Crowdfunding proposed to help pupils get phones 16 Feb 2021 / 10:13 H. F. Brinda, 9, a pupil at Sekolah Jenis Kebangsaan Tamil (SJKT) Bayan Lepas, showing the tablet loaned to her by her school. fotoBERNAMA (2021) Copyrights Reserved
PETALING JAYA: It may be time to start a national crowdfunding drive to help children get smartphones or other necessary gadgets to follow online lessons, said education activists.
Their call comes after schools resorted to online lessons due to the Covid-19 pandemic but the issue was that pupils were having trouble following these lessons without a smartphone or other necessary gadgets.
“When the Education Ministry itself lacks funding, there are still other sources such as crowdfunding from the public through dedicated and established platforms,” said Parents Action Group for Education (PAGE) president Datin Noor Azimah Abdul Rahim.
We’re on the way: Teachers from SMK Pulau Gaya, Kota Kinabalu, board boats to send materials to their students – Photo: Education Ministry
JUST as teachers were getting used to home-based teaching and learning (PdPR), timetables have to be redrawn as the Education Ministry has issued new guidelines.
The “Teaching and Learning at Home Timetable Implementation Guide”, a manual released in Oct 2020 by the Education Ministry, was revamped on Feb 2 this year. Known as the “Teaching and Learning at Home Manual Version 2” (PdPR 2.0), the manual aims to standardise the duration of PdPr due to inconsistent patterns of implementation among schools.
KUALA LUMPUR: The National Union of the Teaching Profession (NUTP) has proposed that the timetable for students attending physical classes and those g.
26 Jan 2021 / 13:30 H. Muhammad Alif Irfan Yaso’, 9, (kanan) dan adiknya Fatin Nur Aimi Shahira, 8 , showing the smart devices their headmaster Mohammad Fadzil Mat II (iI) provided them for Pengajaran dan Pembelajaran di Rumah (PdPR) at Kampung Tanjong Baru, Badang. fotoBERNAMA (2021) Copyrights Reserved
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 26: Barely a week after the school session started, there were voices of dissatisfaction from some parents with the implementation of home-based teaching and learning (PdPR) classes.
There are claims that teachers are not adequately prepared to teach using the PdPR approach hence disrupting the learning process.
However, prominent figures in the education industry are of the view that teachers should be given space and opportunity to adapt in new way.