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Ministry conducting study on effectiveness of online PdP

PUTRAJAYA: The Ministry of Higher Education (MOHE) is conducting a study on the effectiveness of online Learning and Teaching (PdP) to improve the learning process. In a statement today, the ministry said it was concerned with the constraints and difficulties facing students and lecturers in conducting PdP during the Covid-19 pandemic and suggested institutions of […]

Online or offline, teachers determined to make PdPR interesting

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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 […]

Interminable teaching and learning process

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Teaching is not a lost art, but the regard for it is a lost tradition.   – Jacques Barzun, American historian In my Senior Cambridge exam for English Language, I just managed a mediocre credit, but that was well balanced by my three distinctions in English Literature, Art and History. My ‘C’ in English wasn’t […]

Singing helps improve English usage

‘I am’ is reportedly the shortest sentence in the English language. Could it be that ‘I do’ is the longest sentence? George Carlin, American stand-up comedian, actor, author, and social critic Teaching the English language to unemployed graduates who underwent a six-month course between 2003 and 2006 was a gainful experience for me and the […]

Managing ‘double sessions’

Teaching is hard. It takes a lot of skill. Not everyone who tries can do it well. We need to admit that and act accordingly. We should reward and respect great teachers by paying them more, and we should stop rewarding seniority over effectiveness. –        Betsy DeVos, US Secretary of Education I read with ardent […]