(Malaysia) Ipoh, Perak: School adds sensory room for kids with "diverse needs"

Jan 14, 2026, Ipoh school unveils sens­ory room to foster well-being 

NGO-fun­ded facil­ity sup­ports pupils with diverse needs 

https://www.pressreader.com/malaysia/the-star-malaysia/20260114/282651808876332 

A school in Ipoh, Perak, has intro­duced a multi­s­ens­ory room for pupils with diverse needs.

The spe­cial edu­ca­tion Integ­ra­tion Pro­gramme (PPKI) multi­s­ens­ory room at sk sun­gai rokam is designed to help chil­dren with aut­ism man­age their emo­tions and beha­viour, while boost­ing focus and respons­ive­ness.

 “research find­ings show that multi­s­ens­ory envir­on­ments help PPKI stu­dents improve their com­mu­nic­a­tion, cog­nit­ive and social skills.

“This is a very mean­ing­ful long-term invest­ment for their future,” said Perak edu­ca­tion Depart­ment dir­ector Zulkafli mohamed mokhtar who opened the facil­ity.

“spe­cial edu­ca­tion is not merely about provid­ing a spe­cial learn­ing space, but a shared com­mit­ment to ensure that every stu­dent, regard­less of abil­ity, receives fair, appro­pri­ate and effect­ive edu­ca­tional oppor­tun­it­ies,” he added.

The multi­s­ens­ory room is part of a pro­gramme by women’s volun­teer organ­isa­tion Per­tu­buhan Wan­ita Pri­hatin Perak (PWPP).

PWPP chair­man norz­ita rabaai told Bernama that the facil­ity cost between rm30,000 and rm50,000 to set up, with the facil­ity at sk sun­gai rokam sponsored by Go hub cap­ital Bhd.

she said two integ­rated multi­s­ens­ory rooms had also been set up at sk coron­a­tion Park and sk sri sen­tosa in Kinta dis­trict.

Their intro­duc­tion is the res­ult of PWPP efforts to raise com­munity aware­ness about the needs and poten­tial of spe­cial edu­ca­tion stu­dents.

“Through this pro­gramme, we want the com­munity to under­stand that chil­dren with aut­ism and stu­dents with spe­cial needs also have the poten­tial to develop if given the appro­pri­ate space, sup­port and facil­it­ies,” norz­ita said.

Go hub cap­ital chief exec­ut­ive officer Kenny Tan said the com­pany’s con­tri­bu­tion was aimed at enhan­cing chil­dren’s devel­op­ment via pro­vi­sion of inclus­ive learn­ing facil­it­ies.

he added that the com­pany planned to expand its edu­ca­tional con­tri­bu­tions nation­wide this year, with a tar­get of donat­ing rm500,000 to rm1mil.