Malaysian
education system is evolving and changing over time. The changes and
transformation that happened in recent years are to make realize the country’s
achievement in the future. Malaysia has a long term vision usually referred to
as ‘Vision 2020’ which emphasises on the development of productivity and
critical thinking workforce. Information Communication Technology (ICT) has
changed the way teaching and learning in education all over the world. Many
countries have realised how important the ICT is to the development of a
country. Thus, Malaysian education has also implemented ICT based education in
the curriculum.
The
usage of ICT has increasingly raising the awareness among the rural community.
The idea is to integrate responsive and localised community content into the
curriculum and enable everyone to get access to the information. ICT indeed has
led to new possibilities in development and dissemination of information.
However, the current state of living standard in Malaysia is intolerable to the
usage of the ICT. The rich will enjoy the benefits of technology and for the
poor they will just rely on the facilities provided in the school rather than
having one at home.
In
Malaysia, under the Smart School project, the selected schools will be equipped
with computer facilities by the end of 2005. The government has put a lot of
effort to upgrade all the schools in the country to become smart school. The
schools serves as learning institution that have systematically reinvented in
terms of teaching-learning practices and school management to prepare children
with Information Age and to promote the goal of the National Philosophy of
Education. It is one of the seven flagships applications that are part of
Malaysia’s Multimedia Super Corridor (MSC) project. But how many of teachers in
such schools will rely solely in using ICT in the classroom?. The usage of ICT
in Smart School is also questionable as the ICT should not take over the
teacher in the classroom. The teachers should use the ICT to help them deliver
the lesson. It should not be otherwise.
Most
universities in all over the world have implemented web-based application. The
electronic learning (e-learning) also has change the way teaching and learning
of the learning institutions. The e-learning is supported by ICT, internet,
intranet, TV, CD-ROMS and many more. The implementation of the e-learning in
the education is a part of the strategies to catch up with other developed
countries around the world. In Malaysia the Ministry of Education and YTL has
introduced the 1BEstariNet project. Every parent, student and teacher has been
provided with an ID that enables access to a variety of tools that create a
more exciting and interesting learning experience.
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