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Street Smart, Book Smart School 
Secondary School with 
Practical, Affordable & Relevant (PAR) 
holistic EDUCATION for Future 
Prepared for: 
September 2014
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Why We Need to Act NOW
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Our Schools Are Outdated ! 
The World Has Changed Rapidly but Our Schools Have Not ! 
Employers can’t get right people? 
Employers are becoming increasingly 
dismayed by Malaysian "generation Y" job 
seekers who generally have a poor command 
of the English language and lack 
communication skills, are too spoiled to handle 
stress, and in a hurry to climb the corporate 
ladder yet indifferent to the need for 
experience. – Malaysian Insider, June 2014 
Industrial Age 
• Parents’ advice: go to 
school, get good 
grades, and look for 
safe, secure job 
• You became more 
valuable the older you 
got 
• The employer was 
responsible for your 
retirement plan 
Information Age 
• what you learned is 
important, but not as 
important as how fast you 
can learn, change, and 
adapt to new information 
• You become less 
valuable the older you get 
• You as employee 
responsible for your own 
retirement plan 
Subtle yet significant differences 
between the 2 ages 
The World has evolved very fast 
*Education is more important than ever before because things will be changing faster*
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Current State of Our Education 
Low quality Malaysian education more 
alarming than household debt 
Dr Frederico Gil Sander, World Bank’s senior economist 
for Malaysia, said Malaysian should be “alarmed” that 
their children were doing worse in school than children 
in Vietnam, a country poorer than Malaysia 
12 year Blueprint = 
Challenges in action 
and result 
Graduates 
learn right 
skills for job? 
*Is the education receives in school adequate to meet the challenges of the new world?,*
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Can You Afford Today’s Education? 
The current alternative to national schools are too expensive 
International Schools Private schools - 
School fees ~ RM65k+ p.a. 
5 years total ~ RM325k+ 
School fees ~ RM70k+ p.a. 
5 years total ~ RM350k+ 
School fees ~ RM60k+ p.a. 
5 years total ~ RM300k+ 
School fees ~ RM60k+ p.a. 
5 years total ~ RM300k+ 
National syllabus 
School fees ~ RM20k+ p.a. 
5 years total ~ RM100k+ 
Private schools – 
International syllabus 
School fees ~ RM30k-60k+ p.a. 
5 years total ~ RM150k-300k+ 
Malaysia’s average salary is USD961 per month according to United Nations’ International Labour Organization (ILO) 2011 
The average household income for Malaysia was recorded at RM5,000 per month in 2012 (Department of Statistics, Malaysia) 
*Expensive schools produce materialistic & realistic students with entitlement mentality,*
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Which Segment of Education to Focus? 
Focus on Critical Hollow in Malaysia’s Education 
University / College Primary School 
Secondary Schools 
Good Chinese schools 
and missionary schools 
Good varieties of 
universities and colleges 
Secondary education is now being recognized as the 
cornerstone of educational systems in the 21st century. 
Quality secondary education is indispensable in creating 
a bright future for individuals and nations alike. 
~ World Bank or migrate 
overseas? 
*Making learning a lifelong commitment.*
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Proposed Street Smart Syllabus
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Overall Wholistic Education Theme 
Street Smart , Book Smart School focus on PAR (Practical, Affordable, 
Relevant) holistic education theme 
*Every child is special, every child has a genius in them*
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RELEVANT ~ School Syllabus to Cover 5 Core Relevant Areas 
2) Direction 
1) Skills 
3) Intelligence 
4) Values 
5) Sustainability 
*Fortunate in using our valuable hand as a guide*
We need the P’s and F’s to prepare the students for future – not just exam A’s 
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Relevant ~ Secondary School Syllabus : 2P’s & 3F’s 
2) Futurist 
Direction 
1) Pitching 
Skills 
3) Financial 
Intelligence 4) Family & 
*I took the one less travelled by, that’ has made all the difference 
Fitness 
5) Philanthropy 
mindset
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1) Pitching Skills 
Presentation 
Pitching skills to focus on 4 key areas 
• Presentation with confidence 
• Clarity and influencing messaging 
• Carry oneself well 
Marketing 
Communication 
• Origination of transactions / businesses are through effective 
marketing 
• Learn principles of marketing and various marketing strategies 
• Importance of branding and credibility 
• Learn effective communication and interpersonal skills 
• Communication with Engagement upwards, downwards and lateral 
• Listening skills 
Languages 
• To learn multi languages. English as primary language. Chinese 
and Malay as compulsory second languages. Conversational 
languages such as Japanese, Korean, Latin etc to be offered 
• Teachers of various races and languages with different cultures 
sharing with students 
*Half the battle is won with right pitching skills*
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2) Futurist Direction 
Direction is governed by 2 key drivers – Thinking and Action 
Think creatively and be innovative ~ 7 principles of Innovation 
Secrets of Steve Jobs 
1.Do what you love. Think differently about your career 
2.Put a dent in the universe. Think differently about your vision. 
3.Kick start your brain. Think differently about how you think. 
4.Sell dreams, not products. Think differently about your customers. 
5.Say No to 1,000 things. Think differently about design. 
6.Create insanely great experience. Think differently about your brand 
experience. 
7.Master the message. Think differently about your story. 
Thinking 
Action 
Action speaks louder than words 
•Malaysian are very good in great ideas and slogans…but don’t act on 
what they say 
•Everyone holds different opinion on different thing, and there’s no 
right or wrong on it, so stop argue, ACT on it and prove yourself 
*You can’t drive forward by only looking at back mirror and don’t step on accelerator.*
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3) Financial Intelligence 
Detached from values, money may indeed be the root of all evils, but linked effectively to social 
purpose, it can be the root of all opportunity 
• Robert Kiyosaki’s in his book Rich Dad Poor Dad as financial intelligence is 1) financial literacy; 
2) Investment strategies; 3) the market, supply and demand and 4) the law- playing within the 
rules and regulation (accounting, corporate, national , tax) 
• Unfair Advantage – the power of financial education 
1) Knowledge ~ gain more knowledge because knowledge is the real money 
2) Taxes ~ the harder you work for money, the more you pay in taxes, the harder your 
money works for you, the less you pay in taxes, the harder other people’s money works 
for you, you pay even less in taxes 
3) Debt ~ differentiate Good Debt vs Bad Debt 
4) Risk ~ best way to minimize risk is by taking control, not by avoiding risk and using 
oxymorons 
5) Compensation ~ Work to learn – don’t work for money. 
