FACULTY OF SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS

UNIVERSITI PENDIDIKAN SULTAN IDRIS

SSI 3013
INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION
TECHNOLOGY IN SCIENCE

Name & matric Marini binti Mohd Isa (D20151070952)

number
Nor Afifah binti Saaidi (D20151070993)
Ramizah binti Abdull Rahman (D20151070992)

Title The Implementation of Smart School in Malaysia

Group A
Lecturer’s name Encik Azmi bin Ibrahim

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Contents

No Title Pages
1. Introduction of Smart School 3

2. History of Smart School 3-4

3. Challenges and its solution to be a Smart School 4-6

4. Characteristics of Smart School 6-7

5. Differences between Smart School and normal school 7-8

6. Benefits of Smart School Programme 8

7. List of Smart School in Malaysia 8-10

8. Conclusion 10

9. References 10

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Introduction

Smart school is one of the ways to improve our education system by produce student with a
creative mind. Smart school program had been introduced in 1996 by the ministry of education.
This program is focused to produce an innovative and creative individual that can cooperate
with the development of the country and technology. The main point of smart school program
is to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of learning based on ICT and build knowledge
based economy.

Definition of smart school: learning institution that has been systemically reinvented in terms
on teaching-learning practices and school management in order to prepare children for the
information.

The objectives of this Smart School are to make sure on-going efforts towards development of
the individual’s potential to produce citizens who are knowledgeable and competent, have high
moral standards, responsible and capable to contribute to the society.

Besides that, Today's learning focuses more on the usage of ICT in order to create a more
conducive atmosphere and be equivalent with a foreign country that uses multimedia as a major
source of education.

Smart school is a place that can provide more opportunities for development a new way of
teaching and learning in the classroom. It also can help teachers to save time in the classroom.
Teachers will not wasting time by writing on the whiteboard and so on because by using the
smart school program, teacher can show the material directly from the screen. Teacher also can
add on their presentation to make it more interesting by adding some colorful photo and videos.
It is clear that Smart school is the school that should equipped with all the ICT
requirements including teaching channel such as computer and Internet facilities which can be
used by teachers and student itself.

History

In 1996, the ministry of education was involved in intense discussion about Smart Schools
programs which is about the concept and its implications on the Malaysian education system.
By late 1996, the Smart School had become one of the seven flagship applications of the

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Multimedia Super Corridor. Smart school is very good initiative by our government to improve
education system in Malaysia to bear young competitive and improve themselves.

The Malaysian Government introduced various initiatives to facilitate a wider adoption of ICT
to make sure the smart school program can boost the capabilities in every field especially in
education. The history of the Smart School Project is rooted by two objectives of the flagship,
which are to launch the Multimedia Super Corridor Malaysia (MSC) towards building a
knowledge-based economy, contributing to the growth of the ICT industry and creating a pool
of talent resulting in high-value job creation. It is also to prepare the citizens through an
innovative education delivery process. The Concept Requests for Proposals (CRFP) process
was used for the first time in the country to establish partnerships between the government
of Malaysia and the private sector to help conceptualize plan and implement the Flagship
Applications of the Multimedia Super Corridor. In July 1997, the Prime Minister launched the
Smart School Flagship Application documents to invite proposals for solutions from the private
sector within and outside the country.

Challenges and its solution to be a Smart School

1. Leadership and top management is the key ingredient

The most challenges to build a smart school are top management such as Ministry
of Education that wants to improve our education system to be better and effective. So,
they prefer to make all school in this country to be smart school. But, they did not give
fully commitment in this implementation. They only just make an instruction to
teachers do as they want but they do not take the responsible to help or to make sure all
goes smoothly. Teachers who should bear the burden of those afflicted. If smart schools
are not effective they are going to blame teachers but they do not make any action just
hope the teachers at school.

 Solution: To meet these challenges all parties should work together to achieve a goal
of the smart school. They do not just expect only teachers need to run this task. The top
management also have to do something to make sure that everything is going smoothly.
Therefore, the top management should come to school and see the teachers run the task.
Furthermore, to ensure smart school could be done better they have to seat and discuss
together with the teachers to solve the problem.

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2. The technological infrastructure in school
As we all know, there are some schools that do not have complete ICT
equipment in their schools. The problem is due to capital inadequate school to provide
ICT equipment. Mostly happen at rural school because they are far from the city so they
are lack of ICT facilities. Compare to urban school that more advance and they
complete all the ICT equipment with computer lab. This caused such a big problem to
teachers and student to achieve a goal of smart schools due to inadequate facilities. So
they did not have the opportunities to explore the ICT advances.

