Consider returning to PdPR
KUCHING: Malaysian Youth Parliament member Spanski Steven has urged the Education Ministry (MoE) and the State Education Department (JPNS) to consider returning to home-based teaching and learning (PdPR) in view of the recent spike in Covid-19 cases. Noting that the school session was continuing as usual despite the rise in Covid-19 cases nationwide, he pointed […]
Study suitability of scheme
BETONG: The government should look at the suitability of the replacement of the Textbook Loan Scheme (SPBT) with the Computer Loan Scheme (SPK) as an educational transformation measure in line with the development of online teaching and learning (PdP) today. According to Batu Lintang Teacher Training Institute (IPG) senior lecturer Dr Abang Ismail Abang Julhi, […]
Make use of free Internet data
KUCHING: Students, teachers and parents are advised to use the daily free 1GB data or the monthly 30GB, which have been extended until April, for teaching-learning purposes at home. “The allocated free data since April 2020 is an addition to the existing data and subscription packages and can be used for accessing video conference platforms […]
Don’t rely on Internet link alone
KUCHING: School teachers and students must not depend on Internet connectivity alone in implementing home-based learning (PdPR) throughout movement restriction nationwide. Sarawak Bumiputera Teachers Union (KGBS) president Ahmad Malie said the PdPR method is an effort set by the Ministry of Education (MOE) to ensure that the teachers can continue teaching process and the students […]
MCMC to respond to complaints within 24 hours
KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) will respond by sending its officers to areas facing broadband connectivity problems within 24 hours upon receiving the complaints. MCMC chairman Dr Fadhlullah Suhaimi Abdul Malek said by doing so, MCMC could check and really look into the problems in the areas and also contact the complainants for further input. He […]
Teachers can use appropriate offline methods for PdPR
KUALA LUMPUR: Home-based teaching and learning (PdPR) is not only limited to online methods but also offline ones that suit the students, said Senior Education Minister Senator Dr Radzi Jidin. As explained in the PdPR manual developed by the Ministry of Education (MOE), he said among the offline methods that could be used is the […]
Give teachers space, increase relevant PdPR training
KUALA LUMPUR: Barely a week after the school session started, there were voices of dissatisfaction from some parents with the implementation of home-based teaching and learning (PdPR) classes. There are claims that teachers are not adequately prepared to teach using the PdPR approach hence disrupting the learning process. However, prominent figures in the education industry […]
Govt’s support needed for home learning
KUCHING: The implementation of Home Teaching and Learning (PdPR) in Sarawak has sparked various polemics, said Datuk Shamsudin Abdul Rahman. The Consumer Voice Association of Sarawak (Covas) vice president opined that the needs of education besides health and economic also require immediate actions from the government during this Covid-19 pandemic. He said that the main […]
Three brothers trek 20 min up hill to get internet connection for online lessons
PAPAR: If there’s a will, there’s way. This saying best describes the determination of three siblings from Kampung Gana here to follow the Home-based Teachi ng and Learning (PdPR) programme which was introduced this year. Unlike their friends who just switch on their gadgets from the comfort of their rooms, Joshua Emmanuel Jeffrey, 12, Jordon […]
Five siblings forced to share a smartphone for online lessons
KOTA BHARU: Since the school session began last Sunday, five siblings from a poor family here is only equipped with one smartphone, which belongs to their mother, to study via teaching and learning at home (PdPR). Hasyani Mat Jusoh, 42, said her family is among the poor who are finding it a great challenge in […]
