GTP 2.0 - Prime Minister's Office of Malaysia
GTP 2.0 - Prime Minister's Office of Malaysia
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INITIaTIvES<br />
6.1<br />
1<br />
ImPRovING PRE-sChool<br />
ENRolmENt RatE<br />
1 Improving Pre-School Enrolment Rate<br />
2 Literacy and Numeracy Screening (LINUS)<br />
Programme<br />
3 Recognition <strong>of</strong> High Performing Schools (HPS)<br />
4 New Deals for Principals<br />
Early childhood education is a critical component<br />
<strong>of</strong> a young student’s foundational development,<br />
and gives him/her a good start once in primary<br />
school. The impact <strong>of</strong> pre-school is welldocumented<br />
and reported in other publications, 3<br />
but the general conclusion <strong>of</strong> these findings<br />
agree that <strong>Malaysia</strong> needs to accelerate its<br />
pre-school enrolment rate.<br />
At the start <strong>of</strong> the <strong>GTP</strong> programme, a national<br />
survey showed that only 67% <strong>of</strong> children aged<br />
four to five were enrolled in pre-schools. This<br />
number has since improved to 80.5% in 2012,<br />
and the results <strong>of</strong> this higher enrolment should<br />
become more apparent now that the preschoolers<br />
are entering the primary<br />
education system.<br />
5 School Improvement Programme (SIP)<br />
In terms <strong>of</strong> specific actions, the EDU NKRA has<br />
increased the number <strong>of</strong> Government operated<br />
pre-school classes nationwide, particularly in<br />
remote locations. Through this initiative, some<br />
1,493 public pre-schools were opened in remote<br />
areas in 2012, bringing total number to 4,271<br />
over the course <strong>of</strong> <strong>GTP</strong> 1.0.<br />
There has also been greater collaboration<br />
with private sector partners to deliver preschools<br />
in collaboration with the Government.<br />
The last year saw 561 private pre-schools<br />
established under the programme, bringing the<br />
<strong>GTP</strong> 1.0 total to 2,370.<br />
To help promote the development <strong>of</strong><br />
private pre-schools, the Government has made<br />
RM10,000 grants available to help set<br />
up small to medium centres, especially in<br />
rural and urban poor areas. Some 356 private<br />
operators received the grant in 2012.<br />
Finally, the Ministry <strong>of</strong> Education (MoE) has<br />
taken additional steps to support enrolment<br />
by providing financial assistance to low-income<br />
groups to help <strong>of</strong>fset the cost <strong>of</strong> early education.<br />
This initiative will be continued and enhanced<br />
in <strong>GTP</strong> <strong>2.0</strong>.<br />
3<br />
—<br />
For more information, please consult the <strong>GTP</strong> Roadmap<br />
pp153-155.<br />
1,493<br />
18<br />
51<br />
Kedah<br />
42<br />
84<br />
Perak<br />
104<br />
Selangor<br />
89<br />
Kelantan<br />
80.5% PRE-SCHOOL ENROLMENT RATE &<br />
2,054 NEW CLASSES LAUNCHED<br />
1,493 new public pre-school<br />
built in 2012, by state<br />
93<br />
34<br />
10<br />
68<br />
27<br />
155<br />
Johor<br />
561<br />
The Ministry <strong>of</strong> Education (MoE) has<br />
taken additional steps to support<br />
enrolment by providing financial<br />
assistance to low-income groups to<br />
help <strong>of</strong>fset the cost <strong>of</strong> early education.<br />
44<br />
396<br />
Sarawak<br />
2<br />
276<br />
Sabah<br />
561 new pre-school built by<br />
private operators<br />
102 Government transformation Programme—Annual Report 2012 Chapter six 103<br />
Government transformation Programme—Annual Report 2012 Chapter six
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