Preliminary-Blueprint-Eng
Preliminary-Blueprint-Eng
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7-19<br />
learning systeM: Parents,<br />
coMMunity, and PriVate sector<br />
The Ministry will ensure that parents, the community, and the<br />
private sector are fully engaged as partners in education. The<br />
focus is to harness the comparative advantages of the different<br />
parties to deliver quality education in an integrated, effective, and<br />
efficient manner.<br />
Measures undertaken will include:<br />
▪ Raising awareness among parents and communities of their role<br />
in their children’s education;<br />
As noted in Chapter 3, only 27% of a child’s waking time between the<br />
ages of 7-17 is spent in school. With the majority of their waking time<br />
spent at home and as part of the greater community, children also<br />
EXHIBIT 7-11<br />
What What is is a “learning learning system”? system?<br />
EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENTS<br />
COMMUNITY<br />
TECHNOLOGY<br />
FRIENDS<br />
WORLDVIEW<br />
FAMILY<br />
CRITICAL<br />
ONLINE<br />
THINKING<br />
PEERS<br />
THEORIES<br />
BOOKS<br />
ENVIRONMENT<br />
FILMS<br />
REFLECTIVE<br />
LIFE<br />
EXPERIENCES<br />
SOCIAL INTERACTION<br />
Learning systems<br />
recognise that learning<br />
happens beyond the school<br />
walls and can occur at<br />
home and in the<br />
community. School must<br />
create a conducive<br />
environment for a positive<br />
school-parent-community<br />
working relationship.<br />
▪ Providing guidance to schools to drive the engagement<br />
process;<br />
▪ Linking financial assistance for poor students to improved<br />
parental engagement;<br />
▪ Empowering PIBGs to play a greater role in supporting<br />
parental and community engagement; and<br />
▪ Scaling up Trust Schools and other areas for private sector<br />
involvement.<br />
learn beyond school walls. While teachers and schools undoubtedly<br />
play a critical role in child development, there is a growing body<br />
of evidence that parental and community involvement in a child’s<br />
School – parents collaboration:<br />
▪ to have a shared responsibility between parents and<br />
teachers to ensure quality learning for students<br />
▪ to increase parents’ awareness in assisting student<br />
learning<br />
▪ to develop parents’ role as partners with schools in<br />
improving their children’s outcome<br />
School – community collaboration:<br />
▪ to tap volunteer organisations in the community that<br />
can provide an array of services and benefits to the<br />
local school<br />
▪ to get students involved with community<br />
organisations and their projects while learning<br />
valuable lessons in the process