Transcript Bridging Rural and Urban Gap in Malaysia Schools

Bridging Rural and Urban Gap in
Malaysian Schools
Opportunities and Challenges
Lok Yim Pheng
Secretary General NUTP
Common Problems
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Lack of infrastructure
No proper buildings
No proper roads to schools
Lack of electricity
Lack of teachers / students
quarters
Unfair distribution in the Fully aided and Partially
aided schools (govt. policy)
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Teachers sharing tables and chairs
Congested staff rooms and class rooms
Pupils paying RM 10.00 perchair
30 % attend Pre-school education
Curriculum in Pre-schools must be
standardised
PIPP has many new visions but we want the
government to implement it fairly
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Rural schools given priority
Hasten the delivery of Educational
materials in the rural areas
Lack of critical subject Teachers in remote
areas
Mismatch in option
Teachers shortage specially in vernacular
schools and remote areas
Lack of transportation
Challenges
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Examination oriented system
Teaching of Science and Maths in English
( Teachers Centre not Pupils centre )
Survey on PPSMI - 1236 Respondance
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Science, Maths and English teachers
must undergo the English proficiency
test
Lack of “specialist teachers” are the
main cause of non-efective teaching
68.8 % agree
75.20 % agree
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There is a gap between rural and
urban teachers teaching Science and
Maths in English
The Ministry of Education must
provide enough and comprehensive
sets of teaching aids to teachers
Pupils understand the subject better
(science and maths) using English
language
Under enrolment schools
High maintenance cost specially ICT
Social problems
Information and financial divide
54.7 % agree
92.40 % agree
40 % agree
Challenges
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Integrity
Education opportunities for children
Drop out problems
Low performance students
Mentally drop out children
Role of PTA
Cluster schools
Suggestions - Pupils
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Target needy children
Pool of Teachers handling drop out in rural
schools
Dissimination of information
Easy access to educational materials
Special schools for special group of children
- Vocational schools
- Character building schools
Students exchange programme
More remedial classes in schools
Parents must be penalised – indicipline children
Suggestions - Pupils
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Education must be non-political
Condusive environment in schools
Healthy recreation centre for children
Children’s health
( food / time management and motivation )
Financial aids to poor students
Provide transportation to schools
Reduce the number of pupil in the schools
School base examination
Build more hostel for students
Suggestions – Teachers eradicate the culture of
adhoc
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Improve teaching method in schools
Trained teachers locally and oversea
Reward teachers who can change low performance
to high performance
Teachers covered by insurance
Revamp the Teachers Training Curriculum
High quality and worthiness course for teachers
Government had channel financial aids to
improve school infrastructure
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To much of unneccessary bureaucarcy
Can lead to corruption
Low quality work
No proper projection
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We want to have thinking children not robots
We want high morale teachers
To achive all these the managers must go down to
the ground and understand the problems