TRANSFORMING PUBLIC EDUCATIONTRANSFORMING PUBLIC EDUCATIONYABhg Datin Paduka Seri Rosmah Mansor receiving an Honorary Doctorate for "Extraordinary Leadership inSultanah Hajjah Kalsom DK, witnessed by the Prime Minister YAB Dato' Sri Mohd Najib Tun Abdul Razak andTransformational Human Capital Development" from the University’s Royal Chancellor, DYMM Sultanah PahangTan Sri Dato' Sri Paduka Dr Limkokwing.years, is a great challenge specifically forthe instructors.entire nation.ii. The low-demand ofmale participant.ing the programme to other targetedhousing areas.mentors to conduct the programmeeffectively.as compared to those who have notenrolled in the programme.used in the classroom in deliveringthe curriculum.iii. To receive more financial supportfrom the public and privatesectors especially in running thecenter as well as for students’ scholarships.Apart from running thecentre as a school, another role is togarner financial support from varioussources.PERMATA Seni:i. Learning sessions are conducted periodically(weekly) and centrally, makingit impossible to reach out to theiii. Scouting for and getting talentedand highly capable candidates whofulfill the PERMATA Seni criterion.PERKASA Remaja:i. To create mass awareness to ensurethat the programme reaches out to atriskyouths. Currently, the programmeis limited among at-risk youths at theLembah Pantai housing area only.ii. To get a better location/premise forthe Activity Centre, as well as extend-iii. To conduct trainings for qualifiedstaff as to encourage the conduct andrunning of programme by themselvesin the future.PERMATA Insan:i. Promoting and encouraging participationinto the programme.ii. The conduct and implementationof the Ujian Kecenderungan AgamaUSIM-1.iii. Employing the right teachers andWhat kind of feedback have parentsgiven re the Permata programmeabout how their children have improvedafter undergoing the Permataprogramme?PERMATA Negara:To-date, there are very minimal, almostzero negative feedback aboutthe programme as most parents havetestified to the effectiveness of the programmein developing independent,self-motivating and brighter childrenPERMATA Pintar:Overall, parents are satisfied withthe PERMATA Pintar EducationalProgramme. Among others, theyfavour the curriculum structure implementedby the centre. The centerapplies compacting and acceleratingapproach which allows students tolearn new topics beyond the SPMlevel curriculum In addition, bothparents and students seem to preferthe differentiated learning approachPERMATA Seni:The programme has enabled talentedyouths to express their capabilitiesand unearth talents in the field ofarts. But most importantly, throughthe programme, these youths are offeredfirst class seats to trainings andclasses by some of the renowned localmentors and industry practitioners.PERKASA Remaja:In terms of entrepreneurship, mostof the youths are able to do their own24 <strong>INNOVATION</strong> <strong>LEADERSHIP</strong> <strong>INNOVATION</strong> <strong>LEADERSHIP</strong> 25
TRANSFORMING PUBLIC EDUCATION<strong>LEADERSHIP</strong> AWARD FOR LIMKOKWING EDUCATIONYbusiness from the skills they learnedand acquired through the KomunitiPERKASA program. After joiningPERKASA Remaja, parents found thattheir children have various talents, especiallyin culinary and fine arts, as wellas photography. These teenagers havealso grown better in managing theirdaily lives, time and relationships withnot only their family but those aroundthem. The youths now spend moreleisure time at home rather than hangingout with their friends, and someof the female youths have turned forthe better religiously by wearing hijabon top of praying 5 times a day. Theseteenagers have such high respect forthemselves and others around, and areseen to be more confident and modest.PERMATA Insan:Parents have expressed their utmostgratitude since the commencement ofthe programme as they have seen dramaticimprovements in their children’soverall performance academically, sociallyand spiritually. It has been saidthat these youths have not only beenable to conduct themselves with goodmanners, but have also proven to beable to relate to the Al-Quran and Hadithswith the current global situationand peer pressure. Other than that,parents request for the mentors to be ofthe same gender when it comes to oneon-onecoaching/mentoring session.At the recent World InnovationSummit for Education YBhg DatinSeri said that Permata is collaboratingwith international partners suchas Centre for Talented Youth, JohnHopkins University, Pen GreenCentre, Early Childhood Educationand Care (ECEC) in the UK andMawhibah Foundation of Kingdomof Saudi Arabia. Could youtell us specifically which areas of collaborationPermata will be workingon with them and what innovationsyou will be looking at to furtherstrengthen the Permata programme?i. Pen Green Centre – collaboration incurriculum/module building.ii. John Hopkins University – PER-MATA pintar summer camp.iii. Mawhibah