In ensuring its effectiveness, Muhyiddin said the new policy would be supported by four components, which include Third Party Outsourcing, Public-Private Partnership, the involvement of Communities of Practice as well as Extended Communities.
The policy is already in place in many developed countries and their benchmarking tool would also focus on eight main areas of education.
"These practices, which will be used as benchmarks, will ensure that all components of ICT in Malaysia's education system meet international standards.
"This policy, which is a continuation of the Smart School initia-tive, emphasises the use of technology as the tool to promote creati-vity, learning through cooperation, critical thinking and problem solving.
"It will merge and coordinate with all existing ICT initiatives, such as the SchoolNet, the Computer Laboratory, the EduWebTV, Access Centre and also other ICT initiatives which would be implemented in future with the aim of raising the performance of the students," said Muhyiddin, who is also Education Minister, after launching the policy here, yesterday.
Muhyiddin added that by using the policy as a source of reference and guidance, the implementation of all ICT programmes in the ministry would move towards a common goal, which was to raise student performance and ensure that every student had access to quality education.
"With the introduction of the policy, no ICT initiative under the ministry would be enforced separately from other initiatives, thus raising the efficiency of resource management and economy."
Also present were Education director-general Tan Sri Alimuddin Mohd Dom, deputy secretary-general (management) Dr Rosli Mohamad and Multimedia Development Corporation Chief Executive Officer Datuk Badlisham Ghazali.
2010/10/13
By Farrah Naz Karim
farrah@nst.com.my
By Farrah Naz Karim
farrah@nst.com.my
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