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Malaysian Smart School is defined as learning institutions that have been
systematically reinvented in terms of teaching-learning practices and school
management in order to prepare children for the information age. The Smart
School Flagship was one of the seven applications identified under the
Multimedia Super Corridor (MSC) initiative. The MSC Smart School Flagship
Application is a collaborative effort between the Ministry of Education (MoE)
and the Multimedia Development Corporation (MDeC). The Telekom Smart School
(TSS) industry consortium provided the ICT expertise for the initiative.
The
history of the Smart School project is rooted in the two-pronged objectives of
the flagship, which are to jumpstart the MSC towards building a knowledge-based
economy, contributing to the growth of the ICT industry and creating a pool of
talent resulting in high-value job creation. The other one is to prepare the
citizens for the information age through an innovative education delivery
process.
The Ministry
of Education started to conceptualise the Malaysian Smart School in 1996 and
subsequently began its 3-year pilot phase with 88 pilot schools in 1999. Pilot
schools are 88 residential and non-residential primary and secondary schools
located in rural and urban areas throughout Malaysia that participated in the
study to make all 10,000 schools in Malaysia smart by 2010.
The aim of
the Smart School is to change the culture and practices of Malaysia’s schools,
moving away from rote-memory learning toward fostering creative thinking
skills. Smart schools are provided with computerized classrooms and LCD
projectors, electronic resource centre, computers in science labs, self-access
centres and WIFI hotspots. The other ICT initiatives are TV Pendidikan and Pelaksanaan Pengajaran Sains dan
Matematik dalam Bahasa Inggeris (PPSMI); teaching
of science and mathematics in English in 2003.
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