Report of Interview

8/6/2019 Report of Interview

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INTRODUCTION

First and foremost, I would like to give my deepest gratitude to the headmistress of

our school, Pn Fatimah Bt Harun Arashid for her willingness to do this interview. She is the

cornerstone of the success of Sekolah Kebangsaan Telok Kepayang where she supports the

philosophy, vision and mission of the school in line with the will of ministry of education.

The philosophy of the school is the education in Sekolah Kebangsaan Telok Kepayang is one

of the continuing, comprehensive and integrated effort in order to produce the students that

harmonious and balanced in terms of physical, emotional, spiritual, intellectual and also for

their personality. Each students have the opportunity to achieve the excellence, skills and

deserve to get the most perfect education. This effort is the honest and sincere in order to

meet the aspiration and the needs of the students, parents and guardians, community, religion,

race and nation. The vision of the school is to make the people in Sekolah Kebangsaan Telok

Kepayang always achieve the excellence, and the glorious while for the mission of the school

is we are together implementing the educational system based on the knowledge to produce

the world-class of excellence following the strategy of management and leadership,

excellence in academic management, management procedure of students affairs and the

excellence in the sports and the co-curriculum.

Even though this school is a poor school students but it is able to par with the great

schools out there. The achievement of students in academic especially in UPSR which

reached up to hundred percent had qualified her as a great and respected teacher in this

district of Perak Tengah. Similarly, it is same with the co-curriculum of Sekolah Kebangsaan

Telok Kepayang where the students are actively participating in the sports organized whether

in the zone or district levels. Apart from the co-curricular activities that successfully gotten

by them was became the champion of the handball competition in both zone and district

levels in 2009. They also had became the runner up in the basketball game for the zone level

in 2010 besides won the first place in the writing contest of Jawi calligraphy for the zone

level in this year. Therefore, I really hope that throughout the interview with the headmistress

Pn Fatimah, we can understand more about her strategy on making the school among the

great schools and knowing her target for the school.


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BIOGRAPHY OF THE INTERVIEWEE

Full name : Pn Fatimah Bt Harun Arashid

IC number : 560608-08-5782

Date of birth : 08/06/1956

Place of birth : Kampung Serkai Jadi ,Tronoh , Perak

Number of siblings : Seven person and she is the fifth child of the family.

(3 males and 4 females)

Late husbands name : Zahari B Jasin

Number of children : -

Hobby : Reading novel

Favourite colour : Green

Favourite food : Rice and the village food

Favourite drink : Teh O

Level of education : Maktab Perguruan Melayu Melaka (1976 to 1977)

College options : Pendidikan Peringkat Awal Kanak-Kanak AM (PPK AM)

Date appointed to be as a headmistress : 16th December 2008


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THE REPORT

Through this interview with the headmistress Pn. Fatimah, I know a lot about her. For

most people, in their first impression they would think that she is very fierce by looking at her

face. However, when they try to communicate with her or be one of her colleague, their first

impression had changed as she is actually very friendly. She is very easy to get along with the

others. We, the teachers are happy to work along with her. We can share our opinions easily

and discuss anything especially about work and the students with ease. She also said that she

was very active in spots when she was young. She had told a lot of experiences that she have

since she works as an ordinary teacher until she had became as a headmistress.

On 3rd January 1978, she started to work as a teacher in SRJK(C) Kg Bali, Tronoh.

This is the first place where she worked in as a teacher after graduating in Maktab Perguruan

Melayu Melaka in 1977, but it was not that long as she only worked there for a month before

she had transferred to SRJK(C) Sam Chai, Ipoh started on 1st February 1978. There, she had

been working for four years and nine month and teaching the Malay language subject and art

education. Then, she applied to transfer teaching in her own hometown and the application

had approved. She worked in SR Tronoh for five years.

Later on, after she had married with her husband, she was following him and

transferred to SK Raja Dihilir Ikram Pasir Putih in Ipoh for one year only. Then, in 1989, she

had transferred again to Sekolah Kebangsaan Kuala Pari, Menglembu, also in Ipoh before

needed to transfer again to Sekolah Kebangsaan Dato Ahmad Said Tambahan, Ipoh starting

from 1st February 1993. Next, she was promoted to be the senior assistant of student affairs in

Sekolah Kebangsaan Sungai Siputeh in Selama, Perak and she had been working there from

August 1992 to 2005. At that time, she lived at the quarters that are specially provided for the

teachers who taught there. After serving for 14 years there in Selama, she requested for

transferring back to Perak Tengah, Perak.

