Politeknik Sandakan Sabah (PSS) has become the first Institute of Higher Learning in Malaysia enter into the Scania Ecolution Partnership Agreement. The Scania Ecolution programme is where Scania customers get the necessary training and coaching as well as maintenance on their vehicles so that they run cleaner and more efficient vehicles thereby lowering the carbon footprint and lessen the impact of transportation on the environment. This signing of this agreement is for their 2012 Scania K360IB4X2 student coach / bus and should help them towards their goal of being a green campus by 2023.
An official signing ceremony was held at the Campus in the Education Hub of Sandakan, Sabah. The partnership was forged when Mr Tajul Ariffin Mohamed Arif, Director of Politeknik Sandakan Sabah (above, left) signed on the dotted line with Mr Tom Kuiphuis (seen above, right), the Pre-Sales Director of Scania Southeast Asia.
PSS is the second of only 2 Polytechnics in Sabah. The polytechnic college was established in 2008 but was fully facilitated in 2012 with its own campus. It currently offers a Diploma in Agro-technology and Diploma in Aquaculture to SPM qualified students from all over Malaysia but with 85 percent of them from Sabah currently.
“We chose to offer these 2 Diplomas due to its close association with nature, especially with PSS Strategic Plan 2019 - 2023 of transforming its building complex into a Green Campus by 2023. We believe being part of the Scania Ecolution programme will to a certain extend help us towards our Green objective; to reduce the impact onto the environment by emitting less carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) into the atmosphere via our Scania K360IB4x2,” said Mr Tajul.
The folks at PSS were pleased to be given an opportunity to be part of Scania’s environmentally conscious programme that is significantly lessening the impact to the environment. It is a programme that will not only lower PSS’ coach operation cost but will also reduce its carbon footprint by lessening the emission of carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) through the reduction of fuel consumption. Ecolution helps out by giving the proper coaching and training so that the drivers are properly trained in their vehicle.
To be able to utilise the full potential of the Scania coach or to drive it as efficiently as possible, the drivers have to have the right attitude when handling this technologically-advanced machine. PSS will be enlisting the drivers into the Scania Driver Training and Coaching services that will help change their mindset into believing that every individual driver matters and is part of a very big picture in the preservation of the planet.
According to PSS, the Scania coach assists them run their out of campus programmes in Sandakan or throughout Sabah and even up to Brunei. One reason is also Scania Malaysia's aftersales service and the push for the most uptime that it gives.
This is especially so with the Scania Maintenance contract and Scania Fleet Mangement System Control 10 subscription and the new Scania Ecolution agreement that PSS has signed for. With the aftersales programmes offered, the bus operation is virtually hassle-free. The Scania K360IB4x2 coach has been a worthwhile investment aside from the smooth transportation of PSS’ student state-side. According to the spokesperson, PSS hopes to add another Scania bus when the funds allow them to do so.
“With a population of almost one thousand students we need more coaches to transport them to and from scheduled activities away from the campus. The Scania K360IB4x2 that we purchased in 2012 is still running well and still gives us safety, comfort, reliability and fuel economy. We are already looking at securing another one more Scania coach very soon and anxiously waiting for the budget approval,” added Mr Tajul.
”Scania has been introducing sustainable transport solutions for a long time, especially when it comes to the reduction of carbon dioxide and today’s signing ceremony is testament of Scania’s on-going drive towards the 2050 commitment in reducing the carbon footprint to net zero, stated Tom. Being the first educational institution in Malaysia has its prestige but also comes with the responsibility of leading others, setting examples and showing positive results for others to emulate,” added Mr Kuiphuis.
“Overall, I am very pleased with Scania’s after-sales services as I believe the commitment level of Scania towards PSS is satisfactorily executed and with the Scania Ecolution Agreement in force, we are set to realise our objective of achieving the Green Campus status by 2023. I sincerely hope that the little that we do at our campus towards conservation of the environment involving all our students will have a positive spillover effect onto the students’ circle of friends and family,” concluded Mr Tajul.
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