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8-7<br />

▪ Enhanced practicum in vocational programmes through<br />

greater private sector collaboration: The Ministry is working<br />

with the industry to implement industry recognised curriculum<br />

in its vocational colleges. A key component of this curriculum<br />

is practicum placements to provide students with relevant work<br />

experience.<br />

▪ Ministry transformation beginning with best leaders<br />

placed in pivotal JPN and PPD positions: The Ministry<br />

is redefining the roles of the JPN and PPD. Instead of being<br />

predominantly administrative managers, the JPN and PPD will<br />

be empowered to provide direct (and tailored) support to schools.<br />

With this redefinition of roles, the Ministry will deploy capable<br />

employees to the critical positions of JPN and PPD leaders.<br />

Wave 2 (2016 to 2020): accelerate system<br />

improvement<br />

The focus during this phase will be to accelerate the pace of<br />

improvement by consolidating gains made during the first wave, and<br />

addressing each of the fundamental levers that underpin the execution<br />

ability of the Ministry. To this end, improvements will be made in the<br />

following areas during this period:<br />

▪ Enhance teacher coaching and support: The Ministry will<br />

further strengthen the CPD programmes offered, allow for further<br />

individualisation of CPD plans, and improve the delivery of both<br />

academic and non-academic components of the curriculum.<br />

▪ Competency and performance-based progression, enhanced<br />

career pathways and improved pre-service training rolledout:<br />

The Ministry will launch a revised pre-service teacher education<br />

curriculum in IPGs that better reflects the new competencies<br />

expected of teachers. It will also discuss with MOHE incorporating<br />

similar curriculum at IPTAs. It will roll out faster progression<br />

based fully on merit and competency rather than tenure and an<br />

integrated professional development system linked to performance<br />

management. Enhanced pathways will be developed to allow teachers<br />

to progress based on interests and skills. Teachers who consistently<br />

underperform, despite concerted support, will be redeployed to other<br />

school-based functions such as data or discipline management.<br />

▪ New secondary and revised primary curriculum rolled<br />

out: The Ministry will roll out the new KSSM, and an updated<br />

KSSR, in 2017. This curriculum will still stress student-centred and<br />

differentiated teaching, but have a greater emphasis on problembased<br />

and project-based work, a streamlined set of subjects or<br />

themes, and formative assessments. The new curriculum will also<br />

support an accelerated learning pathway for high-performing<br />

students to complete the SPM in four rather than five years and<br />

the UPSR in five rather than six years. Additionally, clear learning<br />

standards will be laid out so that students and parents understand<br />

the progress expected within each year of schooling.<br />

▪ Peralihan class ended, options for increased <strong>Eng</strong>lish<br />

language exposure piloted and additional language<br />

provision strengthened: The peralihan class, which provided<br />

remedial support for students struggling in Bahasa Malaysia<br />

will be stopped, with the expectation that students will receive<br />

remedial support at an earlier stage. Next, the Ministry will<br />

explore introducing options to promote increased <strong>Eng</strong>lish<br />

language exposure such as expanding the compulsory <strong>Eng</strong>lish<br />

Literature component in secondary schools. Once the Ministry<br />

has strengthened the standards of Bahasa Malaysia and <strong>Eng</strong>lish<br />

language in the current school system, it will look into ways to<br />

encourage the learning of additional languages. For example, it will<br />

train and deploy more Chinese, Tamil and Arabic language teachers<br />

to primary and secondary schools.<br />

▪ ICT innovations: With the basics in place the Ministry will start<br />

to explore how innovations, particularly relating to distance and<br />

self-paced learning could be used to expand access to high quality<br />

teaching regardless of a student’s location or skill level.<br />

▪ Enhanced programmes for groups with specific needs:<br />

Groups such as Indigenous and other Minority Groups (IOM), gifted<br />

and talented students, and special needs students frequently have<br />

needs that are not sufficiently catered to in the mainstream system.<br />

During Wave 2, the Ministry will roll out an accelerated learning<br />

pathway option for high-performing students, and a gifted and<br />

talented programme for the top 1% of every student cohort. The<br />

Ministry will also strengthen existing programmes for special needs

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