 Solution: To solve this problem due to the lack of ICT facilities the government should
provide complete facilities to every school, regardless of urban or rural school. This
equality should be given to a smart school goals can be achieved in our country. Well,
there is no gap between urban schools and rural schools. Therefore, each school
received the same facilities and teacher scan use ICT in their teaching and learning
process in the classroom. Students also experience the ICT advances and get the most
information as they needed. This ICT infrastructure can improve from the traditional
way of teaching and learning in the school to a better way.

3. Technical support or technician at computer lab

When the government has confidently provided the necessary ICT facilities in the
computer lab is certainly damage of facilities will occur. Therefore, there is a must to
have at least a technologist in each laboratory to repair the damage. However, almost
every school where there are no skilled technicians to solve this problem. Teachers at
the school also do not have an expertise of ICT knowledge to avoid any complications.

 Solution: Every school should have enough technicians to repair the computer
equipment. They are also responsible to make sure that the computer laboratory to be
always in good condition and can be used by students and teachers without any
problems. Government should establish a college to produce a skilled technician to be
sent to each school. Teachers also need more training on ICT to make sure the learning
process is going smoothly without and disruption. As a teacher also need to monitor
and observe when students used facilities in the computer lab so that they use it
correctly.

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 4. Easy access at school
The problem at the school is the connection of the internet is too slow due to
many student and teachers use at same time. So, it is not easy access to get information
from the internet freely. Moreover, the ICT facilities be accessible the school session
only. So there is a limitation for the teachers and students to obtain the information out
of the school session.

 Solution: This problem can be overcome by increasing the network bandwidth at the
school so that all the teachers and students are able to browse the internet freely.
Therefore, no further problems are encountered in which students and teachers can get
information quickly via the internet. However, each school should also play an
important role in controlling the page should not be viewed by students in school to
prevent them from watched the unbeneficial things.

5. Teacher readiness to use and teach using technology

Basically, problems faced by the old teachers who are not interested in the use
of the technology they are more preferable and comfortable with traditional methods
that they use ever since. Therefore, it affects teachers willing to use new technology to
teach in the classroom. Onwards, students are more ready to embrace the new ICT tools
than the teachers because they are more advance than teachers on using technology.
However, the teachers are not ready to use and teach the students using all the ICT
tools.

Solution: The teachers should enhance their knowledge about the use of technology in
the classroom so that students do not look down on teachers because they are
knowledgeable from teachers. Teachers can also attend several training in using the
ICT that offered to learn how to use technology.

Characteristics of Smart School

 Student-centred teaching & learning

- Refers to a wide variety of educational programs, learning experiences, instructional
approaches, and academic-support strategies that are intended to address the distinct

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 learning needs, interests, aspirations, or cultural backgrounds of individual students and
groups of students. To accomplish this goal, schools, teachers, guidance counsellors,
and other educational specialists may employ a wide variety of educational methods,
from modifying assignments and instructional strategies in the classroom to entirely
redesigning the ways in which students are grouped and taught in a school.
 Catering to different learning styles
- Teachers should take time to determine the different learning styles of their students
and then adjust their curriculum to address these styles. The primary three learning
styles are auditory, visual and kinaesthetic.

 Students exhibit Higher-Order Thinking Skills

- Higher-order thinking skills are crucial to student success because they help students
evaluate information, make connections, and link learning to the outside world.

 Teachers and administrators have skills or expertise in using ICT in daily tasks
- The way ICT is used in lessons is influenced by teacher knowledge about their subjects,
and how ICT resources can be utilized and related to it.

 Creative and innovative teachers using ICT as enabler and accelerator for better
teaching and learning
- Empowered them to create effective problem solving scenarios to use in their
classrooms with their students as well as in multiple environments such as face-to-face,
online and other technology mediated learning. This approach enables all stakeholders
(principals/managers, educational curriculum consultants, master trainers and teachers)
to examine their own practices in the light of the best performing approaches.

 Self-directed
- Self-directed learning describes a process by which individuals take the initiative
without the assistance of others, in diagnosing their learning needs,
formulating learning goals, identify human and material resources for learning,
choosing and implement appropriate learning.