Thereafter, she had transferred to Sekolah Kebangsaan Sri Kaya as a senior assistant

of co-curricular for one year only. Then, again, she had transferred to Sekolah Kebangsaan

Sri Iskandar as the senior assistant from 2006 to October 2008. After that, she transferredagain to Sekolah Kebangsaan Felcra Nasaruddin as the senior assistant. However, her


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services there was not that long. She only worked there in Sekolah Kebangsaan Felcra

Nasaruddin for two month only before had offered to be as a headmistress. The first school

that she worked as a headmistress was in Sekolah Kebangsaan Telok Kepayang. She worked

there starting in December 2008 till now. She is not only necessary to lead and take care of

all the teachers but also the students. Although it was quite difficult to assume this

responsibility, nevertheless, she bears with it for the sake of the pupils in this country in order

to educate them. She got the position as the headmistress at the age of 53.

Yet, starting from this year, she was not able to continue her services in this job due to

the frequent illness that she suffered. Starting from December 2011, she wanted to seek for

early retirement and make room for others who are committed to their duties. She added that

she wanted to take care of her mother who was old and sick and live in with her.

Other than that, according to her again, the most unforgettable experience that she got

during her services as a teacher is being successful in recovering the children who cannot

read, write and count. It is because she is one of the remedial teacher during her early

services. One more experience that she really appreciates and cannot forget is when was

teaching in SRJK (C) as she can learn the Chinese language and understand more about their

culture.

Moreover, she also added that most of the Chinese students are very brilliant

especially in Mathematic subject. This is probably because of their eating habit and their

culture surrounding. Their parents allow the teachers to use the rattan to their children in

order to teach them. Otherwise, in the Chinese school, the sports activities and the co-

curricular activities are not actively carried out, but they prefer to replace it with a class that

focus on the academic learning.

Furthermore, she also said that she gained a lot of experiences during her services as a

teacher whether in school that consist of a small number of students or big number of

students. She also always advises us, the teachers here to always strive to improve ourselves

no matter where we supposed to teach in. Teaching is one of the responsibility that should be

carried out of our best. Nowadays, the task that had been given to the teachers are more

challenging compared to the task for the teachers in the past. The challenge of the teachers in

order to educate the students of this 21st century really needed the full commitment of the

teachers as the educators in this country. Hence, she really hopes that the teachers of Sekolah


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Kebangsaan Telok Kepayang can be the hardworking teachers who are always trying to

improve the performances of the students from time to time.

However, she was also feeling a bit disappointed as she cannot afford to extend her

services in teaching. This is because of her health which is not so well and her commitment to

look after her mother who was getting sick. As such, she want to step down in the best way

by applying an early retirement at the end of this year. She hoped that the new headmaster

who will replace her later will continue to struggle in teaching and can will support the vision

and mission of the school.

She also hoped that her application to retire early would be approved as following to

her health which is not so good and her responsibility for taking care of her sick mother.

Prior to her pension, she would like to see the Sekolah Kebangsaan Telok Kepayang can

achieve a hundred per cent pass percentage again in this year's UPSR as this school had

achieved the excellent achievement in UPSR examination for the best Gred B school in 2010.

We are targeting the students of this school to get excellent 5A with 6 person or 43 percent,

the excellent potential 4A 1B with 4 person or 28.5 percent, excellent potential 3A 2B with 4

person or 28.5.

With the cooperation and commitment of all the teachers here, we hope that the vision andmission of this school can be accomplished. The great result would be the most precious gift

for her before leaving the field of education which she loves very much.

In my personal opinion, the headmistress Pn. Fatimah is very particular on the

achievement of the school whether in academics, student affairs and also co-curriculum. She

is constantly monitoring the academic activities that carried out in the school and ensure the

participation of all the students and their achievements in all the examination that had been

done.

Another thing that is very special about Pn. Fatimah is she is very conscious and

particular on the landscaping and the environmental hygiene of the school. She is very fond

in decorating and beautifying the school. She is willingly to go out by herself to buy the vase

and the flower for the school. Now, the school has a Science park which is fully contains with

the herbal plants and was initiated by the students and the Science teachers according to her

encouragement. Although this school is very small comparing to other school, but if we look


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from the outside view, it seems that it is a very big and beautiful school. The environment is

always clean and tidy is the priority of the headmistress.

She is also emphasizing to make the library of the school as a fun place to gain

knowledge as it is the heart of gaining knowledge. The library is one of the place that always

been monitored by the headmistress Pn Fatimah to ensure the cleanliness and the great

condition of the library besides looks for the activities that had undertaken there every year.

Therefore, it can be said that she is very conscious about the joyfulness and the great learning

condition other than the school academic achievement.

