Urgent need to address home-based learning fatigue
By Muhammad Basir Roslan This article is written in conjunction with Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka (DBP)’s 65th anniversary this year, themed ‘Aksara Nan Hidup Sepanjang Zaman.’ It also shares insights on how best to deal with pandemic fatigue, a phenomenon described as burnout and dwindling motivation among home-based learners brought on by Covid-19. THE COVID-19 […]
PdPR should continue until situation safe for face-to-face
KUALA LUMPUR: Home-based Teaching and Learning (PdPR) for school students should be continued until the current Covid-19 situation in the country is safe for the face-to-face Teaching and Learning (PdP) to resume. Although face-to-face learning is still accepted as the best education method, PdPR, whose implementation can be further improved either online or offline, is […]
Effective strategy required to reduce PdPR pressure
KUALA LUMPUR: The Ministry of Education (MOE) has been urged to improve or use more effective strategies to reduce the pressure facing students, teachers and parents in implementing home-based teaching and learning (PdPR). Malaysian Psychiatric Association (MPA) president Dr Hazli Zakaria said although some of them were now comfortable with PdPR, attention should also be […]
Teachers, students, parents adapting to PdPR
KUALA LUMPUR: With the country hit by the Covid-19 pandemic since a year ago, causing drastic changes in Teaching and Learning (PdP) methods from face to face to online through home-based learning and teaching (PdPR), teachers and students, as well as parents, are now adapting to the changes. Although at the early stage, there were […]
PdPR to continue until Aug 31
KUALA LUMPUR: The home-based teaching and learning (PdPR) school sessions will continue until Aug 31. The Education Ministry (MOE), in a statement today, said this decision was made after taking into account the current Covid-19 pandemic situation as well as after discussions with the Health Ministry (MOH) and the National Security Council (MKN). MOE said […]
Online or offline, teachers determined to make PdPR interesting
KUALA LUMPUR: To the general public, home-based Learning and Teaching (PdPR), is simply an online learning method through the Zoom application, Google Meet, Google Classroom or Skype. The fact is, PdPR can also be implemented ‘manually’, like distributing modules directly to students, especially for schools in the rural and remote areas that do not have […]
Parents need to equip themselves with knowledge to face PdPR challenges
KANGAR: Apart from providing suitable gadgets, parents also need to equip themselves with sufficient knowledge to help their children follow the home-based teaching and learning (PdPR) online classes smoothly. Perlis’ Parents, Community and Private Sector’s Involvement (PIBKs) chairman Associate Professor Dr Abdul Jalil Ramli said that many parents were complaining that they were experiencing increased […]
Students sitting for major examinations to continue with PdPR
KUALA LUMPUR: The teaching and learning sessions for students who are sitting for major examinations in five states that are transitioning into Phase Two of the Movement Control under the National Recovery Plan (NRP) starting tomorrow will continue to be conducted via the home-based teaching and learning (PdPR) approach until the mid-term break. The mid-term […]
Govt urged to consider allowing book, computer shops to resume operations
KUALA LUMPUR: The government has been urged to consider allowing book, stationery, computer and telecommunications shops to resume operations without having to wait until the movement control under the National Recovery Plan (PPN) enters the second phase. National Student Consultative Council (MPPK) president Muhammad Amir Asyraf Mohd Sabri said this was in view of the […]
Suspension not the answer
Union rejects punishing students for non-attendance KUCHING: Sarawak Teachers’ Union (STU) does not agree to a suggestion that students who do not attend home-based teaching and learning (PdPR) classes be punished with suspension. Its president Adam Prakash Abdullah said the union is not in favour of punishing students like that for being absent from class […]