• Excellent Tips from Warren Buffett 
1) On Earnings ~ Never depend on single income. Make investment to create second 
*Choose your teachers wisely* 
source 
2) On Spending ~ If you buy things you don’t need, soon you will have to sell things you 
need 
3) On Savings ~ Do not save what is left after spending, but spend what is left after saving 
4) On Taking Risk ~ never test the depth of river with both feet 
5) On Investment ~ Do not put all eggs in one basket
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4) Family Values & Fitness Health 
Fusion of core focus on Asian family values combined with the good of Western family values 
• Asian values for family to be emphasized 
 Discipline 
 Taking care of family and elderly 
 Put family and the team first 
 Work hard 
 Be polite and respect elderly 
 Integrity 
• Combined with Western family teaching 
 Independent 
 Dare to speak out 
 Sharing with parents similar to friends 
• The school activities to include: 
• Full day school hour and activities, no or minimal homework 
• Focus on fitness & healthy with sports activities 
• Encourage students to spend more time with family and parents to spend time 
with their children 
• Cooking skills for all 
• Basic DIY skills 
• Emphasize on fair competition,to pick the right people based on merit and reward talent 
“If my children and grandchildren can be like me, then they don’t require 
material inheritance. But if they are not like me, then of what use is my 
wealth to them?” ~ Robert Kuok’ beloved mother 
Be actively involved in 
your child, in family life ~ 
Dalai Lama on how 
parents can raise healthy 
and involved children 
*Practice honesty, integrity and trustworthiness as life’s virtues*
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5) Philanthropy Mindset 
Philanthropy is not just donation, it is to create a sustainable cause 
If you teach a man 
to teach others to 
fish, the whole 
community will be 
sustainable for 
generations 
• To change today’s mindset which centred around “entitlement mindset” 
• The students would be taught and practicing the Law of Sustainability – 
1. Reciprocity, Give more and you shall receive more; 
2. Learn to give more; 
3. Leverage the power of compounding knowledge ~ you can teach a person to 
fish, but you cannot force a person to learn to fish 
• Alumni are required to continue to contribute to the school and students ~ The more 
people I serve, the more effective I become 
• Students always reminded to make a difference and help others ~ Change the world for 
the better even in small way 
Robert Kuok : Wealth should be used for 
two main purposes. One: for the generation 
of greater wealth; in other words, you 
continue to invest, creating prosperity and 
jobs in the country. Two: part of your wealth 
should be applied to the betterment of 
mankind, either by acts of pure philanthropy 
or by investment in research and 
development along the frontiers of science, 
space, health care and so forth 
*The Goal is not to live forever, the goal is to create something that will* 
The Giving Pledge
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Methodology for Creating Street Smart Environment 
** 
Study Tour 
Collaboration 
Sports 
Experience 
Sharing 
Environment 
Information 
Age 
1) Power of Collaboration 
- collaborate with established & experience 
organizations 
- join up to work on set of programme / framework on 
core skill(s) with full year syllabus 
2) Leverage on Information Age 
- using readily available materials, free download : 
YouTube; tv series, movies 
Eg watching MacGyver series to learn science, 
creativity, innovation 
Eg online courses Khan Academy 
Watch together with family on weekend , discuss among 
family on the values, share with class 
3) Exposure through Study tours 
- learn from exposure and practical issues 
Eg factory visits: learn on quality control, efficiencies, 
packaging /branding, marketing, processes 
4) Fun learning with Sports 
- good for character building 
- learn on teamwork, strategy (read the game), and 
competitiveness 
5) Experience Sharing: Invite speakers / visiting 
professionals / conduct workshops 
- Speakers / professionals sharing their real world 
experience 
- invite expatriates (eg British Council) for cultural and 
language familiarity 
6) Establish Environment for Creativity and 
Innovative Ideas 
- new classroom design / lay out . Eg Digi, Google 
- participate actively in TED and TEDed conference
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Current Trust Schools
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Various Models of PPP 
Strong PPP Light PPP 
** 
Public School 
Operation 
Public School 
Management 
Purchase of 
Private School 
Places 
School 
Capacity 
Building 
School 
Support 
Services 
Government 
contracts with 
private sector to 
operate schools. 
Private sector 
hires and 
manages all 
school staff. 
Government 
contracts with the 
private sector to 
manage government 
schools. 
Private sector hires 
and manages 
principal and senior 
staff. 
Teachers remain 
government 
employees. 
Government buys 
places at private 
schools to allow 
children to attend 
these schools at 
zero cost to 
parents 
The private sector 
delivers training, 
support and 
capacity building 
to government 
teachers working 
in government 
schools 
Government 
contracts out the 
delivery of support 
services – security, 
facilities 
maintenance etc 
to the private 
sector 
Not operating in 
Malaysia 
Not operating in 
Malaysia 
Economic 
Transformation 
Programme EPP13 
– yet to be piloted 
This is effectively 
the current Trust 
School model 
launched 2010 
This model has 
been delivered in 
Malaysia for 
several decades 
Reference #1:
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Current Trust School Model May Not Be Sustainable 
Although the current Trust Schools are commendable steps in the right direction, PPP works best 
when there is high autonomy and high accountability. Each sector needs to be part of school 
system to play significant roles to ensure success and sustainability of the school 
** 
Private sector 
involvement 
• Private sector main role as funder only. 
• Private sector does not have management authority over the school leaders or teachers, 
could only influence to have non performing teachers transferred out of the school. 
• Delivery of the education is the key to successful education which private sector is not 
involved. 
• Therefore it reduces the key reason for private sector to participate 
Teachers and school 
leaders 
• The teachers and school leaders are from the current government set of teachers. Change of 
mindset and the delivery of any new alternative education would be a huge challenge. 
• Teachers don’t need to be competitive as there is no incentives for government teachers to 
join trust schools or to perform better than peers‐ similar bonus scheme to all. 
• Better teachers have and continue to join private sectors given the market and performance 
based pay. 
• Given the scale as civil service’ pay, many teachers focus on providing extra tuition classes 
after school to meet the cost of living. 
Programme funding 
mechanism 
• The total 5 year CSR cost of supporting the first 10 Trust Schools was reported to be around 
MYR100m. Given MOE’s desire to establish 500 Trust Schools, the funding required from 
private sector would be huge going forward. 
• Given the non‐involvement of private sector in the Delivery of better education, any 
contribution from private sector may be seen as a form of taxation. 
• Public education expenditure in Malaysia is the largest sector of government spending, 
leading the concerns on Government’s ability to continue funding education on sustainable 
basis. 
Source: CfBT Education Malaysia
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Current Trust School Model May Not Be Sustainable…cont’ 
Although the current Trust Schools are commendable steps in the right direction, PPP works best 
when there is high autonomy and high accountability. Each sector needs to be part of school 
system to play significant roles to ensure success and sustainability of the school 
** 
Continuity • The current programme model envisages that Trust Schools will remain part of the 
programme for 5 years, after which they will return to the mainstream system. 
• This raises the concerns on continuity of the programme , whether the individual school ‘s 
new leaders subscribe to the earlier transformation. 
• With the change in teaching staff either retire, transfer to new school or join private sector 
each year, the continuity of the transformation process would be affected 
Autonomy • Given the teachers are from the government system, the administrative processes and 
bureaucracy system may sets in , which may affect the efficient transformation and decision 
making process. 
• Lack of autonomy will dampen creativity and innovation to improve the system. 
Parents’ involvement • There is no specific clear role for the parents, who are pushing the sole responsibility to 
educate their children to government. 
• Parents take things for granted as its human nature not to appreciate free things. The failure 
of PTPTN’s noble cause is a result of not appreciating government’s effort.
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Proposed Full PPP Model for Schools
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Proposed PPP (Public Private Parents) Model 
Involvement of all stakeholders, Government, Private sector and Parents , will enhance the 
delivery of practical, affordable and relevant education on sustainable basis 
New PPP 
model 
Government Private Parent 
Key roles Providing academic 
contents with infrastructure 
& facilities 
Ensuring delivery of holistic 
education by managing 
operations of schools 
Joined up to complete 
the Family Values and 
Philanthropy Mindset 
Syllabus • National syllabus as base 
framework 
• National assessment eg 
PMR/PT3 or SPM 
• Autonomy to provide 
additional delivery of broader 
education, eg using English to 
teach certain subjects, whole 
day school etc 
• Enhanced with holistic 
education on street smart skills 
• Participation in 
school’s PTA meetings, 
social and community 
projects 
Funding 
responsibility 
• School building 
• Furniture and fittings 
• Facilities and 
maintenance 
• Educators’ salary and bonus 
• Educators’ medical, EPF, 
pension 
• Holistic education activities 
expenses 
• Other activities outside 
of school hours, eg 
raise funding for 
community projects 
The above items are initial proposal, subject to further refinement and change
Structured as No-Dividend Social Enterprise 
The school to be professionally managed as profit social enterprise but all surplus would be retained in the school 
endowment fund to ensure sustainability 
The proposed organisation structure to ensure confidence and maximise inputs from experts for sustainable structure 
Education 
Foundation / 
Endowment 
Secondary School 
Board of Governors 
External 
Trustee/Auditors 
Panel Advisors 
NGOs/ 
Associations’ reps 
• Segregation of the Foundation and the 
School 
• Plans are presented by the School to 
Board of Governors for approval. 