Differences between Smart School and normal school

1. The management in smart school based on information technology in a cohesive

manner to smooth out work processes. Information technology can help management
to make decision easier with access to information and relationships with helpful

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 parties. While for normal school, it is based on the manual and separate ways of
working.
2. Assessment in smart school is more informal, continuous and serves as a complement
to the teaching and learning process. The focus of the assessment is to get information
related to student progress to facilitate action. A variety of assessment tools and
question forms are based on the purpose of the assessment and the objectives of the
lesson are emphasized. In normal school, they focus on school assessments and
student performance is reported through scores and grades.
3. There are differences of teaching and learning culture between smart school and normal
school. Smart school practicing creative and critical thinking skills and student centered
learning while normal school focus on memorizing and teacher centered. Unlike normal
school, smart school use technology facilities in teaching and learning process.

Benefits of Smart School Programme

1. Being able to produce creative and creative students, able to generate new ideas and
designs to develop various types of industries.
2. Produce successful Malaysians that can compete with other developed countries so as
not to be in the tide of globalization of the world.
3. The quality of teachers' knowledge and skills can be improve using information
technology that is more interesting in the process of learning and teaching as well as
promoting active student engagement.
4. It encourages students to explore and search for information more widely.
5. Can improve computer skills by enhancing critical and creative skills and cultivate
positives values among students.

List of Smart School in Malaysia

Perlis
SMK Derma, Jln Penjara, 01000 Kangar
SMS Tunku Syed Putra, Jln. Padang Behor, Behor Pulai,01000 Kangar
Kedah
SMK Jitra, 06000 Jitra
SMKA Baling, 09100 Baling
P.Pinang
Sekolah Abdullah Munshi, Jln. P. Ramlee, 10460 P.P.

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SMK Dato Onn, Bagan Ajam, 13000 Butterworth
SMS Tun Syed Sheh Shahabudin, 14000 Bukit Mertajam, Pulau PinangPerak
K. Lumpur
SMK Victoria, Jln. Hang Tuah, 55200 KL
SMK Taman Tun Dr Ismail, Jln. Leong Yee Koh, 60000 Damansara
SM Aminuddin Baki, Jalan Kampong Pandan, 55100 KL
Selangor
SMK (P) Sri Aman, Jln. 14/49, 46100 Petaling Jaya
SMK Sg Besar, 45300 Sungai Besar, Sabak Bernam
SMK Bandar Baru Bangi, Jln. 1/7E, 43650 Bandar Baru Bangi
Negeri Sembilan
SMK Dato Sedia Raja, 71309 Rembau
SM Bandar Baru Serting,72120 Bahau
SM Agama Persekutuan Labu, KM 11 Jln. Labu, 71900 Labu, N. Sembilan
Melaka
SMK Dato Dol Said, 78000 Alor Gajah
SM Sains Muzaffar Syah, Air Keroh, 75450 Melaka
Johor
SMK Dato Penggawa Barat, Jln. Parit Masjid, 82000 Pontian
SMK(P) Temenggong Ibrahim, JKR 35, Jln. Tasik, 83000 Batu Pahat
SMK Tun Habab, 81900 Kota Tinggi
Pahang
SMK Abdul Rahman Talib, Jln Alor Akar, 25250 Kuantan
SMK Seri Pekan, 26600 Pekan, Pahang
SM Sains Sultan Hj. Ahmad Shah, KM 12 Jln. Gambang, 25150 Kuantan, Pahang
Terengganu
SMK Matang, 21700 Kuala Berang, Hulu Terengganu
SM Sains Sultan Mahmud, 21300 Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu
Kelantan
SM Kamil, 16800 Pasir Putih
SMK Dato Ahmad Maher, Jln. Long Yunus, 15200 Kota Bharu
SM Sains Tengku Muhamad Faris Petra, 16100 Pengkalan Chepa, Kelantan
Sabah
SMK Elopura, P.S. 1091, 90712 Sandakan

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SMK Sipitang, P.S. 29, 89857 Sipitang
SMK Tenom, PO Box 195, 89908 Tenom
Sarawak
Kolej Datu Patinggi Abang Haji Abdillah, Petra Jaya, 93050 Kuching
Kolej Tun Datu Tuanku Hj Bujang, 98009 Miri

Conclusion

Smart school is a plan to provide a platform to form a better generation of Malaysian nation
and shaping the future development of the country. The existence of a smart school is along
with the development of information technology and communication (ICT), it is a part of the
new era of education in Malaysia and in accordance with the technological developments,
social and cultural present. Smart school can be simply being defined as a system of education,
where the base of teaching and learning for students is more critical and creative to be use. ICT
can be used as an ingredient in the process of teaching and learning as the most important thing
in the smart school. This approach is not limited in curriculum, pedagogy, assessment, teaching
and learning, but also in school management.

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