FSTEL — From One Student Question to an Innovation Ecosystem

What happens when students are given:

1. access,
2. mentorship,
3. technology,
4. and the opportunity to build?

FSTEL began with a simple question from a student at SMK Tebakang:

“Can you teach us IT and business?”

That one question became:

FSTEL 002

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ACCESS

📍 SK Jenderam Hilir

FSTEL started with a simple belief:

innovation cannot happen without access.

The journey began by sponsoring and upgrading the school computer lab at SK Jenderam Hilir to improve access to technology and digital learning opportunities.

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THE STUDENTS ARRIVED

📍 SMK Tebakang, Serian, Sarawak

In 2025, during the first year as a Teach For Malaysia Fellow, a student Googled the mentor’s background and asked:

“Can you teach us IT and business?”

She was challenged to recruit:

10 students from each class

She recruited:

80 students

The first active cohort eventually became:

40 students

FSTEL 002 was never designed as a formal programme.

It grew because students themselves wanted to learn, experiment, build, and create opportunities together.

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BUILDING WITH AI

4 Laptops. Bigger Dreams.

FSTEL grassroots fundraising collected:

RM1760

This funded:

4 laptops

capable of supporting Generative AI tools.

From those 4 laptops, students began learning:

1. prompt engineering
2. AI-assisted research
3. website development
4. entrepreneurship
5. poster & product creation
6. innovation pitching

Students from Sarawak started building websites within minutes.

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FROM LEARNERS TO BUILDERS

The FSTEL Ecosystem

FSTEL evolved into:

an ecosystem

Today, the ecosystem includes:

✅ Student Innovation Track

✅ Teacher Facilitator Track

✅ Community Collaboration Track

✅ University Internship Track

✅ Publication for Student Authors (P4SA)

✅ Startup & Project Ecosystem

✅ Innovation Competitions

✅ AI & Future Skills Learning

The ecosystem is designed to help students:

learn → build → present → publish → innovate → lead

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UNIVERSITY STUDENTS BUILDING THE ECOSYSTEM

The FSTEL Platform itself is currently being developed by:

3 UNIMAS students

through:

FSTEL UniTrack

Milestone-Based Internship

The UniTrack students are helping build:

1. the FSTEL Virtual Platform
2. project showcase systems
3. ecosystem infrastructure
4. fundraising tools

One student is currently building:

FundFlow

—a fundraising platform supporting impact-driven initiatives.

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FROM IDEAS TO RESEARCH

In December 2025:

4 student groups

from SMK Tebakang received:

RM20,000

in grants from the Sarawak Research and Development Council.

Students who once had limited exposure to technology are now conducting innovation research and prototype development.

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INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION

📍 International STEM Festival

SM Lok Yuk, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah

Representing:

SMK Tebakang

🏆 Project-Based Learning (PBL)

🥈 Platinum Award (2nd Place) — BUBADIBABA

🥉 Bronze Award — Sunvex

💡 Innovation Category

🥈 Silver Award — CodeWave

🥈 Silver Award — Vita’Verde

Students from Sarawak competed internationally through innovation, research, and project-based learning.

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FROM SCHOOL PROJECTS TO FUTURE STARTUPS

Students are no longer only participating in competitions.

They are becoming:

1. innovators
2. researchers
3. entrepreneurs
4. founders
5. ecosystem builders

CodeWave plans to officially register their business once the students turn 18.

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P4SA — PUBLICATION FOR STUDENT AUTHORS

FSTEL also supports:

1. writing
2. storytelling
3. publication
4. self-expression

Today:

P4SA has 7 student members

including a student who successfully published her own book.

Because future innovators must also know how to:

1. communicate
2. reflect
3. write
4. and share ideas with the world.

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NEXT DESTINATION: JAKARTA

2 student teams from SMK Tebakang are preparing to represent their school and Malaysia at:

🇮🇩 Innovation World Cup

🇮🇩 International Invention, Innovation & Creativity Competition

📍 Jakarta State University

Teams:

1. CodeWave
2. Sunvex

Sunvex students are from Form 3.

CodeWave students are from Form 5, including 2 students from the last class in school.

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TOWARDS YAYASAN FSTEL

Malaysia needs more than skilled workers.

We need:

1. thinkers
2. innovators
3. researchers
4. creators
5. founders
6. and future builders

What started with:

1. one student question,
2. 4 laptops,
3. and a small cohort,

is now growing into:

Yayasan FSTEL

A future ecosystem focused on:

1. AI literacy
2. innovation
3. entrepreneurship
4. future skills
5. publication culture
6. research culture
7. and student-led impact ecosystems

for Sarawak and eventually Malaysia.

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Ts. Dr. Nurfarhana Nasrudin

Founder, Farbeat Social Technopreneurship & Emerging Technologies Lab (FSTEL)

🌐 FSTEL Platform

SEE HOW IT BEGAN

Our first initiative at SK Jenderam Hilir:

https://youtu.be/-nF0X4xlSNc