• External Trustee / auditors to ensure 
confidence in governance and 
compliance 
Book Smart 
(Academics) 
• Attract Advisors with strong industry 
track record and commitment to improve 
education 
• Feedback from relevant parties eg 
NGOs/ Association for continuous 
improvement 
Street Smart 
(Skills) 
Principal & 
Management 
* Integrity is doing the Right thing when no one is watching* 23
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Benefits of the Proposed PPP (Public Private Parents) Model 
Reduction in 
Government’s 
expenditure for public 
education 
The cost of providing good education is not the sole responsibility of the 
Government. It is shared by all sectors concerned; 
• Parents are contributing but at much lower cost than private schools or 
international schools 
• Private sector educates future working force that will be able 
contribute positively immediately upon joining 
• Government continue to maintain its main responsibility in providing 
good education to public 
Upholding national 
syllabus 
Reversing the current trend of parents switching to international schools, 
Chinese independent schools, Christian home schools etc. 
MOE has been and could continue to improve the framework of the 
national syllabus. 
Focus on Delivery of 
education 
Allowing private sector to have autonomy in managing schools which gives 
flexibility in how the curriculum is delivered, freedom to innovate , ability 
to hire to compete, and providing full day school. 
Target the widest 
demographic 
By providing affordable alternative school, the majority of the middle class 
and lower middle class would be able to participate 
Reducing polarization With the strong delivery and affordable structure, the PPP school would be 
open to all Malaysian. 
Most successful schools are private and international schools which are 
very multiracial – however, the opportunity to attend these schools are 
only open to middle and high income families who can afford the fees
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Benefits of the Proposed PPP (Public Private Parents) Model 
Create strong 
performance based 
culture 
The educators’ remunerations are tied to performance with the operations 
are being professionally managed. 
Increase competition Given the PPP schools are assessed in national syllabus, they offered direct 
comparison to other public schools. Therefore both public schools and PPP 
schools will compete among each other. 
Teachers in public school would also compete to improve the quality of 
education delivery 
Reduction in private 
education fees 
Current rising education fee due to strong demand with limited supply. The 
PPP schools will provide strong competition to private institutions, forcing 
the fee to be competitive. The whole community will benefit in overall cost 
reduction. 
Private sector direct 
involvement create 
strong commitment 
Given private sector is directly responsible for hiring and managing the 
school’s educators, it will be more committed to ensure successful delivery 
rather than merely providing funding. 
Create strong 
accountability 
The private sector operators are measured against a set of key 
performance indicators with periodic reporting on school performance. 
Education to be part of 
private sector CSR 
As private sector are directly involved and actively play a role in creating 
the next generation of corporate leaders, private sector would be keen to 
include education as its CSR activities
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Benefits of the Proposed PPP (Public Private Parents) Model 
Reduce inequality in 
education 
Current trend of parents switching to private schools and international 
schools has widen the gap on inequality in education. Other alternative 
such as School Vouchers provide choice to parents to switch to private 
schools, thus increasing the inequality of education. 
Given the PPP schools are on national syllabus, the gap for inequality in 
education will be reduced. 
Greater parental and 
community involvement 
As parents are contributing in both funding and activities for the children, 
they will join up to ensure successful delivery. Any teaching on Values and 
Philanthropy Mindset will not be complete without parents’ involvement. 
Increase confidence in 
quality of national 
syllabus 
Current perception of inferior quality in national syllabus leads to increase 
of private international schools. By having healthy competition among 
public schools and PPP schools on national syllabus, the public confidence 
could be enhanced.
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Addressing Potential Concerns 
Parents should not pay 
for education 
Currently parents are already paying for their children’s multiple tuition 
classes. If the delivery of the national academic syllabus could be improved 
during normal school hours, the need for tuition classes will be minimised. 
Further deterioration in public education would force parents to switch to 
private schools, thereby increase their cost. 
Government should not 
fund for private 
operations 
Public education has been the largest government spending and likely to 
increase in future. Government debt has ballooned in recent years, with 
the rising interest cost would cost more for Government. 
PPP model is not new in Malaysia , many major projects such as power 
generation, highways etc are operated in some form of PPP. 
Government teachers 
will switch to private 
sector 
Currently good government teachers have been and will continue to be 
pinched by private schools. More teachers are switching to teaching 
international syllabus instead of national syllabus. By providing market 
based remuneration for national syllabus, it will increase the supply of 
passionate educators. 
Low income families 
can’t afford 
By addressing the need for majority of the population (middle income 
class), Government could create targeted incentives for specific target 
group. Instead of implementing School Vouchers (EPP13) for all, 
Government could provide school vouchers to low income families only. 
Government could allocate resources to those with special education 
needs (SEN) such as autism, handicapped etc
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Addressing Potential Concerns 
Attracting profit driven 
private sector 
Many private institutions would be very keen to run the schools as profit 
driven entities given the strong demand. 
A key prerequisite for PPP schools is to structure as no‐dividend social 
enterprise. Any profit would be channeled back to the school rather than 
benefiting any specific shareholder. 
Leads to privatisation of 
national schools 
Current trend of mushrooming private schools, private international 
schools and home schooling could cause greater segregation of education. 
Suspending of issuing new license / approval for private schools will only 
cause greater segregation and higher cost of education. 
The PPP schools are based on Government devised syllabus and continue 
to be under MOE’s purview. The structure of no‐dividend social enterprise 
ensure the PPP schools are not run as fully private entity. MOE to have 
representation in the Board of Governors for the PPP school. 
School vouchers (EPP13) 
could provide parents 
with choice of school 
Albeit its noble intention of providing choice, the implementation for all 
will not be practical given the size and scale of schools. It will lead to other 
unwanted consequences such as higher migration to private schools, 
greater inequality of education, greater segregation and difficult allocation 
of government funding. It is also not likely to increase the quality of 
teachers and its delivery. Therefore it will lead to higher overall cost of 
education. There are mixed results on School Vouchers implementation in 
other countries.
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Addressing Potential Concerns 
We need national policy 
and education blueprint 
to implement 
It is hugely challenging for any government or country to address more 
than 10,000 schools and not practical to devise one policy for all. Prompt 
positive execution will be lead to higher confidence from public. Better to 
start small and fast, then replicate the success and improvement is a 
journey. Having alternative schools within the national system is not new, 
there are smart schools, cluster school, PINTAR etc 
Corporates could adopt 
or sponsor schools 
Despite the nobility of corporates to contribute, the full donation or 
sponsored schools will not be sustainable. Providing good education is by 
no means cheap or sole responsibility of particular party. Therefore it 
should be shared by all parties concerned, Public sector, Private sector and 
Parent to allow sustainable form. 