Besides that, she is also had used the profit of the school bookstore to increase the

collection of books in the library. Besides, she also encouraged the librarys teachers to held

some activities in order to enhance the books collection and also the maujudmaterials in the

library. The headmistress had planned to ask for the companies or individuals for some

donation whether in form of money of books. She is also encouraging the parents to donate

for some used books, magazines or other things that can be put in the library as a reference.

As a result, the library now can have a collection of old stuff for example, the tudung saji,

tepak sirih, kukur kelapa, kacip dan tempayan.

Among the memorable experiences between me and the headmistress Pn. Fatimah isduring the Teachers Day Celebration that had been done on last 16 th May. Although the

situation of her health is not very well, but she still involved herself in the activities that had

been planned specially for the teachers day celebration. I could see that she really enjoyed

the activities as she was always smile and laughing while playing some sports that planned by

the school during the Teachers Day celebration. I also felt that she is very cheerful and open

as she can consider the other teachers as her friend even though different in ages.

Many activities had been done during the teachers day. All the activities during the

teachers day celebration can highlight the friendly attitude between the headmaster, teachers,

staffs and students. This attitude has raised the spirits of the teachers and the students in order

to promote the school. Each of the members in the school are responsible for enhancing the

image of the school either in the PPD levels, JPN levels and the national levels. The activities

that had been done were teachers pledge, students performance and some games.

As we can see in the Picture 4, all the teachers read the teachers pledge. They read it

with full of spirits and led by one of the teacher, Cikgu Rahman. While in the Picture 5, we


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can see that the teachers club had prepared a cake for the teachers. The headmistress and the

senior assistant were together cutting the cake.

The headmistress also had joined some games that were organized specially for the

teachers day celebration to make the event more interesting. Some of the sports organized

were hockey game which was more simple than the real hockey and blowing the balloon until

it explode. In the Picture 6, we can see that the headmistress Pn. Fatimah was happy while

playing the games.

Thus, we can see that the headmistress, teachers and the students were very happy

during the teachers day. The cooperation and the commitment given by the teachers was in

line with the theme of the teachers day for this year which is Guru Penjana Transformasi

Pendidikan Negara.

In addition, based on what has been told by Pn. Fatimah, she is actually a person

whom does not like to waste time. During her leisure time, she will use it wisely such as

rearing chickens and goats in her backyard. She also has built a chicken coop and a goat shed.

This is to prevent the animals out and lost the livestock. She also added that this hobby is not

for commercial purposes, but only for the pleasure it gives. However, besides having the

chicken egg for the daily needs, some of the eggs also are sold to those who are interested inher village. According to her again, the eggs are very nutritious and provide energy. Until

now, she has more than 50 chickens and 15 goats. Although it is only a hobby, but it requires

a lot of commitment and time to manage the livestock.

During the school hour, her livestock is managed by her brother who lives near her

house. She also added that her free time will be filled with the activity as she has no children

and just lives with her old mother who is sick. Through this interview, I also know that the

headmistress Pn. Fatimah is very diligent and accustomed to the hard situation since she was

still a child. Hence, she does not tire and weary of her daily lives. Even though I felt that she

is very lonely, but she is a courageous, cheerful and a good child. I think this interview is

really significant because I feel close to and can understand her more even though I am new

in this school.


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INTERVIEW QUESTIONS

1. When did you start working as a teacher and where is your first school that you were

assigned to teach in?

2. What is the most unforgettable experience that you have since you become a teacher?

3. How do you feel when you were approved to be as a headmistress?

4. How do you conduct the administration of the school until the students can achieve

the success in the academic?

5. If your application to retire early is approved, what is you feeling when you are going

to leave this field of education?

6. What are you going to do after your retirement?

7. Before you are having your retirement, what is your hope towards the school?


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PICTURES


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Picture 1 : The interview session that had been held with the headmistress, Pn. Fatimah Harun Arashid.


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Picture 2 : During the interview session, some discussion about her work also had been held.


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Picture 3 : Many questions had given to the headmistress, Pn Fatimah and her response answering the

questions was very well.


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Picture 4 : All the teachers read the pledge of the teachers during the Teachers Day celebration on this 16th May. All

teachers read it with full of spirits and led by Cikgu Rahman.


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Picture 5 : The headmistress together with her senior assistant of the school cut the cake special for the Teachers Day

celebration.

Picture 7 : The headmistress and the other teachers are watching the students performance for the Teachers Day in

the school hall.


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Picture 6 : The headmistress Pn. Fatimah joined the sports that had been held during the Techers Day celebration.


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