ACCORDING to the Malaysia Education Blueprint 2013 to 2025, a series of initiatives will be implemented in three “waves” to ensure more students with special needs are enrolled in inclusive education programmes, and to raise the overall quality of provision for this group.
The first wave, from 2013 to 2015, is geared towards strengthening existing programmes, while the second wave, from 2016 to 2020, focuses on scaling up initiatives and increasing the pool of experts available to support students with special needs.
Now in its third wave, from this year to 2025, the Education Ministry is set to evaluate the initiatives from the first two waves and develop a roadmap for the future.
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SINCE the pandemic was announced by the World Health Organisation (WHO) six months ago, our daily routine – including schooling – has been disrupted as millions of children and young learners around the world saw their education put on hold.
While the situation looked hopeful for a few months, the rapid rise in cases around the world has not given the government any choice but to impose a ban on travellers from countries with more than 150,000 Covid-19 cases.
This decision, however, has certainly impacted the sustainability of Malaysia’s colleges and universities from the prospective of enrolment, progression, and on time graduation of international students.