We need a long and 
thorough study 
Information and knowledge are no longer confined given the wide 
availability of internet based research and studies. Since Government has 
started the implementation of Trust Schools (light PPP), it is timely for 
Government to move up to the full PPP model. Instead of conducting long 
study, it is recommended to start with one or few pilot PPP schools. It is not 
practical to expect large participation at the onset as its human nature to 
jump into the bandwagon after it is proven successful. (Steve Jobs never 
conduct market research for its products but its Ipod, Iphones etc receive 
strong demand once proven)
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Proposed Financing Model
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Proposed PPP Hybrid EduSukuk 
Private School 
(Investors) Government 
Beneficiary 
Issue 
EduSukuk 
Proceeds $$ 
Periodic 
coupon 
payments 
Principal 
repayment 
The EduSukuk would have following key features of hybrid bond and vanilla bond: 
 Perpetual legal maturity – to mitigate default based on legal maturity 
 Multiple call options ‐ to allow early prepayment without penalty. The calls would be structured based on expected 
repayment capabilities, eg 15 years, 20 years, 25 years and 30 years. 
 Partial payment on call date – to allow collection to be used to reduce principal and thus interest payment 
 Step‐up coupon after certain call period ‐ to encourage repayment. Eg first step up after 20 years, another step up after 25 
years and steep jump after 30 years. 
 Allow transferability similar to corporate bond 
 No credit rating required
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Proposed PPP Hybrid EduSukuk 
Responsibility of each stakeholder for each stage of the financing: 
Private 
(Investors) 
Public 
(Government) 
Beneficiary 
At issuance 
Periodic coupon 
Step‐up coupon 
Principal repayment 
Periodic Payments 
Similar to Government public debt, coupon payment for EduSukuk would be paid by Government. The proposition is based on the 
alternative financing of Government raising public debt. 
The coupon rate would be market rate based on Government’s debt MGS plus a nominal spread. In addition, the coupon rate to 
be calculated based on expected maturity, similar concept of price to call in hybrid bond. 
Interest payments are really the major component of a long tenor financing (20‐30 years) with long moratorium (10‐15 years). It 
could cause the debt to double or triple due to the interest rate, moratorium and tenor involved. 
Principal Repayment 
The principal repayment would be the responsibility of the beneficiary, ie the student receiving the financial aid. Beneficiary 
effectively has an interest free debt. Upon entering the working force, the beneficiary is required to deduct a nominal percentage 
(%) of its income to the School Trust Fund. The repayment is flexible dependent on beneficiary income. The deduction could be 
structured with only upon achieving above certain threshold income, eg above poverty income level. Beneficiary has flexibility to 
repay more or prepay early should their income level is strong. 
Step‐up Coupon 
Repayment and early repayment would be essential to ensure sustainable financing. Therefore it would be important to 
encourage repayment and early repayment. 
The difference of the step‐up coupon and initial coupon to be borne by the beneficiary
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Proposed PPP Hybrid EduSukuk - Illustration 
Basic assumptions used as follow: 
Based on report by UNESCO, Malaysia 2008 public spend 
is USD3000 per student per annum #1. 
Interest rate for Malaysia Government Securities as at 10 
September 2014 is 4.30% for 20 years and 4.66% for 30 
years respectively#2. 
Students spend 5 years in secondary school education 
Students take 10 years from first received financial aid to 
generate income 
The structure and assumptions of the PPP Hybrid 
EduSukuk as follow: 
Issue PerpNC20 EduBond, ie perpetual legal maturity, first 
call date is 20 years with subsequent annual call option 
Coupon rate fixed at 30 year Malaysian Government 
Securities rate plus spread of 50 basis points; ie 
4.66%+0.50% = 5.16% 
Based on the above, the amount required is assumed 
higher in order to be comparable to private schools, I 
assume at 1/3 higher than the UNESCO report, ie 
USD3000*4/3=USD4000 per annum. Total spend for 5 
years = USD20,000. 
USD/MYR @ 3.20 as at 10 September 2014, thus total 
MYR64,000. 
Students to deduct either 3% or 5% of their income as 
repayment. This may be allowed to be repaid via EPF 
contribution, such as in Singapore which allow CPF to pay 
for mortgage instalment 
Salary Salary Contribution per annum 
Cummulative 
Year per month per annum 3% 5% 3% 5% 
11 2,500 30,000 900 1,500 900 1,500 
12 2,500 30,000 900 1,500 1,800 3,000 
13 2,500 30,000 900 1,500 2,700 4,500 
14 4,000 48,000 1,440 2,400 4,140 6,900 
15 4,000 48,000 1,440 2,400 5,580 9,300 
16 4,000 48,000 1,440 2,400 7,020 11,700 
17 7,000 84,000 2,520 4,200 9,540 15,900 
18 7,000 84,000 2,520 4,200 12,060 20,100 
19 7,000 84,000 2,520 4,200 14,580 24,300 
20 10,000 120,000 3,600 6,000 18,180 30,300 
21 10,000 120,000 3,600 6,000 21,780 36,300 
22 10,000 120,000 3,600 6,000 25,380 42,300 
23 13,000 156,000 4,680 7,800 30,060 50,100 
24 13,000 156,000 4,680 7,800 34,740 57,900 
25 13,000 156,000 4,680 7,800 39,420 65,700 
26 17,000 204,000 6,120 10,200 45,540 75,900 
27 17,000 204,000 6,120 10,200 51,660 86,100 
28 17,000 204,000 6,120 10,200 57,780 96,300 
29 20,000 240,000 7,200 12,000 64,980 108,300 
30 20,000 240,000 7,200 12,000 72,180 120,300 
Assumption: the expected salary in MYR is based on author's view 
Credit enhancement 
There may be concerns on students generating the expected income or some 
default for any reasons including death. We could employ securitization 
techniques to structure credit enhancement such as over‐collateralization. 
Financial aid providers could provide the seed funding.
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Author’s Note
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BIG THANK YOU for your kind considerations 
Excerpts from Steve Jobs’ commencement speech at Stanford University 2005 
Connecting the Dots…..you can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only 
connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow 
connect in your future. You have to trust in something — your gut, destiny, life, karma, 
whatever. 
I didn't see it then, but it turned out that getting 
fired from Apple was the best thing that could 
have ever happened to me. The heaviness of being 
successful was replaced by the lightness of being 
a beginner again, less sure about everything… 
I have looked in the mirror every morning and 
asked myself: "If today were the last day of my 
life, would I want to do what I am about to do 
today?" And whenever the answer has been "No" 
for too many days in a row, I know I need to 
change something.
36 
About the Author 
Wynce Low Cha Shyang, aged 39, is an all-rounder debt markets origination specialist 
that cover whole spectrum of debt markets; origination / marketing coverage of 
debt financing for Malaysian issuers, both onshore (MYR) and foreign currency with wide 
spectrum of debt instruments including private debt securities / global bond, syndicated 
term loans, and originates primary derivatives transactions. 
He has led the award winning debt team since 2008 , the only Malaysia’s debt origination 
house (including among local banks) that has won the Best Debt House for 7 consecutive 
years – 2013,2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007 by The Assets Triple-A Country Awards. 
Consistently the #1 foreign bank in MYR debt markets, including sukuk market since 
leading the team in 2008, for 6 consecutive years. From 2013- 2011, the team is #1 
foreign bank in MYR debt markets and MYR Sukuk markets, with more than 50% of the 
foreign banks market share. 
