SESSION ONE Round Table Discussion Malaysian Education System At Crossroad – The Way Forward

1. THE 11th MALAYSIAN EDUCATION SUMMIT 2007Malaysia Education Winning in The Global Race(16th –17th April 2007)PresenterYaacob Wan Ibrahim SESSION ONE Round Table Discussion Malaysian Education System At Crossroad – The Way Forward YWI

2. The National Mission • To Move The Economy Up The Value Chain • To Raise The Capacity for Knowledge and Innovation and Nurture `First Class Mentality’ • To Address Persistent Socio-economic Inequalities Constructively and Productively • To Improve The Standard and Quality of Life • To Strengthen Institutional and Implementation Capacity YWI

3. The Way Forward (PIPP) • To Develop Human Capital with Holistic Individual Character • To Strengthen National Unity for Building Strong Malaysian Nation • To Continuously Provide Equitable Access And Quality Education • To Re-position & Re-engineer the Malaysian Education System to World Standard by 2020 YWI

4. TWO APPROACHES of PIPP • Completing The RMK8 Uncompleted Projects in Providing Equitable Education Access and Quality Education • Developing The Potentials of The Cluster Schools of Excellence, as well as Developing the Education System to World Standard YWI

5. QEFA Through 6 PIPP Strategic Thrusts YWI

6. How Do We Use PIPP to Bring a New Era of Education Reform? • Sea-Change or Incremental Change? • Among The Strategic Components Associated With Education Reform • Teacher Quantity & Quality • Curriculum • Assessment and Evaluation System • Pedagogy • Education Management • School Structure & Entry Age • Infrastructure & Education Facilities • Educational Administration, School Governance and Policy (`cluster schools’, PTJs,) YWI

7. How Do We Use PIPP to Bring a New Era of Education Reform? • Assessing PIPP Attainment of Education Goal of `Quality Education For All’ in terms of • 4 Education Development Policy Thrusts: • Education Access • Education Equity • Education Quality • Efficiency and Effectiveness in Education Management • Six Strategic Thrusts • Developing All School Potentials to Standards of Excellence • Systematic Policy and Program Monitoring and Evaluation • Performance Indicators (KPIs) • To Develop education Key Quality Indicators (KQIs) • PIPP as New Impetus for `Sea Change’ Education Reform YWI

8. PROCESS INDICATORS (Doing) Building Malaysian Nation Developing Human Capital Strengthening National Schools Narrowing the Education Gap Improving/Elevating Teaching Profession Leaping up School Excellence OUTPUTS/OUTCOMES INDICATORS (Result of Doing) The Degree of Quality of Malaysian Citizen Achieved The Quality of Human Capital Being Developed/Achieved New Quality of Standards of National Schools Achieved The Degree of Education Gap Being Narrowed Down The Degree of Change of Teaching Profession Improved New Standards/Benchmarks of Quality of Excellence Being Attained by the Schools The Policy Performance Indicators of the Six Strategic Thrusts YWI

9. Enhancing Our Educational Leadership: School Management Team • Enhancing Existing Leadership Development Institutions, and To Establish Few More To Address New Demand • Continuous Strategic Leadership Training Program • Share Leadership Experiences Through International Networking or other Platforms • Develop School Leadership Quality Profile (LQPs) • Practice Task/Assignment-based Leadership Role • Enrich Knowledge & Skills in Human Relations and Personality Building • Knowledge on Basic Computer and Data Analysis Skills for Decision Making Process • Promote `Corporate Culture’ Practice at School Level YWI

10. Typical Primary School Organization (The Management Team) YWI

11. Enhancing Our Educational Leadership: Classroom/Instructional Leadership Development • School Curriculum Planning, Organization & Delivery Skills • To Strengthen Human Relationship Skills • To Re-engineer Teacher Preparation: Enrich Pedagogical Skills for Multi-Class/Multi-Grade and Oversize Class Teaching, and Effective Remedial Teaching • Classroom Management Skill (e. g, `Class Without Teacher Situation’) • Strengthening Evaluation and Assessment Skill • Having Computer Access & Continuous Computer Skill Upgrading • Create and Facilitate Platforms for Knowledge and Experience Sharing with `other schools,’ or International Education Institutions and Communities. YWI

12. Curriculum Leaders of a Secondary School YWI

13. Roles of Parent-Teacher Associations in The Malaysian Education System • Typical Role: Raising School Funds • New Roles: • School Improvement Committee Members • Teacher Support Team (knowledge exchange activities) • Student Support Team (educational and co-curriculum activities) • Education System Support (Policy Inputs or Implementation Feedback) YWI

14. Why Do Teaching Profession Lack Prestige ? • Teaching - a Noble Profession, but Less Prestigious Job Now! • Why? Factors Associated With Teacher Prestige: • Change of Values • Relatively Big in Numbers @330,000 • Relatively Low Economic Return Job • School Image or Place of Work Image • Life Challenges of City Dwellers • School Infrastructure & Education Facility Challenges of Rural/Remote Teachers • Are we getting the right candidates to become teachers? YWI

15. How Do We Re-brand Teachers? • PIPP Framework : • To Improve Teacher Quality • To Improve Teaching Career • To Improve Teacher Welfare • Quality Teacher Education program • Improve Teacher-Image • Enhance Effective Pedagogical Skills • Improve Quality of Life of Teachers – Need Big Policy Shift and Commitment (e.g. more pay, more perks) • Elevate School Image • Concerted Effort to Change Negative Perception YWI

16. Best Avenues/Channels To Promote Teacher Re-branding Through • School Branding: Percentage of Effective Schools To Increase Progressively • Parading Effective Schools • Promote School Achievement or School Excellence • Special Events to Recognize Teacher Excellence • Developing Potential Areas of Excellence of Schools • Exhibiting School Products: • Exhibiting Patented Innovation and Invention Products of Schools • Commercialize The Products • Encouraging School-Institution Joint-Research Projects/Activities (on teaching, or subject related) • Promoting and Enhancing School – PTA/Community Relations • Promoting School-Corporate/ NGO Partnership Project/Activities • Enriching School Profile YWI

17. Opportunities and Perceived Barriers in Promoting The New Brand • Opportunities • Strong Government Support • Generous Yearly & 5 Year Plan Education Budget • Favourable Teacher Policy: e.g. Qualification upgrading, Promotion Opportunities, Teacher Welfare • Strong Teachers Union Backing • `Quality Education For All’ Policy Drive • Perceived Barriers • Big Financial Commitment to Continuously Improve Education Quality and Teacher Effectiveness • Resistant at School Level on Effective School Strategies • Total Teacher Commitment & Cooperation (on image building) • Leadership Push YWI

18. Conclusion • Effective Implementation of Policy Strategies with Effective Monitoring & Evaluation Mechanisms at All Levels of the Education System • Develop & Establish Leadership Quality Profile or Indicators (LQP) and Advocate Continuous Multi-approach Professional/ Leadership Development Programs • Enhance Positive School-PTA/Community Relations • Teacher Re-branding as the Mission of Teachers, Teacher Community, PTAs & the MOE. • QEFA should be implemented equitably- to go beyond `Cluster Schools.’ • Quality Education Equation for Excellence • QEX is a function of Quality (Leadership + Inputs + Process) Context • The Bottom Line: Whatever It Takes, The School Systems Are To Generate Excellent Student Outputs/Outcomes.......... YWI

19. The Aspired HUMAN CAPITAL YWI