.

To encourage keen participation among the students, tokens of commendation had been arranged for 2 students who showed the highest level of participation, in each of the 11 participating schools.