Drowning has become a critical concern in Malaysia, particularly among children, as the nation witnesses an alarming rise in cases of children drowning in swimming pools and other bodies of water. There is an urgent need for greater awareness, while safety measures, and necessary education of water safety skills are immediate requirements to safeguard the lives of Malaysia’s young generation.

Recent Cases Are Truly Heartbreaking
On October 25th this year, two brothers aged 7 and 9 years were found drowned after falling into a drain while playing near a village in Tanjong Karang, Selangor. Earlier in the same month, a 15-month toddler had drowned after the tricycle he was on, had fallen into an irrigation canal in Bachok, Kota Bharu, Kelantan. In September, the drowning of a two-year-old toddler, whose body was found floating in a drain, made headlines nationwide. Earlier in May, a father and two of his children were discovered drowned when their weekend outing at Sungai Balak, Selangor took a terrifying turn resulting in the loss of their lives. The cause for concern is that the drowning fatalities among children over the years have seen little reduction. Hence, the need for preventive measures and water safety education in Malaysia is nothing short of urgent and the nationwide awareness in teaching water safety skills for children is essential.

You Should Enroll Your Child into A Good Swimming School, And Here’s Why!

Learning to swim offers children invaluable benefits, combining physical fitness with essential safety skills. Choosing a good and reputable swim school is vital to ensure proper instruction and a safe, supportive atmosphere. A quality swim school like D Swim Academy (DSA) with certified instructors and small class sizes provides personalised attention, ensuring children learn both technique and safety effectively, while building a solid foundation in swimming and being confident around water.

Why choose DSA?

For over a decade, D Swim Academy (DSA) has been serving more than 40,000 customers worldwide, providing swimming lessons for children of all ages and adults. DSA has its head office at the National Aquatic Centre, Bukit Jalil, with multiple swim centres in Kampung Pandan, Shah Alam, Setia Alam, Petaling Jaya, Mont Kiara and adjoining areas in Klang valley. DSA also provides swimming lessons in Johor and will be shortly offering swimming classes in Seberang Jaya, Penang.

DSA is also the largest and the only swim school in Malaysia to be recognised as a Gold level AUSTSWIM Swim Centre. AUSTSWIM is known worldwide for its development of quality aquatic education programmes and certified swim teachers. An AUSTSWIM certification hence is accompanied by the highest accreditation benchmark in aquatics alongside industry standards in the teaching of swimming and water safety.

Swim Teachers and swim coaches in DSA are certified under AUSTSWIM and are passionate about imparting more than just swimming skills in children. Going with the DSA tagline, ‘Teaching more than just Swimming’, swim teachers and coaches with DSA provide the necessary guidance and support young children need as they grow up. DSA, with its standardised programmes has created awareness among the Malaysian public about the importance of adhering to international quality education in swimming and learning of water safety skills.

Having won numerous international awards, DSA is rated as Malaysia’s favourite Swim School, bagging the Best Swim School Award from the BabyTalk & MamaPapa Readers’ Choice Awards numerous times in a row over the years. Its impressive range of swimming programmes start from infants at 6 months of age to adults. Programmes at DSA cover all the way from beginners to competitive swimming. Swimmers with potential will be encouraged to join the DSA Swim Squad Programme, where the opportunity to participate in the various Swim Meets and Circuits right up to national levels await them.

Over the last decade, DSA has been recognised as the leading Swim Academy maintaining the strict international standards set by AUSTSWIM and International Swimming Federation (formerly known as FINA) in its operations and functioning. DSA’s high-quality teaching is kept abreast of current swimming developments and trends through on-going comprehensive training and qualifications for their swim teachers and coaches.

Malaysian parents whose children have developed their swimming and water safety skills with DSA can rest assured that their children have a good chance of survival should there be any water related incident, which goes a long way in decreasing the numbers of drowning fatalities among children.

D Swim Academy is the BabyTalk MamaPapa Readers’ Choice Awards 2024 Diamond Winner for Swim School.