The document discusses education and technology initiatives in Malaysia. It provides statistics on schools and students in the country, and outlines the Smart School Initiative which aims to incorporate ICT into teaching and learning through developing an e-learning ecosystem, ICT infrastructure, and digital competency skills. It also discusses the Smart School Qualification Standards used to evaluate schools, finding that over 95% of schools meet standards. Moving forward, it identifies challenges around budget, infrastructure, human capital and digital resources, and proposes strategies to address each issue.

1. Delivery of 21st Century
Skills: Focusing on the
Fundamentals
FADZLIATON BINTI ZAINUDIN
Educational Technology Division
Ministry of Education Malaysia
fadzliaton@moe.gov.my
7th OIC Higher Education Conference
@ Putra World Trade Center, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
20 – 22 October 2016

2. Type of Schools No. of Schools
Primary 7772
Secondary 2408
Total 10,180
Type of Schools No. of Students
Preschool 200,684
Primary 2,685,403
Secondary 2,188,525
Total 5,074,612
Type of Schools No. of Teachers
Primary 239,850
Secondary 181,978
Total 421,828
EDUCATION IN MALAYSIA AT A GLANCE

3. SMART SCHOOL INITIATIVE: INCORPORATING ICT IN TEACHING-LEARNING
+ e-Learning
ecosystem
+ ICT Literacy via
ICT curriculum
+ ICT Infrastructure
+ Digital
competency and
computational
thinking skills via
ICT curriculum
+ Outcome-based
student assessment
•Budgetary Consideration
•Total Cost of Ownership
•Public-Private Partnership
Budget
•ICT Infrastructure
•Enabling Infrastructure
•Maintenance & Support
Infrastructure
•Roles & Responsibility
•Competency & Professional
Development
Human
Capital
•Teaching & Learning Strategy
•Teaching & Learning Materials
Digital
Resources
DELIVERY FOR ICT IN EDUCATIONCONSOLIDATION & STABILISATION
Phase 2
(2016 – 2020)
Phase 1
(2011 – 2015)
Pilot Phase
(1999-2002)
Post Pilot
(2003-2005)
Making All
Schools Smart
(2005-2010)
Consolidation &
Stabilisation
(2011-2020)
THRUST 7
Leveraging ICT to scale
up quality learning

4. A diagnostic tool to facilitate
continuous improvement of ICT
integration in schools
Human Capital
ICT Usage
Applications
ICT Infrastructure
School Resource Center
SMART SCHOOL QUALIFICATION STANDARDS (SSQS): CURRENT STATUS
392
4940
4298
532
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1000
2000
3000
4000
5000
6000
2-Star 3-Star 4-Star 5-Star
No.ofschools
Score
DOMAIN
• 557,143 respondents were
involved
• 100% (10,162) schools were
involved
• Excellent overall achievement at
96.1% (schools with 3-star and
above)
• Secondary schools (99%) are
better than primary schools
(95.2%)
• Urban schools (99.6%) are better
than rural schools (97.4%) and
schools in remote areas (73.7%)
• 35.2% schools with 2-star are
located in rural Sabah and
Sarawak
• 54.1% schools with 2-star are
located in the remote areas of
Sabah and Sarawak
FINDINGSSSQS 2016
Schools with 3-star and above are
considered as
SMART SCHOOLS

5. Student demonstrates a
sound understanding of
technology concepts and
operations
Technology concepts and
operations
Digital information literacy
Organise, store, retrieve and
present information
Communication, collaboration
and sharing
Student demonstrates
competency in using
information and technology
effectively, responsibly and
legally
Assess and use information
and technology responsibly
Assess and use information
and technology safely
Assess and use information
and technology ethically and
legally
Student demonstrates ability
to formulate issues, identify
problems, provide solutions
and make decisions
Creating and developing
content
Problem solving and decision
making
TECHNOLOGY DIGITAL CITIZENSHIP COGNITIVE
1 2 3
DIGITAL COMPETENCY STANDARDS - DCS
• Outcome-based assessment
• A tool to measure students’ digital competency
DCS is based on:
Spearheaded by:
• MOE ICT Skills Set
• International Society for
Technology in Education
(ISTE) Standards
• UNESCO Media and
Information Literacy
Standards
• Partnership for the 21st
Century Essential Skills

6. FACING THE CHALLENGES AND MOVING FORWARD
Educator
Readiness
Standard &
Policy
Digital Maker
Movement
MOVING FORWARD
2016 - 2020
ISSUES STRATEGIES
•High cost to reach schools in
remote areas
•Inadequate funds to replace old
infrastructure
Budget
•Schools on islands / remote areas
•Limited / No electricity
•Lack of ICT Infrastructure
•Old computers
Infrastructure
•Teachers with low ICT
competencies
•Less opportunities for
professional development
Human
Capital
•Limited resources due to limited
access
Digital
Resources
• To distribute more allocations for
affected schools / zones / districts
/ states
• To work with the respective
agencies to facilitate basic
infrastructure to schools
• To provide more ICT
infrastructure / prioritize on the
ICT maintenance
• To coordinate focus group
meetings with relevant
Educational Technology Divisions
at states / district levels
• To provide modules on best
practices using off-line mode for
e-learning
• To provide more trainings to
teachers and educational
technology officers
• To compile digital resources to be
distributed off-line to teachers in
remote areas

7. Thank You