Presentation at UNESCO Asia & the Pacific Regional Consultation Workshop | 27-28 November 2012 | Bangkok, Thailand

1. Developing Literacy through
Mobile Phones: Malaysia’s
Perspective
FADZLIATON ZAINUDIN
UNESCO Asia & the Pacific Regional
Consultation Workshop
27-28 November 2012
Bangkok, Thailand

2. Malaysia Basic Indicators
Source: Malaysian Communications and
Multimedia Commission

3. Literacy at A Glance
0 2000 4000 6000 8000
Primary
Secondary
7723
2296
No. of Schools

4. Literacy at A Glance
Type of Schools No. of Students
Pre-school 186, 298
Primary 2.8 million
Secondary 2.3 million
No. of Students
No. of Teachers
Type of Schools Male Female
Primary 72,266 164,047
Secondary 55,155 121,252
Total 127,421 285,299

5. Literacy at A Glance
0 20 40 60 80 100
Primary
Lower Secondary
Upper Secondary
94
87
78
School Enrolment
Percentage Source: MOE

6. Literacy at A Glance
97.5 98 98.5 99
Male
Female
98
99
Youth Literacy
(15 – 24 years old)
Source: UNICEF
Percentage
* LINUS Programme
(Literasi dan Numerasi)

7. To build a knowledge-based economy, school education has to be transformed with
ICT as an enabler to access a much wider source of information, to increase
innovation and creativity and encourage critical thinking for problem solving
Mapping of ICT with National
Goals
Malaysia aims to become a developed nation
by 2020 supported by 4 pillars to drive national
transformation
Malaysia
Education
Blueprint
(2013 – 2025)
1Malaysia
Concept
Government
Transformation
Programme
Economic
Transformation
Programme
10th Malaysia
Plan

8. 5 System Aspirations for the Malaysian
Education System
Malaysia
Education
Blueprint
(2013 – 2025)

9. 6 Key Attributes Needed by Students
to be Globally Competitive
Malaysia
Education
Blueprint
(2013 – 2025)

10. 11 Shifts to Transform the Education
System
Shift 7: Leverage ICT to Scale up Quality
Learning Across Malaysia

11. ICT in Education
Hardware
• Maintenance
Service
Software
• Application
• Tools
Network
• Data Centre
• LAN / WAN
Pedagogy
• Curriculum
• Assessment
Competency
Development
• Education
Management
• Training of
MOE Officers
• Training of
Teachers
ICT in Education
Should be professionally managed by external
experts in ICT domain with MOE and COP’s
input
Should be driven by MOE but the
integration of ICT in Education
competency development can be
delivered by external experts for
value-add

12. Delivery for ICT in Education
Budget
• Budgetary
Consideration
• Total Cost of
Qwnership
• Public-Private
Partnership
Infrastructure
• ICT
Infrastructure
• Enabling
Infrastructure
• Maintenance &
Support
Human
Capital
• Roles &
Responsibility
• Competency &
Professional
Development
Digital
Resources
• Teaching &
Learning
Strategy
• Teaching &
Learning
Materials

13. Objectives of the Policy on
‘ICT in Education’
To align all the current and
future ICT initiatives under a
common goal for integrating
‘ICT in Education’
To standardise and enhance
the implementation of ICT
initiatives in education by
encompassing all important
aspects of implementation
and post-implementation
into a regulatory framework
To generate greater
commitment and
acceptance by all
stakeholders

14. Process Flow of ICT in
Education
Government’s
National Goal
Need Analysis
Curriculum
Design &
Development
Technology for
ICT in Education
Competency
Development
Implementation of
ICT Initiatives
Review &
Monitoring

15. Smart Schools Roadmap
Pilot Phase
• (1999-2002)
Post
Pilot
• (2003-
2005)
Making
All
Schools
Smart
• (2005-
2010)
Consolidation
& Stabilisation
• (2011-2020)

16. Status of Smart Schools
5-star
4-star
3-star
2-star
1-star
6.49
47.11
41.16
4.13
1.11
Source: 2011 SSQS
Human Capital
Usage
Infrastructure
Applications
Domains

17. Current ICT Initiatives
1BestariNet
Transforming
Education
Integrated
Learning
Solution
All 10,000
schools
nationwide
Equipping the
Future
Generation

18. Penetration Rates at a Glance
Source: Malaysian Communications and
Multimedia Commission

19. No. of Broadband & Penetration
Rate
Source: Malaysian Communications and
Multimedia Commission

20. Internet Use
Source: Malaysian Communications and
Multimedia Commission

21. Internet Use
Source: Malaysian Communications and
Multimedia Commission

22. Cellular Telephone Use
Source: Malaysian Communications and
Multimedia Commission

23. Mobile Phones in Schools
Source: The Star
• Students can
take
handphones, IT
gadgets to
school from 2013
16 July
2012
• PTA: No mobile
phones to
school, please!
17 July
2012 • School phone
ban retained
4 Oct 2012

24. Issues & Challenges
Physical Social Content
Language
Education
system /
Curriculum
Literacy
Organisational
/ Community
Structure

25. Moving Ahead
Ubiquitous Learning
Contents
for VLE
M-learning
Simulation
Lab
Mobile
EduWebTV
Teacher
Training on
VLE