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Bridging Rural and Urban

Gap in Malaysian Schools


Opportunities and Challenges
Lok Yim Pheng
Secretary General NUTP

Common Problems
Lack of infrastructure

No proper buildings

No proper roads to schools

Lack of electricity

Lack of teachers / students


quarters

Unfair distribution in the Fully aided and


Partially aided schools (govt. policy)

Teachers sharing tables and chairs


Congested staff rooms and class
rooms
Pupils paying RM 10.00 perchair

30 % attend Pre-school
education
Curriculum in Pre-schools must
be standardised

PIPP has many new visions but we want


the government to implement it fairly

Rural schools given priority


Hasten the delivery of Educational
materials in the rural areas
Lack of critical subject Teachers in
remote areas
Mismatch in option
Teachers shortage specially in
vernacular schools and remote areas
Lack of transportation

Challenges

Examination oriented system


Teaching of Science and Maths in
English
( Teachers Centre not Pupils centre )

Survey on PPSMI - 1236 Respondance

Science, Maths and English


teachers must undergo the
English proficiency test
Lack of specialist teachers are
the main cause of non-efective
teaching

68.8 % agree

75.20 %
agree

There is a gap between rural


and urban teachers teaching
Science and Maths in English
The Ministry of Education must
provide enough and
comprehensive sets of teaching
aids to teachers
Pupils understand the subject
better (science and maths)
using English language

54.7 % agree
92.40 %
agree
40 % agree

Under enrolment schools


High maintenance cost specially ICT
Social problems
Information and financial divide

Challenges

Integrity
Education opportunities for children
Drop out problems
Low performance students
Mentally drop out children
Role of PTA
Cluster schools

Suggestions - Pupils

Target needy children


Pool of Teachers handling drop out in rural
schools
Dissimination of information
Easy access to educational materials
Special schools for special group of
children
- Vocational schools
- Character building schools
Students exchange programme
More remedial classes in schools
Parents must be penalised indicipline

Suggestions - Pupils

Education must be non-political


Condusive environment in schools
Healthy recreation centre for children
Childrens health
( food / time management and
motivation )
Financial aids to poor students
Provide transportation to schools
Reduce the number of pupil in the schools
School base examination
Build more hostel for students

Suggestions Teachers eradicate the


culture of adhoc

Improve teaching method in schools


Trained teachers locally and oversea
Reward teachers who can change low
performance to high performance
Teachers covered by insurance
Revamp the Teachers Training Curriculum
High quality and worthiness course for
teachers

Government had channel financial aids to


improve school infrastructure
But

To much of unneccessary bureaucarcy


Can lead to corruption
Low quality work
No proper projection

We want to have thinking children not robots


We want high morale teachers
To achive all these the managers must go
down to the ground and understand the
problems

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