Schools link up via cyberspace
BANGI: Some of the best schools in Malaysia will be linked up to certain schools in the United Kingdom to enable the sharing of experience, particularly in information and communications technology (ICT).
As a start, SMK Bandar Baru Bangi which is one of 88 smart schools in the country, will be linked with a 100-year old grammar school in Lancaster, United Kingdom.
Education Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein said he had instructed his officers to do the necessary.
“We will start with smart schools first but other schools which feel they should be included can see us too. We will assess them and if they prove worthy, we can link them up to a school overseas too,” he said when jointly launching the Lestari School-Environment Award with Natural Resources and Environment Minister Datuk Seri Adenan Satem at SMK Bandar Baru Bangi last month.
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Hishammuddin and Adenan meeting some of SMK Bandar Baru Bangi’s students after the launch of the Lestari School-Environment Award. Second from right (in jacket) is school principal Zubedah Mat Nor. |
“As an example, there is a group of schools associated with Oxford University and another group with British Aerospace (British aircraft manufacturer),” he said.
However, he said the link was not limited to schools in the UK as it could also be developed with other countries. This would be in line with Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi’s call to strengthen relationships between educational institutions, including schools in Malaysia and France.
Besides ICT, he said the link could also be done in other areas such as language and teacher training. Asked how the schools would get in touch with each other, he said: “The schools should not depend on the ministry to get started. I want them to be creative in working out the best way for the link-up. There are so many possibilities. They can call the school’s head teacher straight away if they want to. In fact when I visited this school’s computer laboratory, some of the students asked if they could e-mail the other school and I told them to go ahead to do so.” – BY KAREN CHAPMAN
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