3- Malaysia looks to ICT to raise education standards

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Malaysia’s Deputy Prime Minister has launched a new ICT policy to ensure better standards in ICT education in the country.

Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin, who is also Malaysia’s Education Minister, spoke at the launch event of plans to implement the policy, which is intended to improve the quality of education in the country.

The plan is that ICT will be used as the main teaching tool to encourage skills such as critical thinking and collaborative working.

“The teaching and learning process is no longer a teacher centric or one-way process, said Muhyiddin. “ A teacher is now a classroom facilitator, who is equipped with ICT knowledge.”

“Through this policy, all ICT programmes in the ministry will work towards the same goal, which is to increase student achievements and to ensure that every student has access to quality education.”

The Deputy Prime Minister also added that Malaysia would be looking to those countries already using ICT in education to ensure the correct standards are reached, with the view to gaining the status of an advanced nation by 2020.


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