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roundtable discussions
These were closed-door sessions that aimed to gain more detailed
perspectives on specific topics. This was done through engagement
with specific stakeholders in greater depth. A total of 20 roundtable
sessions were held, with participation from 325 people. They provided
the Ministry with focused, in-depth input from a wide range of leaders
and experts that included representatives from NGOs, political parties,
civil service, youth organisations, women’s groups, ethnic minority
groups, and special needs groups.
Date Group
23 April 2012 Teachers Unions
15 May 2012 Media
19 May 2012 Leaders from Sabah
22 May 2012 Women’s organisations
26 May 212 Leaders from Sarawak
30 May 2012 NGOs and associations
31 May 2012 Youth groups
2 June 2012 Leaders from Melaka
4 June 2012 Retired Guru Cemerlang
11 June 2012 Ruling party representatives
12 June 2012 Private sector and industrialists
16 June 2012 Leaders from Penang
18 June 2012 Opposition party representatives from
Kelantan, Penang
19 June 2012 Higher education representatives
20 June 2012 Former Ministers of Education and Chief
Secretary of Government of Malaysia
23 June 2012 Leaders from Kelantan
25 June 2012 Special needs organisations
25 June 2012 Sports community
25 June 2012 Barisan Nasional representatives
13 July 2012 Leaders from Johor
school visits
The Ministry wanted to get to the heart of what makes a good
education system by hearing the voices of the students themselves.
Consequently, school visits to primary and secondary schools were
conducted by members of the PMO. They sought students’ perspectives
on what makes their schools and teachers exemplary, as well as ideas
for changes they would want to see in their schools.
memoranda
The Ministry received over 150 detailed memoranda as of July 2012
from many individual Malaysians and a diverse range of stakeholder
groups including NGOs, special interest groups, and Ministry officers.
online media
The Ministry received close to 100 responses through its three online
channels. This included an online forum, Facebook and Twitter.
educatIon laBs
To develop detailed initiatives as part of the first wave of the Blueprint,
a series of education labs were held over a period of six weeks
from May to June 2012. These were conducted with the support of
PEMANDU, as part of the GTP 2.0 effort. These labs covered the
identified priority areas for improvement (for example, curriculum and
assessments, teachers and principals, and Ministry transformation).
Lab teams comprised of a team leader, a facilitator and team members
with relevant expertise to solve the problem at hand. More than 90
members from the Ministry of Education, other related Ministries
(such as the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Women, Family,
and Community Development) and the private sector were involved on
a full-time basis over six weeks. This included officers from the federal,
state and district levels of the Ministry.
Lab members worked to define initiatives for transformation, develop
detailed delivery plans for the first wave of implementation (from 2013
to 2015) and set concrete targets. Ideas developed in the labs were
syndicated extensively with practicing teachers, principals, district and
state officers, as well as with stakeholder bodies such as the teacher
unions, principal associations, and parent teacher associations. Certain
critical and immediately implementable initiatives were also piloted
during this duration (for example, testing of English proficiency levels
of nearly 8,000 teachers).
The team leaders selected to head these education labs will also be
driving implementation of initiatives developed during the labs:
▪ Dr. Ranjit Singh Gill, Director, English Language Teaching
Centre (ELTC)
▪ Dr. Azian T.S. Abdullah, Deputy Director, Curriculum
Development Division
▪ Dr. Aliah Haji Ahmad Shah, Head, National Key Economic Area
Unit
▪ Dr. Soon Seng Thah, Deputy Director, Educational Technology
Division