A student from Edgefield Secondary School (EFSS) has tested positive for COVID-19, promoting EFSS to step up precautionary measures including implementing Home-Based Learning (HBL) from next Tuesday (4 May).
Muhammad Afif Darwish Mohd Rashdan, seven (left), and his brother Muhammad Alif Daniel, nine, following a lesson on DidikTV. - Bernama
KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama): In less than a month after the launch of Education TV channel DidikTV KPM, various reactions have been received from the community about the Education Ministry s (MOE) efforts to increase access to education nationwide.
As soon as it came on air, DidikTV KPM was bombarded with criticism at a teacher featured in one of its programmes, with some questioning MOE s credibility in maintaining content quality.
Others questioned DidikTVs approach to the concept of edutainment, which seemed to stray further from the original purpose of the implementation of Education TV (
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Commentary: Children from low-income families and the power of ‘significant adults’ Budget 2021 unveiled greater support for lower-income households and families with children with special needs but to get vulnerable children to level up, we need to look closer to home, says June Yong.
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SINGAPORE: In his speech on Tuesday (Feb 16), Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat described inequality as a “mega-shift” in the wake of COVID-19.
The pandemic had indeed laid bare the fault lines between the haves and have-nots – especially when it came to implementing the great Home-Based Learning (HBL) exercise during the circuit breaker last year.
Rethink, unlearn and relearn
In a pre-recorded speech that was played on the third and last day of the Middle East Institute s annual conference, Wong said that in a turbulent world, the ability to rethink, to unlearn things that we may already know because the knowledge is outdated, and to relearn is required.
He further elaborated that this set of cognitive skills requires agility and nimbleness of mind, as well as the humility to listen to others and to stay open to new ideas, and then continually update our thinking as circumstances change .
Wong added that while rethinking and retooling are skills that needs to be constantly practiced, the irony is that sometimes the more successful we are, the more difficult it is to change .