Education qualification: 
CFA – passed all 3 levels in one sitting each on self study 
Bsc (Economics) University of London – 2nd upper class 
Diploma in Economics , London School of Economics 
– Book Prize winner 
SPM – 8As out of 8 subjects taken 
SRP – 8A1s out of 8 subjects taken 
UPSR – 6As out of 6 subjects taken 
Family: Happily married with one daughter 
Email: wyncelow@gmail.com or wyncelow@yahoo.com 
Mobile: +6013 3517797 
Currently on 
sabbatical leave : 
Job: Director and 
Head of Debt Capital 
Markets, Malaysia 
HSBC Bank Malaysia 
Berhad & HSBC 
Amanah Malaysia 
Berhad 
Country Team Head: 
> 6 years 
Working: > 17 years 
of experience in 
banking 
*Why A’s student work for C’s students?*~ Robert Kiyosaki
37 
Reference 
# 1: The Malaysian Trust School Model: It’s good but is it sustainable? Dr Arran Hamilton, IDEAS February 2014 
The paper was prepared by CfBT Education Malaysia (www.cfbt.com.my), not-for-profit organisation founded in 
1979, which in turn is part of CfBT Education Trust, the world’s leading not-for-profit education consultancy. The 
contents of the paper represent the views of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of IDEAS or any 
one individual at the organisation
38 
Disclaimer 
This document (the “Document”) has been prepared by the Author on its own capacity and for discussion 
purposes only. There is no involvement of his company or any other organisations, the views expressed are on 
his own. 
The Author has based this Document on information obtained from sources it believes to be reliable but which it 
has not independently verified. 
This Document, which is not for public circulation, must not be copied, transferred or the content disclosed to any 
third party and is not intended for use by any person other than the addressee or the addressee's professional 
advisers for the purposes of advising the addressee hereon. 
PUBLIC

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Streetsmartbooksmart- new 4Ps model

  • 1. 1 Street Smart, Book Smart School Secondary School with Practical, Affordable & Relevant (PAR) holistic EDUCATION for Future Prepared for: September 2014
  • 2. 2 Why We Need to Act NOW
  • 3. 3 Our Schools Are Outdated ! The World Has Changed Rapidly but Our Schools Have Not ! Employers can’t get right people? Employers are becoming increasingly dismayed by Malaysian "generation Y" job seekers who generally have a poor command of the English language and lack communication skills, are too spoiled to handle stress, and in a hurry to climb the corporate ladder yet indifferent to the need for experience. – Malaysian Insider, June 2014 Industrial Age • Parents’ advice: go to school, get good grades, and look for safe, secure job • You became more valuable the older you got • The employer was responsible for your retirement plan Information Age • what you learned is important, but not as important as how fast you can learn, change, and adapt to new information • You become less valuable the older you get • You as employee responsible for your own retirement plan Subtle yet significant differences between the 2 ages The World has evolved very fast *Education is more important than ever before because things will be changing faster*
  • 4. 4 Current State of Our Education Low quality Malaysian education more alarming than household debt Dr Frederico Gil Sander, World Bank’s senior economist for Malaysia, said Malaysian should be “alarmed” that their children were doing worse in school than children in Vietnam, a country poorer than Malaysia 12 year Blueprint = Challenges in action and result Graduates learn right skills for job? *Is the education receives in school adequate to meet the challenges of the new world?,*
  • 5. 5 Can You Afford Today’s Education? The current alternative to national schools are too expensive International Schools Private schools - School fees ~ RM65k+ p.a. 5 years total ~ RM325k+ School fees ~ RM70k+ p.a. 5 years total ~ RM350k+ School fees ~ RM60k+ p.a. 5 years total ~ RM300k+ School fees ~ RM60k+ p.a. 5 years total ~ RM300k+ National syllabus School fees ~ RM20k+ p.a. 5 years total ~ RM100k+ Private schools – International syllabus School fees ~ RM30k-60k+ p.a. 5 years total ~ RM150k-300k+ Malaysia’s average salary is USD961 per month according to United Nations’ International Labour Organization (ILO) 2011 The average household income for Malaysia was recorded at RM5,000 per month in 2012 (Department of Statistics, Malaysia) *Expensive schools produce materialistic & realistic students with entitlement mentality,*
  • 6. 6 Which Segment of Education to Focus? Focus on Critical Hollow in Malaysia’s Education University / College Primary School Secondary Schools Good Chinese schools and missionary schools Good varieties of universities and colleges Secondary education is now being recognized as the cornerstone of educational systems in the 21st century. Quality secondary education is indispensable in creating a bright future for individuals and nations alike. ~ World Bank or migrate overseas? *Making learning a lifelong commitment.*
  • 7. 7 Proposed Street Smart Syllabus
  • 8. 8 Overall Wholistic Education Theme Street Smart , Book Smart School focus on PAR (Practical, Affordable, Relevant) holistic education theme *Every child is special, every child has a genius in them*
  • 9. 9 RELEVANT ~ School Syllabus to Cover 5 Core Relevant Areas 2) Direction 1) Skills 3) Intelligence 4) Values 5) Sustainability *Fortunate in using our valuable hand as a guide*
  • 10. We need the P’s and F’s to prepare the students for future – not just exam A’s 10 Relevant ~ Secondary School Syllabus : 2P’s & 3F’s 2) Futurist Direction 1) Pitching Skills 3) Financial Intelligence 4) Family & *I took the one less travelled by, that’ has made all the difference Fitness 5) Philanthropy mindset
  • 11. 11 1) Pitching Skills Presentation Pitching skills to focus on 4 key areas • Presentation with confidence • Clarity and influencing messaging • Carry oneself well Marketing Communication • Origination of transactions / businesses are through effective marketing • Learn principles of marketing and various marketing strategies • Importance of branding and credibility • Learn effective communication and interpersonal skills • Communication with Engagement upwards, downwards and lateral • Listening skills Languages • To learn multi languages. English as primary language. Chinese and Malay as compulsory second languages. Conversational languages such as Japanese, Korean, Latin etc to be offered • Teachers of various races and languages with different cultures sharing with students *Half the battle is won with right pitching skills*
  • 12. 12 2) Futurist Direction Direction is governed by 2 key drivers – Thinking and Action Think creatively and be innovative ~ 7 principles of Innovation Secrets of Steve Jobs 1.Do what you love. Think differently about your career 2.Put a dent in the universe. Think differently about your vision. 3.Kick start your brain. Think differently about how you think. 4.Sell dreams, not products. Think differently about your customers. 5.Say No to 1,000 things. Think differently about design. 6.Create insanely great experience. Think differently about your brand experience. 7.Master the message. Think differently about your story. Thinking Action Action speaks louder than words •Malaysian are very good in great ideas and slogans…but don’t act on what they say •Everyone holds different opinion on different thing, and there’s no right or wrong on it, so stop argue, ACT on it and prove yourself *You can’t drive forward by only looking at back mirror and don’t step on accelerator.*
  • 13. 13 3) Financial Intelligence Detached from values, money may indeed be the root of all evils, but linked effectively to social purpose, it can be the root of all opportunity • Robert Kiyosaki’s in his book Rich Dad Poor Dad as financial intelligence is 1) financial literacy; 2) Investment strategies; 3) the market, supply and demand and 4) the law- playing within the rules and regulation (accounting, corporate, national , tax) • Unfair Advantage – the power of financial education 1) Knowledge ~ gain more knowledge because knowledge is the real money 2) Taxes ~ the harder you work for money, the more you pay in taxes, the harder your money works for you, the less you pay in taxes, the harder other people’s money works for you, you pay even less in taxes 3) Debt ~ differentiate Good Debt vs Bad Debt 4) Risk ~ best way to minimize risk is by taking control, not by avoiding risk and using oxymorons 5) Compensation ~ Work to learn – don’t work for money. • Excellent Tips from Warren Buffett 1) On Earnings ~ Never depend on single income. Make investment to create second *Choose your teachers wisely* source 2) On Spending ~ If you buy things you don’t need, soon you will have to sell things you need 3) On Savings ~ Do not save what is left after spending, but spend what is left after saving 4) On Taking Risk ~ never test the depth of river with both feet 5) On Investment ~ Do not put all eggs in one basket
