KUCHING, Nov 12: Two English teachers from a school in Mukah have turned their pupils’ struggles with reading and limited English proficiency into an award-winning digital learning innovation, READ+ (Your Reading Buddy), which won a Silver Medal at an international education conference in Selangor.

According to the TVS report, developed by Anis Afifah Shahiri and Nur Safawani Mohd Syahril of Sekolah Kebangsaan (SK) Kampung Petanak, the interactive platform received the recognition at the Innovation Competition held in conjunction with the International Conference on Future Education (ICFE) 2026 in Klang from Nov 3 to 5.

The competition, organised by the Institute of Teacher Education Malaysia (IPGM), featured 164 innovation projects in the open category, with 61 receiving Silver Medals.