Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad, Former Prime Minister of Malaysia, pointed out the three core visions of the Smart School Flagship Application during the Launching of Multimedia Super Corridor on 1st August 1996.
The visions are as follows:
1. Teachers will need to change their role in the electronic classroom from being information providers to counselors to help students develop know how and judgement to select information sources.
2. Key to success in the Information Age will be making the right judgement between an awesome array of choices.
3. We are examining our education system to create a curriculum where people learn how to learn for continuing education throughout their lives.
OBJECTIVES
The Smart School is a learning institution that has been reinvented in terms of teaching and learning methods and school administration system in order to prepare the students for the Information-Based Society. Creativity and better management of information is facilitated through the use of technology where students, teachers, administrators and parents are better prepared for the challenges of the information Age.
The objectives of the Smart School, which are based on Malaysia's National Philosophy of Education, are as follows:
• To produce a thinking and technology-literate workforce
• To democratize education
• To increase participation of stakeholders.
• To provide all-round development of the individual
• To provide opportunities to enhance individual strengths and abilities
BACKGROUND
About The Malaysian Smart School
The Malaysian Smart School Flagship was premised on the strong belief that information and communication technology is a key enabler to imparting the learning desire to all. The impact of technology on education and future generations is undoubtedly enormous. The Smart School Flagship is one of the seven flagship applications envisaged under the Multimedia Super Corridor initiative.
It was implemented on a Pilot basis between 1999 and 2002. Deemed one of the most forward-looking ICT-mediated learning initiatives in the world, the Smart School Flagship attempts to reinvent the teaching-learning processes.
In the Pilot, the Smart School Integrated Solution (SSIS) was rolled out to 87 schools in the country at the cost of about USD78 million (RM300 million). The Smart School project is implemented by the Ministry of Education (MoE), Malaysia. The industry partner is Telekom Smart School (TSS) that was awarded the contract to develop the project in collaboration with the MoE and the Multimedia Development Corporation (MDeC).
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