  • 14. 14 4) Family Values & Fitness Health Fusion of core focus on Asian family values combined with the good of Western family values • Asian values for family to be emphasized  Discipline  Taking care of family and elderly  Put family and the team first  Work hard  Be polite and respect elderly  Integrity • Combined with Western family teaching  Independent  Dare to speak out  Sharing with parents similar to friends • The school activities to include: • Full day school hour and activities, no or minimal homework • Focus on fitness & healthy with sports activities • Encourage students to spend more time with family and parents to spend time with their children • Cooking skills for all • Basic DIY skills • Emphasize on fair competition,to pick the right people based on merit and reward talent “If my children and grandchildren can be like me, then they don’t require material inheritance. But if they are not like me, then of what use is my wealth to them?” ~ Robert Kuok’ beloved mother Be actively involved in your child, in family life ~ Dalai Lama on how parents can raise healthy and involved children *Practice honesty, integrity and trustworthiness as life’s virtues*
  • 15. 15 5) Philanthropy Mindset Philanthropy is not just donation, it is to create a sustainable cause If you teach a man to teach others to fish, the whole community will be sustainable for generations • To change today’s mindset which centred around “entitlement mindset” • The students would be taught and practicing the Law of Sustainability – 1. Reciprocity, Give more and you shall receive more; 2. Learn to give more; 3. Leverage the power of compounding knowledge ~ you can teach a person to fish, but you cannot force a person to learn to fish • Alumni are required to continue to contribute to the school and students ~ The more people I serve, the more effective I become • Students always reminded to make a difference and help others ~ Change the world for the better even in small way Robert Kuok : Wealth should be used for two main purposes. One: for the generation of greater wealth; in other words, you continue to invest, creating prosperity and jobs in the country. Two: part of your wealth should be applied to the betterment of mankind, either by acts of pure philanthropy or by investment in research and development along the frontiers of science, space, health care and so forth *The Goal is not to live forever, the goal is to create something that will* The Giving Pledge
  • 16. 16 Methodology for Creating Street Smart Environment ** Study Tour Collaboration Sports Experience Sharing Environment Information Age 1) Power of Collaboration - collaborate with established & experience organizations - join up to work on set of programme / framework on core skill(s) with full year syllabus 2) Leverage on Information Age - using readily available materials, free download : YouTube; tv series, movies Eg watching MacGyver series to learn science, creativity, innovation Eg online courses Khan Academy Watch together with family on weekend , discuss among family on the values, share with class 3) Exposure through Study tours - learn from exposure and practical issues Eg factory visits: learn on quality control, efficiencies, packaging /branding, marketing, processes 4) Fun learning with Sports - good for character building - learn on teamwork, strategy (read the game), and competitiveness 5) Experience Sharing: Invite speakers / visiting professionals / conduct workshops - Speakers / professionals sharing their real world experience - invite expatriates (eg British Council) for cultural and language familiarity 6) Establish Environment for Creativity and Innovative Ideas - new classroom design / lay out . Eg Digi, Google - participate actively in TED and TEDed conference
  • 17. 17 Current Trust Schools
  • 18. 18 Various Models of PPP Strong PPP Light PPP ** Public School Operation Public School Management Purchase of Private School Places School Capacity Building School Support Services Government contracts with private sector to operate schools. Private sector hires and manages all school staff. Government contracts with the private sector to manage government schools. Private sector hires and manages principal and senior staff. Teachers remain government employees. Government buys places at private schools to allow children to attend these schools at zero cost to parents The private sector delivers training, support and capacity building to government teachers working in government schools Government contracts out the delivery of support services – security, facilities maintenance etc to the private sector Not operating in Malaysia Not operating in Malaysia Economic Transformation Programme EPP13 – yet to be piloted This is effectively the current Trust School model launched 2010 This model has been delivered in Malaysia for several decades Reference #1:
  • 19. 19 Current Trust School Model May Not Be Sustainable Although the current Trust Schools are commendable steps in the right direction, PPP works best when there is high autonomy and high accountability. Each sector needs to be part of school system to play significant roles to ensure success and sustainability of the school ** Private sector involvement • Private sector main role as funder only. • Private sector does not have management authority over the school leaders or teachers, could only influence to have non performing teachers transferred out of the school. • Delivery of the education is the key to successful education which private sector is not involved. • Therefore it reduces the key reason for private sector to participate Teachers and school leaders • The teachers and school leaders are from the current government set of teachers. Change of mindset and the delivery of any new alternative education would be a huge challenge. • Teachers don’t need to be competitive as there is no incentives for government teachers to join trust schools or to perform better than peers‐ similar bonus scheme to all. • Better teachers have and continue to join private sectors given the market and performance based pay. • Given the scale as civil service’ pay, many teachers focus on providing extra tuition classes after school to meet the cost of living. Programme funding mechanism • The total 5 year CSR cost of supporting the first 10 Trust Schools was reported to be around MYR100m. Given MOE’s desire to establish 500 Trust Schools, the funding required from private sector would be huge going forward. • Given the non‐involvement of private sector in the Delivery of better education, any contribution from private sector may be seen as a form of taxation. • Public education expenditure in Malaysia is the largest sector of government spending, leading the concerns on Government’s ability to continue funding education on sustainable basis. Source: CfBT Education Malaysia
  • 20. 20 Current Trust School Model May Not Be Sustainable…cont’ Although the current Trust Schools are commendable steps in the right direction, PPP works best when there is high autonomy and high accountability. Each sector needs to be part of school system to play significant roles to ensure success and sustainability of the school ** Continuity • The current programme model envisages that Trust Schools will remain part of the programme for 5 years, after which they will return to the mainstream system. • This raises the concerns on continuity of the programme , whether the individual school ‘s new leaders subscribe to the earlier transformation. • With the change in teaching staff either retire, transfer to new school or join private sector each year, the continuity of the transformation process would be affected Autonomy • Given the teachers are from the government system, the administrative processes and bureaucracy system may sets in , which may affect the efficient transformation and decision making process. • Lack of autonomy will dampen creativity and innovation to improve the system. Parents’ involvement • There is no specific clear role for the parents, who are pushing the sole responsibility to educate their children to government. • Parents take things for granted as its human nature not to appreciate free things. The failure of PTPTN’s noble cause is a result of not appreciating government’s effort.
