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Workplace training involves the application of knowledge and genericskills. Its objectives are to:List of Projects by Country• give students the opportunity to obtain essential skills throughworkplace experience• enable students to understand career options that are suitable to theircapability and interest, and• develop students' potential and increase their confidence and selfesteem.Students have a number of options as to how they combine schooling andworkplace experience. They can attend a training centre where bothschooling and training are provided, or they can participate in training onSaturdays, or after school hours. Training is provided in the areas ofservices, agriculture, building construction, and woodwork or handicraft.ContactDirector, Curriculum Development Centre, Ministry of Education Malaysia,Peserian Duta off Jalan Duta, 50604 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Tel: 603-651-1522, Fax: 603-651-0861, URL: http://www.ppk.kpm.my21. The Smart SchoolThe Smart School is one of the seven flagship projects that constituteMalaysia’s Multimedia Super Corridor (MSC) project. The Smart Schoolis a learning institution that has been systematically re-invented in termsof teacher-learning processes and school management in order to preparechildren for the information age. As such it moves away from memorybasedlearning to a system that stimulates creative thinking and caters toindividual abilities and learning styles. It will enable teachers and schoolstudents to be in a position to take advantage of information technology,and equip them with the skills and knowledge required for otherdevelopments in Malaysia as part of the 2020 vision.The Curriculum Development Centre of the Ministry of Educationcommenced the project in February 1997. It will be extended to thewhole country by 2010 when all teachers will have received training. Itsgoals are to:• produce a thinking and technology-literate workforce• provide all-round development of the individual• provide opportunities to enhance individual strengths and abilities• increase participation of stakeholders; and,• democratize education.The project team comprises industry representatives, multimediadevelopment officers and officers of the Ministry of Education.44 © Snapshots of Primary and Secondary Education in Asia-Pacific