Foundation of Kingdomof Saudi Arabia – PERMATAInsan exchange programme, in termsof education implementation and deliveryand information-sharing.In October 2012, it was reportedthat Permata Negara is to cooperatewith the Qatar Education Foundationto develop an Asian early childhoodeducation programme to ensurethat everyone has access to goodeducation. Could YBhg Datin Serielaborate what this cooperation willinvolve and what are its aims?The Qatar Education Foundationcame to PERMATA in efforts to seekexpertise within the Early ChildhoodEducation and Care industry whichhas boomed in Malaysia and beingeffectively implemented throughoutthe nation upon achieving educationexcellence starting from the early ages.PERMATA Negara and Qatar EducationFoundation have mutually agreedto develop an Early Childhood Educationcurriculum and programme suitablefor Asian countries, which willlater on be rolled out to Saudi Arabiaas a start.What is the medium-term vision forPermata going forward?For PERMATA Negara: To implementa full-fledged ECEC curriculumto the entire nation, especially targetingthose in the rural and suburbanareas.For PERMATA Pintar: To producegifted and talented students who areable to link knowledge to practice, tobe leaders in their own field, creativeand innovative in developing newideas, socially competent, responsiblecitizens and entrepreneurs whowill contribute to the new economicmodel of the country.For PERMATA Seni: Nurturing,softening and polishing talents andskills, apart from providing a solidplatform for the talented and gifted togrow in a professional manner.For PERMATA Insan: To providethe best in Islamic education byenrolling the enhanced and enrichedPERMATA Insan Module,National Education Curriculumand University Curriculum, ontop of the mandatory attendanceof camps being conducted twice ayear, as a preparation to sit for theSPM exam.For PERKASA Remaja: To prioritizeon programme enrollment to participantsfrom the Lembah Pantai neighbourhood,involved in committing offencesparticularly in illegal motorcycleracing.What is for YBhg Datin Seri, themost important milestone or successfor Permata to-date?It has to be in achieving first class humancapital, in line with our PrimeMinister’s National Mission towards aninnovative nation, and realizing one ofthe targeted 10th Malaysian Plan goals.US Innovation LeadershipAward for Limkokwing’stransformational education"Research carried out for its own sake may be well and good, butuniversities can no longer risk being just ivory towers insulated fromthe rest of society," says Dato Seri Khaled (far right).The new year got off to a dynamicstart for Limkokwing Universityfounder president Tan Sri Dato SriPaduka Dr Limkokwing when hewas honoured with the TransformationalInnovation award from a USbasedorganization in February.The award was conferred by theAmerican Leadership DevelopmentAssociation (ALDA), an internationalleadership development networkbased in the United States.“We have met a lot of great leaders,people who have made a great impactaround the world, but once ina while, there are some exceptionallygreat leaders who don’t just inspireothers, but create organisations, createsystems, platforms for people toadd value to themselves,” said ALDAExecutive Director Arthur Carmazziwho presented the award.“This award is not just about beingan innovative leader, it’s aboutmaking a difference in the world,and this organisation has made agreat difference in people acrossthe world,” added Carmazzi duringthe Lecture Series on InnovationalLeadership held at the LimkokwingCyberjaya campus.The award presentation took placeas part of ALDA’s ‘Lecture Series onInnovational Leadership’ event featuringCarmazzi, who is also a bestsellingauthor and ranked one of theTop 10 most influential leadershipgurus in the world. When conferringthe award, Carmazzi called TanSri Limkokwing an extraordinaryleader who creates environmentsthat benefit a lot of people.During his acceptance speech, TanSri Limkokwing spoke of howmuch the award means to him as“it comes from a country whereinnovation has driven its globalsuccess and its enterprises lead inmany ways, changing, leading andinspiring the world with stunningnew ideas.”The lecture series was organized bybusiness publication The LeadersInternational, featuring Carmazziwho spoke on ‘Innovational Leadership’,and the Founder, Presidentand Professor of Leadership Studiesat the Institute for Leadershipand Global Education (ILGE) Dr.John Keenan who talked about‘Emerging Trends in Leadershipand Management Education andDevelopment’The event also saw a collaborationsealed between ALDA, The LeadersInternational and LimkokwingUniversity in building innovationalleadership in the next generationthrough activities, seminars, talksand workshops to be held throughoutthe world.26 <strong>INNOVATION</strong> <strong>LEADERSHIP</strong> <strong>INNOVATION</strong> <strong>LEADERSHIP</strong> 27
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