GTP 2.0 - Prime Minister's Office of Malaysia

School Improvement
Programme
New deals and New
Principal Career
Package
New Teacher Career
Package
upskilling English
Teachers
I think changes like these take time. For me, the
government’s initiatives to improve the quality
of teachers and education standards are good.
It’s the starting point for changes in the nation
to take place.
Mohd Khairul Azim, 24
Lawyer
To further enhance the performance of schools, GTP 2.0 will
empower District Education Offices with the authority to provide
relevant support and aid for underperforming schools. The objective
here is to create central hubs that have the resources and powers
to support and improve schools within their jurisdictions.
In addition to the New Deal opportunities offered to principals
and head teachers, this enhanced initiative will also streamline the
appointment process transforming it into a performance-based system.
It will also create a comprehensive succession plan to ensure that every
school will be staffed by a principal or head teacher at all times.
This new initiative shares its roots with the Principal Career
Package. The EDU NKRA recognises that teachers are at the very front
lines of the education system, and this initiative will transform
teacher compensation from a tenure-based system to a performancebased
one.
The results from the CPT show that there is a need to further enhance
proficiency and pedagogical competencies of English language
teachers in the system. This initiative aims to bring teachers’ English
proficiency up to the international standards through a series of
focused and effective professional development programmes.
The EDU NKRA is also cognisant of the fact that Preliminary
Report of the Malaysia Education Blueprint (MEB) was
launched in Spetember 2012, and hence there is a need to
harmonise the initiatives of GTP 2.0 with the objectives of the
MEB. Both the GTP and MEB are working towards the same
goals in this regard, and the latter functions to provide a
clearer long-term focus to the direction of transformation.
GTP 2.0 builds on the foundation established by GTP 1.0
through the introduction of new, specific initiatives such as
the New Principal and Teacher Career Package, which is an
extension of the New Deal programme implemented in GTP
1.0. The next three years will also see greater emphasis placed
on further strengthening foundations by focusing efforts on
improving basic English literacy.
The NKRA’s efforts in GTP 2.0 will also respond to
concerns voiced by the rakyat that insufficient attention is
being paid to establishing basic education foundations, which
is a key action item in the MEB.
THREE ASPIRATIONS IDENTIFIED FOR THE MALAYSIAN EDUCATION SYSTEM
National
Education
Blueprint
2013 – 2025
GTP 2.0
2013 – 2015
ACCESS QUALITY EQUITY
Universal enrolment
across all levels from
pre-school to upper
secondary by 2020
From stagnant enrolment
today to developed nation
levels
98% Primary
90% Lower Secondary
85% Upper Secondary
Top third of countries in
international assessments
such as Programme for
International Student
Assessment (PISA) and
Trends in International
Mathematics and Science
Study (TIMMS) in 15 years
(improving from the
bottom-third today).
Malaysia as one of the
fastest improving systems
ever in the world, in
15 years
92% pre-school At international average in
international assessments
such as PISA, TIMSS*
50% reduction in
achievement gaps
(urban -rural,
socio-economic,
gender) by 2020
Malaysia as one of the
world’s most equitable
school systems
25% reduction in
urban-rural achievement
gaps across Malaysia*
haRmoNIsatIoN WIth thE
malaysIa EDuCatIoN bluEPRINt (mEb)
The Malaysian Education Blueprint (MEB) represents the
ambitions of the Government to create an education system
in Malaysia that is on par with the best in the world by 2025.
The MEB is the result of an extensive review of the existing
education system conducted in October 2011, which polled
a number of sources including local teachers and parents
and international organisations such as UNESCO and the
World Bank.
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