GENIUS Remaja Holds Live Virtual Concert for the First Time
Bangi – 18th January 2021: For the first time, GENIUS Remaja, under the administration of Pusat Pemerkasaan Remaja (PERKASA), Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM), staged a live virtual performance (live) on social media recently, starring Black Hanifah, one of the country’s most recognized singers. The show received over 200 good comments on social media and received 1,800 views on Facebook and 1,200 views on Youtube. Black Hanifah is amazed by the GENIUS Remaja’s hidden abilities. He has indicated his willingness to help by arranging coaching sessions to help these youth discover their hidden skills. GENIUS Remaja is one of seven programs of the GENIUS program at the Malaysian Ministry of Education, which is dedicated to helping B40 teenagers aged 13 to 19 years enhance their abilities in a variety of fields.
GENIUS Remaja’s youth benefit significantly from various activities that allow them to pursue their interests while also improving their quality of life. The Impian Remaja project, part of the GENIUS Remaja program, brings together Master of Business Administration (MBA) students from UKM Graduate School of Business to assist the Program Perumahan Rakyat (PPR) community, with an emphasis on at-risk youth. Impian Remaja’s primary goal is to foster mutualistic relations among community members and the neighbouring community to ensure that at-risk teenagers in PPR have equitable access to school.