Published on: Tuesday, January 26, 2021
By: Bernama
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Primary One pupil of Sekolah Kebangsaan Kiaramas, Baihaqi Rizqi Mohd Safwan, giving the thumbs up during a home-based learning in Kuala Lumpur.
Kuala Lumpur: The National Union of the Teaching Profession (NUTP) has proposed that the timetable for students attending physical classes and those going through home-based Teaching and Learning (PdPR), be standardised for all schools nationwide.
Secretary-general Harry Tan Huat Hock said this was important in ensuring quality of PdP as teachers and students could lose focus and get tired if the sessions were too long.
“The NUTP found that there are schools that require teachers to teach from 7.30am to 4.30pm which exceeds the official teaching hours which should end at 2.30pm.
PdPR is new to everyone, give teachers time to adapt
January 26, 2021
KUALA LUMPUR – 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.
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However, prominent figures in the education industry are of the view that teachers should be given space and opportunity to adapt in new way.
National Parents-Teacher Associations Consultative Council (PIBGN) president Associate Prof Datuk Dr Mohd Ali Hassan said that relevant training could be introduced to existing teachers to expose them to PdPR methods and processes.
THE year got off to a rocky start with students uncertain over when face-to-face lessons can resume in light of rising Covid-19 cases.
The Education Ministry had initially announced on Jan 11 that Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) students in the 2020 and 2021 cohorts – together with Sijil Vokasional Malaysia (SVM), Sijil Kemahiran Malaysia (SKM), Sijil Tinggi Persekolahan Malaysia (STPM), Sijil Tinggi Agama Malaysia (STAM) and Diploma Vokasional Malaysia (DVM) – would return to schools, depending on whether they are under the movement control order, conditional MCO or recovery MCO states.
The decision was reversed in less than a week, on Jan 16, with the ministry announcing that only the 2020 batch of exam year students would be allowed to return for face-to-face studies.
Autistic students thankful to preacher for much needed tablets
January 23, 2021
KUALA LUMPUR – A single mother sighed with relief after she received a tablet donated by celebrity preacher Ebit Lew, describing it as a lifeline for her three children with autism and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) to follow the home-based teaching and learning (PdPR) method currently in force.
Haslinah Hassan, 40, who lives in a public housing scheme in Jalan Hang Tuah here, said her eldest son Muhammad Nur Izzat Ismail, 13, who studied at SMK Yaacob Latif under the Special Education Integration Program (PPKI) had been feeling disappointed and almost lost his passion for learning after the used desktop computer she had purchased online in October last year had spoilt.