"My passion and commitment is to bring out the best in every student under our care in the conducive learning environment and culture we are creating."
Mr Cheli holds a Master's in Educational Leadership from Liverpool John Moores University, United Kingdom. He completed his Bachelor of Education (Hons) in English
Literature from University of Otago, New Zealand and certified in teaching
English as a Second Language from Massey University, New Zealand. He also holds
the National Professional Qualification of Educational Leaders (NPQEL) from MOE
and has served as Vice Principal since 2007 for several schools including SMK
Bandar Kuching (1) in Sarawak, SMK Sinar Bintang KL, and SMK Menjalara KL.
Throughout his 36-year career in school education, Mr Cheli has
always shown great compassion for his students and colleagues and has been a
leading innovator; introducing various programmes and initiatives that have had
a great impact on Malaysian education. He is the founder of the ‘Reading Bus
Club’, an NGO that provides books to marginalised children in rural and urban
poor communities. The HELP or ‘Helpful English Language Programmes’ won him the
Innovative Teacher of The Year Award in 1994.
Mr Cheli also founded ‘Positive Attitude
Builds Character’ (www.pabc.my), an Attitude Management System that empowers
students to take ownership of their education - while enabling teachers to teach
without being overly burdened by classroom management - and engages parents to
monitor their children’s educational growth and to journey with them. In his
last year of service in public schools, he initiated and coordinated the
‘Cutting Edge Zones’ (CEZ) which involves the digitalization of classrooms to transform the way
teachers teach and the way students learn.
As a reflection of his extraordinary career in education, Mr
Cheli has won the ‘Excellent Service Award’ from the Ministry of Education on
five occasions (1994, 2003, 2009, 2013 & 2019); an achievement very few
public servants in Malaysian history have attained. With that, he brings with
him a wealth of experience, knowledge, and skills to his role as Campus
Principal of REAL Schools, Cheras Campus.
