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Appendix Vii: GTp 2.0 education initiatives
Education was identified as a National Key Result Area (NKRA) within the Government
Transformation Programme (GTP) in 2009 with five focus areas, namely preschools,
literacy and numeracy, high-performing schools, New Deal (Bai’ah) for principals and
the School Improvement Programme. The planning for the next phase of GTP 2.0 was
dovetailed with that of the Blueprint to ensure alignment in priorities and actions. To that
end, the GTP2.0 initiatives which will run from 2013 to 2015 will form part of the first wave
of the Blueprint which spans the entirety of the timeframe of 2013-2025. These initiatives
will be delivered jointly with PEMANDU.
gtP 2.0 focus areas
GTP 2.0 will include the continuation of the five focus areas from GTP 1.0 with enhancements over the next three years. Three focus areas
will be added, namely the Principal Career Package, Teacher Career Package and Upskilling of English language teachers.
Focus Area Enhancements and Initiatives
Preschool GTP 1.0 stressed the importance of increasing preschool enrolment while GTP 2.0 has the goal of
enhancing the programme by introducing minimum preschool standards and extending the programme
to cover early childcare as well. Initiatives include:
Literacy and Numeracy
Screening (LINUS)
High-performing Schools
(HPS)
▪ Increasing the number of preschool classes available from both private and public providers;
▪ Reviewing and revising eligibility requirements (and better linking them to needs) and disbursement
mechanisms for preschool fee assistance and grants;
▪ Harmonising preschool teacher and teacher assistant qualifications;
▪ Expanding fee assistance and launching grants for preschools and childcare;
▪ Putting in place National ECCE Standards and professional standards for teachers
The LINUS programme in GTP 1.0 successfully delivered significant improvements in Bahasa Malaysia
literacy and numeracy. To build upon this success, GTP 2.0 will expand the programme to cover English
language literacy. The structure of the programme will also be enhanced to ensure more comprehensive
and consistent assessment of all Year 1 to Year 3 students. Correspondingly, the cohort of LINUS
facilitators, the FASILinus, will be expanded.
The focus over the next three years will be on maintaining the high quality standards of all highperforming
schools, namely that these HPS fully utilise their additional decision-making rights to
continue to innovate and raise standards. In GTP 2.0, the target will continue to be on achieving 100
high-performing schools.