  • 21. 21 Proposed Full PPP Model for Schools
  • 22. 22 Proposed PPP (Public Private Parents) Model Involvement of all stakeholders, Government, Private sector and Parents , will enhance the delivery of practical, affordable and relevant education on sustainable basis New PPP model Government Private Parent Key roles Providing academic contents with infrastructure & facilities Ensuring delivery of holistic education by managing operations of schools Joined up to complete the Family Values and Philanthropy Mindset Syllabus • National syllabus as base framework • National assessment eg PMR/PT3 or SPM • Autonomy to provide additional delivery of broader education, eg using English to teach certain subjects, whole day school etc • Enhanced with holistic education on street smart skills • Participation in school’s PTA meetings, social and community projects Funding responsibility • School building • Furniture and fittings • Facilities and maintenance • Educators’ salary and bonus • Educators’ medical, EPF, pension • Holistic education activities expenses • Other activities outside of school hours, eg raise funding for community projects The above items are initial proposal, subject to further refinement and change
  • 23. Structured as No-Dividend Social Enterprise The school to be professionally managed as profit social enterprise but all surplus would be retained in the school endowment fund to ensure sustainability The proposed organisation structure to ensure confidence and maximise inputs from experts for sustainable structure Education Foundation / Endowment Secondary School Board of Governors External Trustee/Auditors Panel Advisors NGOs/ Associations’ reps • Segregation of the Foundation and the School • Plans are presented by the School to Board of Governors for approval. • External Trustee / auditors to ensure confidence in governance and compliance Book Smart (Academics) • Attract Advisors with strong industry track record and commitment to improve education • Feedback from relevant parties eg NGOs/ Association for continuous improvement Street Smart (Skills) Principal & Management * Integrity is doing the Right thing when no one is watching* 23
  • 24. 24 Benefits of the Proposed PPP (Public Private Parents) Model Reduction in Government’s expenditure for public education The cost of providing good education is not the sole responsibility of the Government. It is shared by all sectors concerned; • Parents are contributing but at much lower cost than private schools or international schools • Private sector educates future working force that will be able contribute positively immediately upon joining • Government continue to maintain its main responsibility in providing good education to public Upholding national syllabus Reversing the current trend of parents switching to international schools, Chinese independent schools, Christian home schools etc. MOE has been and could continue to improve the framework of the national syllabus. Focus on Delivery of education Allowing private sector to have autonomy in managing schools which gives flexibility in how the curriculum is delivered, freedom to innovate , ability to hire to compete, and providing full day school. Target the widest demographic By providing affordable alternative school, the majority of the middle class and lower middle class would be able to participate Reducing polarization With the strong delivery and affordable structure, the PPP school would be open to all Malaysian. Most successful schools are private and international schools which are very multiracial – however, the opportunity to attend these schools are only open to middle and high income families who can afford the fees
  • 25. 25 Benefits of the Proposed PPP (Public Private Parents) Model Create strong performance based culture The educators’ remunerations are tied to performance with the operations are being professionally managed. Increase competition Given the PPP schools are assessed in national syllabus, they offered direct comparison to other public schools. Therefore both public schools and PPP schools will compete among each other. Teachers in public school would also compete to improve the quality of education delivery Reduction in private education fees Current rising education fee due to strong demand with limited supply. The PPP schools will provide strong competition to private institutions, forcing the fee to be competitive. The whole community will benefit in overall cost reduction. Private sector direct involvement create strong commitment Given private sector is directly responsible for hiring and managing the school’s educators, it will be more committed to ensure successful delivery rather than merely providing funding. Create strong accountability The private sector operators are measured against a set of key performance indicators with periodic reporting on school performance. Education to be part of private sector CSR As private sector are directly involved and actively play a role in creating the next generation of corporate leaders, private sector would be keen to include education as its CSR activities
  • 26. 26 Benefits of the Proposed PPP (Public Private Parents) Model Reduce inequality in education Current trend of parents switching to private schools and international schools has widen the gap on inequality in education. Other alternative such as School Vouchers provide choice to parents to switch to private schools, thus increasing the inequality of education. Given the PPP schools are on national syllabus, the gap for inequality in education will be reduced. Greater parental and community involvement As parents are contributing in both funding and activities for the children, they will join up to ensure successful delivery. Any teaching on Values and Philanthropy Mindset will not be complete without parents’ involvement. Increase confidence in quality of national syllabus Current perception of inferior quality in national syllabus leads to increase of private international schools. By having healthy competition among public schools and PPP schools on national syllabus, the public confidence could be enhanced.
  • 27. 27 Addressing Potential Concerns Parents should not pay for education Currently parents are already paying for their children’s multiple tuition classes. If the delivery of the national academic syllabus could be improved during normal school hours, the need for tuition classes will be minimised. Further deterioration in public education would force parents to switch to private schools, thereby increase their cost. Government should not fund for private operations Public education has been the largest government spending and likely to increase in future. Government debt has ballooned in recent years, with the rising interest cost would cost more for Government. PPP model is not new in Malaysia , many major projects such as power generation, highways etc are operated in some form of PPP. Government teachers will switch to private sector Currently good government teachers have been and will continue to be pinched by private schools. More teachers are switching to teaching international syllabus instead of national syllabus. By providing market based remuneration for national syllabus, it will increase the supply of passionate educators. Low income families can’t afford By addressing the need for majority of the population (middle income class), Government could create targeted incentives for specific target group. Instead of implementing School Vouchers (EPP13) for all, Government could provide school vouchers to low income families only. Government could allocate resources to those with special education needs (SEN) such as autism, handicapped etc
  • 28. 28 Addressing Potential Concerns Attracting profit driven private sector Many private institutions would be very keen to run the schools as profit driven entities given the strong demand. A key prerequisite for PPP schools is to structure as no‐dividend social enterprise. Any profit would be channeled back to the school rather than benefiting any specific shareholder. Leads to privatisation of national schools Current trend of mushrooming private schools, private international schools and home schooling could cause greater segregation of education. Suspending of issuing new license / approval for private schools will only cause greater segregation and higher cost of education. The PPP schools are based on Government devised syllabus and continue to be under MOE’s purview. The structure of no‐dividend social enterprise ensure the PPP schools are not run as fully private entity. MOE to have representation in the Board of Governors for the PPP school. School vouchers (EPP13) could provide parents with choice of school Albeit its noble intention of providing choice, the implementation for all will not be practical given the size and scale of schools. It will lead to other unwanted consequences such as higher migration to private schools, greater inequality of education, greater segregation and difficult allocation of government funding. It is also not likely to increase the quality of teachers and its delivery. Therefore it will lead to higher overall cost of education. There are mixed results on School Vouchers implementation in other countries.
