Kampong Selapon

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Kampong Selapon is a village is Temburong District, Brunei, about 19 kilometres (12 mi) from the district town Bangar. The population was 224 in 2016.[2] It is one of the villages within Mukim Batu Apoi. The postcode is PC3351.[3]

Kampong Selapon
Road sign to Selapon
Road sign to Selapon
Kampong Selapon is located in Brunei
Kampong Selapon
Location in Brunei
Coordinates: 4°40′34″N 115°11′56″E / 4.676°N 115.1989°E / 4.676; 115.1989
CountryBrunei
DistrictTemburong
MukimBatu Apoi
Government
 • Village headNorasmadi Karim[1]
Population
 (2016)[2]
 • Total
224
Time zoneUTC+8 (BNT)
Postcode
PC3351

Infrastructure

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Selapon Primary School is the village's government primary school. It also shares grounds with Selapon Religious School, the village's government school for the country's Islamic religious primary education.

Education

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Selapon Primary School was established as a temporary structure in 1973 on an 8.93 acres (3.61 ha) plot of land in Selapon, it was constructed through cooperative efforts by village residents, with materials provided by the government through the Department of Education. The initial building measured 60 by 20 feet (18.3 m × 6.1 m), featuring wooden posts, wooden floors and walls, and a zinc roof. A temporary teachers' house was also built in 1973 to accommodate the teachers. The school began operations on 19 April 1974, with an enrolment of 43 students in Grade 1 and only two teachers, including the headteacher. In 1987, a new semi-permanent building was constructed near the old site, funded entirely by Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah through the Ministry of Education, and it was officially opened on 20 October 1988. Currently, it is equipped with various facilities, including seven classrooms, a library, a resource room, a computer room with eight computers, a teachers' workroom, restrooms, a headteacher's office, a school kitchen, and a wudu area, and it has operated a full-day integrated schooling system since 3 January 2005.[4]

References

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  1. ^ BUKU DIREKTORI TELEFON PENGHULU-PENGHULU MUKIM DAN KETUA-KETUA KAMPUNG NEGARA BRUNEI DARUSSALAM (PDF) (in Malay). Vol. 4. Brunei: Bahagian Perancangan Daerah, Ministry of Home Affairs. April 2024. p. 32.
  2. ^ a b "Population and Housing Census Update Final Report 2016" (PDF). www.deps.gov.bn. Department of Statistics. December 2018. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
  3. ^ "Buku Poskod Edisi Kedua (Kemaskini 26 Disember 2018)" (PDF). post.gov.bn (in Malay). Brunei Postal Services Department. 26 December 2018. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
  4. ^ Pengiran Ahmad, Pengiran Linong (2018). "Sekolah Kita: Sekolah Rendah Selapon". Pusaka Majalah (in Malay). 44. Bandar Seri Begawan: Brunei History Centre, Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports: 18–22.