Policies to Guarantee Education Continuity for the Sake of the Underrepresented in Response to the COVID-19 in Malaysia
1. Policies to Guarantee Education Continuity
for the Sake of the Underrepresented in
Response to the COVID-19
FADZLIATON ZAINUDIN
Principal Assistant Director
Policy Planning & Coordination Unit
Educational Technology & Resources Division
Ministry of Education Malaysia
fadzliaton@moe.gov.my
11 June 2021
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2. Malaysia at A Glance
Level No. of Schools
Primary 7,780
Secondary 2,445
Total 10,225
Level No. of Students
Primary 2,767,270
Secondary 2,026,674
Total 4,793,944
STUDENTS
SCHOOLS
2
Level Urban Rural
Primary 4,107 3,673
Secondary 1,790 655
Total 5,897 4,328
LOCATION
TEACHERS
Level No. of Teachers
Primary 235,648
Secondary 176,636
Total 412,284
3. 3
Impact of COVID-19
Total School Closure Partial School Closure
Revision of School
Calendar
Students’ learning is affected
4. Issues & Challenges (Learning
Access)
Yes,
63.07%
No,
36.93
%
Parents
670,118
Students
893,331
Survey on Students’ Readiness for Home-based Learning (HBL)
*As of April 2020
4
53,566 51,460 83,504 415,945 329,918
Urban (%) 6.31 5.95 9.96 48.19 36.16
Rural (%) 2.78 3.17 4.69 34.39 35.25
No Device
Smartphone
Laptop
Tablet
PC
5. 5
Issues & Challenges (Educational Resources)
Students
• Access to devices and the Internet
• Relevant information skills
• Readiness towards self-directed learning
Teachers
• Competencies to implement online teaching
• Integrating teaching-learning materials and technology
• Using relevant teaching-learning methods
Technology
• Suitability in terms of age or students with special needs
• Rapid technological change
• Suitability in terms of different types of educational resources
5
Students’ hearts
and minds
should be
continuously
nurtured
6. Our Response
Guidelines on Home-based Learning
Modules
Project-
Based
Flipped
Classroom
Inquiry-
Based
Mastery
Learning
Contextual
Learning
Problem-
Solving 6
• Approaches
Online Offline Off-site
• Methods
7. 7
Online Teaching and Learning Platforms
Our Response
Online Learning Platform - DELIMa
EduwebTV Portal
cikgooTUBE
E-Class
Digital Learning
Teachers
Community
Television-Based Learning Sessions
Okey TV Astro Tutor TV
DidikTV KPM
11. In the Pipeline
01
02
03
04
Revisiting the digital education policy and realigning it with
MyDIGITAL Blueprint
Providing B40 students with devices
Upgrading infostructure and infrastructure to
facilitate digital education
Strengthening teachers’
competencies
11
12. 12
In the Pipeline
Improving the digital learning (DELIMa) platform for personalized
learning and learning pathways
05