2. DEFINITION
 Definition of the Malaysian Smart School:
 The Malaysian Smart School is a learning
institution that has been systemically reinvented
in terms of teaching-learning practices and school
management in order to prepare children for the
Information Age

3. FOR WHAT??
The history of the Smart School Project is rooted in the
two-pronged objectives of the flagship, which are to
jumpstart the MSC towards :
 Building a knowledge-based economy, contributing to
the growth of the ICT industry and creating a pool of
talent resulting in high-value job creation
 Prepare the citizens for the information age through
an innovative education delivery process. Smart
School is not just about ICT intervention in teaching
and learning

4.  The Smart Schools initiative is one of the seven flagship
applications that are part of Malaysia’s Multimedia Super
Corridor (MSC) project. The Government of Malaysia aims
to capitalise on the presence of leading-edge technologies
and the rapid development of the MSC’s infrastructure to
jump-start deployment of enabling technology to schools.
This will be done by creating a group of 90 pilot Smart
Schools by 1999 that will serve as the nucleus for the
eventual nation-wide rollout of Smart School teaching
concepts and materials, skills, and technologies. By
2010, all 10,000 of Malaysia’s primary and secondary
schools will be Smart Schools.
[Source: Official Malaysia Smart School Website]

5. MAIN GOALS OF SMART SCHOOL
 The Smart School initiative has five main goals which focus on the need
to develop a skilled work force for the Information Age and to promote
the goals of the National Philosophy of Education:
Provide all-round
Produce a thinking and development of the Provide opportunities to
technology-literate individual (intellectual, enhance individual
workforce physical, emotional, strengths and abilities
spiritual,)
Increase participation of
Democratise education
stakeholders

6. PRIMARY OBJECTIVES
1. To produce a knowledge society that is critical,
creative and innovative
• 2. To produce technology savvy individuals for
the Information Age
3. To bridge the digital divide
• 4. To cultivate life-long learning based on ICT

7. THE WAY OF TEACHING AND
LEARNING THROUGH ICT
 CATERING TO THE INDIVIDUAL STUDENT
 CREATIVE APPROACHES IN TEACHNG & LEARNING
 COMBINING THE TRADITIONAL AND NEW
TECHNOLOGY IN TEACHING & LEARNING
 COMPUTER LABS TO INCREASE ICT UTILIZATION
 SCHOOL ACCESS CENTRES PROVIDE ADDITIONAL
CONTACT TIME WITH THE INTERNET

8. THE WAY OF TEACHING AND
LEARNING THROUGH ICT
 ONLINE LEARNING FOR THE DIGITAL NATIVES
 USE OF COURSEWARES FOR SELF-PACED, SELF
ACCESSED, SELF DIRECTED LEARNING
 CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION IN ACTION
 SMART PARTNERSHIPS LOCALLY AND
GLOBALLY

9. ALLOCATION IN BUDGET 2013
 TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT OF EDUCATION :
2012 = RM 263 338 700.00
2013 = RM 449 719 200.00
 For development of quality educational technology to
increase access to knowledge, improve the efficiency of
technology management, provide consultation service
and equipment technology innovation.

10. OVERVIEW THE PROGRESS
 The desire for true transformation in learning using IT
led to the implementation of the Smart School
Qualification Standards (SSQS).
 Schools are given Star Ranking each year based on
their performance in four areas – use of
ICT, competency of end-users, adoption of
applications provided by MOE and IT infrastructure.

11. AS A RESULT:
 As of October 2009, MOE has awarded ‘Smart School’
rating to 7575 schools
 8454 Schools Rated
 •7575 Achieved Minimum Of 3 Star Rating
RANKINGS NO OF
SCHOOLS
5 Star 96
4 Star 2412
3 Star 5067
2 Star 662
1Star 217

12. CHALLENGERS
 Continuous monitoring and coaching of innovative
use of technology in schools
 Upgrading of infrastructure such as the broadband
and hardware
 Instilling the ownership of the Smart School
initiatives among stakeholders
 Changing the mindset of teachers and stakeholders
 Alignment of objectives at all levels required, within
the Ministry and between Ministries/agencies