Education Updates from the Region - Malaysia

May 2008

• Feature Article: 'Make your life count'

April 2008

• New site teaches safety on the web
• English language project a success - Tan Ee Loo
• Opinion: Don't rush your child: Allow children to learn at their own pace - Ruth Liew

March 2008

• Improve ways to assess skills - Sarah Chew
• Making ICT work in education - Simrirt Kaur
• Sarawak plans hybrid school
• Opinion: Muslim nations need true education - Dr Mohd Sani Badron
• Reaching out to help poor students
• Najib out to make education a priority

February 2008

• Educating the orang asli children
• Children without birth certificates can now go to school - Karen Chapman
• The mark of a teacher - Mallika Vasugi
• Schoolkids' mental health at stake
• Ministry helps lift financial burden of parents - Anuradha Raghu
  • Related Story: Ministry to the aid of poor students - CS Nathan
• Schools must have mix of halal and non-halal food
• Online with a mission - Sarah Chew
• A helping hand for poor pupils - C.S. Nathan

January 2008

• Tee Keat: Youths should think global and take risks

December 2007

• Malaysian students start thinking
• Teaching Math and Science in English: To change or not to change - Tan Shiow Chin and Tan Ee Loo
  • Related Story: The voice of the people
• MCA vows to work towards increasing of Chinese schools
• Curriculum must match developed nations, says Deputy Education Minister Noh
• The attraction of teaching in rural schools - V.K. Chin
• More emphasis for technical education
• 98% of clean water projects for schools being implemented - Karen Chapman
• Public universities must move towards world class -Sarah Chew
• Workshop to refresh teachers - Sharon Ovinis

November 2007

• Time to ease pressure on kids - Hariati Azizan
• 77 schools adopted under Pintar Programme
• Opinion: Use astronauts to spur study of Maths and Science - V.K. Chin
• System for holistic schools - Ee-lyn Tan
• Education important for a talented 2057 generation, says Najib - Loh Foon Fong
• Free education to cost gov't RM160mil

October 2007

• Ministry to ensure teachers have enough to live on - Wannapa Phetdee
• Free textbooks by year's end - Eelyn Tan
• Smart alternative to blackboards? - Steven Patrick
• Set-up boards, schools told

September 2007

• What moral education is all about
  • Related Story: Much ado about morals - Richard Lim

September 2007

• Single session only with enough schools
• Long trek to school pays off - Suhaini Aznan
• What schools can do - Karen Chapman
• Fun learning at camp - Markus Ng
• Having lessons on a train
• Keep on learning - Karen Chapman
• Asian values in education are Asean's plus points - Sarah Chew

August 2007

• Nurture them young - Karen Chapman
• Feature Story: Changing lives via education
  • Related Story: As time goes by - Richard Lim
• Malaysia to help train Muslim teachers
  • Related Story: Malaysia to train Thai scholars
• Malaysia, Thailand ink MOU on education
• Banks mark Merdeka with 50 partial scholarships
• Truancy and bullies — main issues of indiscipline - Muhammad Izani Zakaria
• ICT use - a new way to learn
• Private school-leavers to teach Mandarin in national schools
• Young women encourage to seek careers in science and maths - Anthony Chew
• New assessment system for students - Karen Chapman
• Independent spirit - Debbie Chan
• Hishamuddin: Country's education policies on track
• New guidelines for teachers on school discipline
• Rise up, Foon Yew! Move on, independent schools!

July 2007

• 1,000 schools earmarked for e-Integration programme
• Life lessons, without the books - Maalinee Ramu
• Education Ministry goes on the road to talk about school discipline
  • Related Story: Plans to make consumer education part of school curriculum - Jane Ritikos
• Tap resources from Internet, teachers urged
• ICT project for schools
• Study in science stream, Sarawak CM urges youths
• Programme to create greater interest among children in chemistry - Roslina Mohamad
• Graduates lacking in general knowledge, says Mustapa

June 2007

• One goal, two routes - Hariati Azizan and Sarah Chew
• The mark of world-class leaders - Hariati Azizan and Sarah Chew
  • Related Story: Best practices near and far
• Monthly stipend for disabled undergrads - Bernama
• RM1mil of study aid

May 2007

• More promotions, study opps in store for teachers
  • Related Story: Better future for teachers
• Awards for top Muslim students
• DBP launches new multimedia tools
• Higher Educ Minister: Apply for local scholarship if you can't get one to study overseas
• No exams? No way, say parents - Simrit Kaur and Ee-Lyn Tan
• Kedah wants to be "info technology-ready" state
• Star rating for school ICt usage
• Many Tamil kids left behind in IT - Edward Rajendra
• Giving students the right skills
• Reinstate Telegu in exams, urges association
• Education ministry suspends milk scheme

April 2007

• English lessons in fun camp
• Making all cluster schools smart
• Tamil schools to get aid
• Meeting the needs of gifted children
• It's a long road to school - Hariati Azizan
• Malaysia seeks focus on English, ICT in schools curriculum
• Making literature relevant - Hariati Azizan
  • Related Story: A subject for all students

March 2007

• Big plan for cluster school
• Youngsters not concerned about racial integration, survey says - Simrit Kaur
• Virtual teacher in math, science
• Rural students should pursue the sciences
• Cluster schools want autonomy, small classes

February 2007

• Cabinet to consider bigger carrot for rural teachers
• New challenges in education - Elayne Yee Siew Lin
• Kindergarten teachers encouraged to get diplomas
• Five more states join effort to narrow urban-rural education gap
• Reforming education - Tan Shiow Chin

January 2007

• Prime Minister urge student to think out of the box
• Education Minister wants teachers to hold classes at evacuation centers
• Clusters of excellence
• National Education Blueprint success rests on teachers
• Many still refusing to teach in English
• Bringing ICT to schools needs 24-hour power supply
• Pilot project on early children education
• Skills training for special kids
• DPM: Malaysia can have educated qualified workforce by 2020
• Blue print for Chinese education in Sarawak