Building and Sustaining National ICT/Education Agencies : Lessons from Malaysia
Malaysia, like many countries in the region, has invested heavily in the use of ICT in schools since 1999. Unlike many other countries, Malaysia does not rely on a single specialized agency or a particular division of the Ministry of Education to i...
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| Format: | Working Paper |
| Language: | English en_US |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2017
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/396631488313507885/Building-and-sustaining-national-ICT-education-agencies-lessons-from-Malaysia http://hdl.handle.net/10986/26265 |
| Summary: | Malaysia, like many countries in the
region, has invested heavily in the use of ICT in schools
since 1999. Unlike many other countries, Malaysia does not
rely on a single specialized agency or a particular division
of the Ministry of Education to implement its ICT in
education programmes. Instead, the Malaysian government
rolled out a nation-wide initiative known as the 'Smart
School Initiative', which is based on strategic
public-private partnerships involving various stakeholders
including ministry, industry, and community. This case study
examines how the Malaysian Smart School Initiative (MSSI)
was developed and implemented in its initial years. The
study demonstrates that the MSSI was the result of a
deliberate, holistic approach to incorporate the use of ICT
in Malaysian schools. The MSSI involved not only the use of
ICT in the teaching and learning process, but also in the
management and administrators and technicians in using ICT
effectively in their daily practices. |
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