  • 29. 29 Addressing Potential Concerns We need national policy and education blueprint to implement It is hugely challenging for any government or country to address more than 10,000 schools and not practical to devise one policy for all. Prompt positive execution will be lead to higher confidence from public. Better to start small and fast, then replicate the success and improvement is a journey. Having alternative schools within the national system is not new, there are smart schools, cluster school, PINTAR etc Corporates could adopt or sponsor schools Despite the nobility of corporates to contribute, the full donation or sponsored schools will not be sustainable. Providing good education is by no means cheap or sole responsibility of particular party. Therefore it should be shared by all parties concerned, Public sector, Private sector and Parent to allow sustainable form. We need a long and thorough study Information and knowledge are no longer confined given the wide availability of internet based research and studies. Since Government has started the implementation of Trust Schools (light PPP), it is timely for Government to move up to the full PPP model. Instead of conducting long study, it is recommended to start with one or few pilot PPP schools. It is not practical to expect large participation at the onset as its human nature to jump into the bandwagon after it is proven successful. (Steve Jobs never conduct market research for its products but its Ipod, Iphones etc receive strong demand once proven)
  • 31. 31 Proposed PPP Hybrid EduSukuk Private School (Investors) Government Beneficiary Issue EduSukuk Proceeds $$ Periodic coupon payments Principal repayment The EduSukuk would have following key features of hybrid bond and vanilla bond:  Perpetual legal maturity – to mitigate default based on legal maturity  Multiple call options ‐ to allow early prepayment without penalty. The calls would be structured based on expected repayment capabilities, eg 15 years, 20 years, 25 years and 30 years.  Partial payment on call date – to allow collection to be used to reduce principal and thus interest payment  Step‐up coupon after certain call period ‐ to encourage repayment. Eg first step up after 20 years, another step up after 25 years and steep jump after 30 years.  Allow transferability similar to corporate bond  No credit rating required
  • 32. 32 Proposed PPP Hybrid EduSukuk Responsibility of each stakeholder for each stage of the financing: Private (Investors) Public (Government) Beneficiary At issuance Periodic coupon Step‐up coupon Principal repayment Periodic Payments Similar to Government public debt, coupon payment for EduSukuk would be paid by Government. The proposition is based on the alternative financing of Government raising public debt. The coupon rate would be market rate based on Government’s debt MGS plus a nominal spread. In addition, the coupon rate to be calculated based on expected maturity, similar concept of price to call in hybrid bond. Interest payments are really the major component of a long tenor financing (20‐30 years) with long moratorium (10‐15 years). It could cause the debt to double or triple due to the interest rate, moratorium and tenor involved. Principal Repayment The principal repayment would be the responsibility of the beneficiary, ie the student receiving the financial aid. Beneficiary effectively has an interest free debt. Upon entering the working force, the beneficiary is required to deduct a nominal percentage (%) of its income to the School Trust Fund. The repayment is flexible dependent on beneficiary income. The deduction could be structured with only upon achieving above certain threshold income, eg above poverty income level. Beneficiary has flexibility to repay more or prepay early should their income level is strong. Step‐up Coupon Repayment and early repayment would be essential to ensure sustainable financing. Therefore it would be important to encourage repayment and early repayment. The difference of the step‐up coupon and initial coupon to be borne by the beneficiary
  • 33. 33 Proposed PPP Hybrid EduSukuk - Illustration Basic assumptions used as follow: Based on report by UNESCO, Malaysia 2008 public spend is USD3000 per student per annum #1. Interest rate for Malaysia Government Securities as at 10 September 2014 is 4.30% for 20 years and 4.66% for 30 years respectively#2. Students spend 5 years in secondary school education Students take 10 years from first received financial aid to generate income The structure and assumptions of the PPP Hybrid EduSukuk as follow: Issue PerpNC20 EduBond, ie perpetual legal maturity, first call date is 20 years with subsequent annual call option Coupon rate fixed at 30 year Malaysian Government Securities rate plus spread of 50 basis points; ie 4.66%+0.50% = 5.16% Based on the above, the amount required is assumed higher in order to be comparable to private schools, I assume at 1/3 higher than the UNESCO report, ie USD3000*4/3=USD4000 per annum. Total spend for 5 years = USD20,000. USD/MYR @ 3.20 as at 10 September 2014, thus total MYR64,000. Students to deduct either 3% or 5% of their income as repayment. This may be allowed to be repaid via EPF contribution, such as in Singapore which allow CPF to pay for mortgage instalment Salary Salary Contribution per annum Cummulative Year per month per annum 3% 5% 3% 5% 11 2,500 30,000 900 1,500 900 1,500 12 2,500 30,000 900 1,500 1,800 3,000 13 2,500 30,000 900 1,500 2,700 4,500 14 4,000 48,000 1,440 2,400 4,140 6,900 15 4,000 48,000 1,440 2,400 5,580 9,300 16 4,000 48,000 1,440 2,400 7,020 11,700 17 7,000 84,000 2,520 4,200 9,540 15,900 18 7,000 84,000 2,520 4,200 12,060 20,100 19 7,000 84,000 2,520 4,200 14,580 24,300 20 10,000 120,000 3,600 6,000 18,180 30,300 21 10,000 120,000 3,600 6,000 21,780 36,300 22 10,000 120,000 3,600 6,000 25,380 42,300 23 13,000 156,000 4,680 7,800 30,060 50,100 24 13,000 156,000 4,680 7,800 34,740 57,900 25 13,000 156,000 4,680 7,800 39,420 65,700 26 17,000 204,000 6,120 10,200 45,540 75,900 27 17,000 204,000 6,120 10,200 51,660 86,100 28 17,000 204,000 6,120 10,200 57,780 96,300 29 20,000 240,000 7,200 12,000 64,980 108,300 30 20,000 240,000 7,200 12,000 72,180 120,300 Assumption: the expected salary in MYR is based on author's view Credit enhancement There may be concerns on students generating the expected income or some default for any reasons including death. We could employ securitization techniques to structure credit enhancement such as over‐collateralization. Financial aid providers could provide the seed funding.
  • 35. 35 BIG THANK YOU for your kind considerations Excerpts from Steve Jobs’ commencement speech at Stanford University 2005 Connecting the Dots…..you can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something — your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. I didn't see it then, but it turned out that getting fired from Apple was the best thing that could have ever happened to me. The heaviness of being successful was replaced by the lightness of being a beginner again, less sure about everything… I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: "If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?" And whenever the answer has been "No" for too many days in a row, I know I need to change something.
  • 36. 36 About the Author Wynce Low Cha Shyang, aged 39, is an all-rounder debt markets origination specialist that cover whole spectrum of debt markets; origination / marketing coverage of debt financing for Malaysian issuers, both onshore (MYR) and foreign currency with wide spectrum of debt instruments including private debt securities / global bond, syndicated term loans, and originates primary derivatives transactions. He has led the award winning debt team since 2008 , the only Malaysia’s debt origination house (including among local banks) that has won the Best Debt House for 7 consecutive years – 2013,2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007 by The Assets Triple-A Country Awards. Consistently the #1 foreign bank in MYR debt markets, including sukuk market since leading the team in 2008, for 6 consecutive years. From 2013- 2011, the team is #1 foreign bank in MYR debt markets and MYR Sukuk markets, with more than 50% of the foreign banks market share. Education qualification: CFA – passed all 3 levels in one sitting each on self study Bsc (Economics) University of London – 2nd upper class Diploma in Economics , London School of Economics – Book Prize winner SPM – 8As out of 8 subjects taken SRP – 8A1s out of 8 subjects taken UPSR – 6As out of 6 subjects taken Family: Happily married with one daughter Email: wyncelow@gmail.com or wyncelow@yahoo.com Mobile: +6013 3517797 Currently on sabbatical leave : Job: Director and Head of Debt Capital Markets, Malaysia HSBC Bank Malaysia Berhad & HSBC Amanah Malaysia Berhad Country Team Head: > 6 years Working: > 17 years of experience in banking *Why A’s student work for C’s students?*~ Robert Kiyosaki
  • 37. 37 Reference # 1: The Malaysian Trust School Model: It’s good but is it sustainable? Dr Arran Hamilton, IDEAS February 2014 The paper was prepared by CfBT Education Malaysia (www.cfbt.com.my), not-for-profit organisation founded in 1979, which in turn is part of CfBT Education Trust, the world’s leading not-for-profit education consultancy. The contents of the paper represent the views of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of IDEAS or any one individual at the organisation
  • 38. 38 Disclaimer This document (the “Document”) has been prepared by the Author on its own capacity and for discussion purposes only. There is no involvement of his company or any other organisations, the views expressed are on his own. The Author has based this Document on information obtained from sources it believes to be reliable but which it has not independently verified. This Document, which is not for public circulation, must not be copied, transferred or the content disclosed to any third party and is not intended for use by any person other than the addressee or the addressee's professional advisers for the purposes of advising the addressee hereon. PUBLIC