Project ACE aims to develop students through coding classes and microconsulting projects to solve school and community problems. It serves 30 students from a low-performing vocational school, selecting those from low-income households. The program impacts English, coding skills, numeracy, STEM interest, life skills, and more. Sony Malaysia conducted an Arduino workshop for students like Harry, who hopes to become an engineer. Project ACE needs computers, funding, and role models to inspire students. Support is requested through workshops, mentoring, donations, and sponsorship.

2. What is Project ACE?
Project Afterschool Coding Enterprise aims to develop students in terms
of academic achievement, character building, and providing access
to STEM opportunities
The core business of ACE would be teaching students how to solve
problems in life, and this is achieved through coding classes every
Tuesday and Thursday.
We will also be providing a microconsulting aiming to solve problems
that are faced by the school and the communities

3. Beneficiaries of Project ACE
• 30 students from SMK Taman Sejahtera
• SMK Taman Sejahtera is one of the two lowest performing schools in Seberang Perai
Tengah where a great majority of our students are from the surrounding low-cost housing
areas
• 60% of the school students are from lower household income of less than RM1 500 per
month
• These 30 students are selected based on their application essays and interview to be a
corp members of Project ACE
Form 2
47%
Form 3
23%
Form 4
30%

4. Project ACE 3A Impact Model
• English literacy
• Coding knowledge
• Numeracy skills
• Interest in STEM jobs
• Entrepreneurship
• Lifelong skills
• Computational thinking skills
• Confidence in dealing with complex problems
• Persistence to work through difficult problems
• Team work
Achievement
Affect
Access

5. Project ACE Outcome
Affect
Access
Achievement
• On March 17th, Sony Malaysia (Penang)
conducted a 3 hours Arduino workshop at
SMK Taman Sejahtera as part of Project
ACE.
• Among the participant was Harry* whose
parents work in the Sony factory as factory
workers
• There he is, Harry, in the same room as
Sony’s engineers and staffs to learn to
program an embedded processors.
• One day, Harry will grow up to be an
engineer and Project ACE could be that
turning point he needs.

6. Needs
• We are short on computers
• Monetary needs
• Students lack role model

7. Affect
Access
Achievement
How can you help?
• Providing technical workshops ranging from
science behind your company’s products to
making an actual product
• Adopt a team and provide technical support for
their group projects
• Monetary donation for us to buy Lego
Mindstorm Sets and Arduino processors for
Project ACE
• Donation of used laptops
• Be their mentors and role model
• Be our guest speakers
• Adoption of a team and provide moral support
for their group projects
• Provide non-technical workshops
• Sponsorship of a field trip to your
company
• Adoption of a team
• Provide technical and non technical
workshop to inspire the students

8. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to
contact 2013 cohort fellow David Chak and the main
person in charge of Project ACE at:
T: 017-6884105
M: shanchun.chak2013@teachformalaysia.org
A more detailed proposal is available upon request

9. David Chak
T : 6-017-6884105
M:shanchun.chak2013@teachformalaysia.org)