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Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad, Former Prime Minister of Malaysia, pointed out the threecore visions of the Smart School Flagship Application during the Launching ofMultimedia Super Corridor on st August !!".

The visions are as follo#s$

• Teachers #ill need to change their role in the

electronic classroom from %eing informationproviders to counselors to help students developknow how and judgement to select information

sources.

• Key to success in the Information Age #ill %e

ma&ing the right 'udgement %et#een an a#esome

array of choices.

• (e are e)amining our education system to create

a curriculum #here people learn ho# to learn forcontinuing education throughout their lives.

The Smart School is a learning institution that has %een reinvented in terms ofteaching and learning methods and school administration system in order to prepare

the students for the *nformation+ased Society. Creativity and %etter management of

information is facilitated through the use of technology #here students, teachers,administrators and parents are %etter prepared for the challenges of the informationAge.

The o%'ectives of the Smart School, #hich are %ased on Malaysia-s ational Philosophyof /ducation, are as follo#s$

• To produce a thin&ing and technology+literate

#or&force

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• To democrati0e education

• To increase participation of sta&eholders.

• To provide all+round development of the individual

• To provide opportunities to enhance individual

strengths and a%ilities

About MSC Malaysia (www.msc.com.my) 

MSC Malaysia, formerly &no#n as the Multimedia Super Corridor 1MSC2, is a nationalinitiative spearheaded %y the Malaysian 3overnment to promote %oth the national *CT

industry and provide a test+%ed for the glo%al *CT industry. MSC Malaysia provides aconducive ena%ling environment designed to facilitate companies to harness the full

potential of *CT and multimedia technologies. (ith its ideal %usiness environmentcoupled #ith availa%ility of talent resources, the MSC Malaysia has attracted

participation from ma'or glo%al *CT companies to develop and host their leading+edgetechnologies in the designated MSC Malaysia Cy%ercities. MSC Malaysia also provides

the ideal gro#th environment for Malaysian *CT SM/s to transform themselves into#orld+class companies.

Come e)plore the unlimited opportunities of the *CT #orld %y locating in MSC Malaysiaand %e part of our glo%al net#or& of %usinesses and connected communities.

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About The Malaysian Smart School 

The Malaysian Smart School Flagship #as premised on the

strong %elief that information and communication technology isa &ey ena%ler to imparting the learning desire to all. The impact

of technology on education and future generations isundou%tedly enormous. The Smart School Flagship is one of theseven flagship applications envisaged under the MultimediaSuper Corridor initiative.

*t #as implemented on a Pilot %asis %et#een !!! and 4554.Deemed one of the most for#ard+loo&ing *CT+mediated learning

initiatives in the #orld, the Smart School Flagship attempts toreinvent the teaching+learning processes.

*n the Pilot, the Smart School *ntegrated Solution 1SS*S2 #asrolled out to 67 schools in the country at the cost of a%out

8SD76 million 19M:55 million2. The Smart School pro'ect isimplemented %y the Ministry of /ducation 1Mo/2, Malaysia. The

industry partner is Tele&om Smart School 1TSS2 that #asa#arded the contract to develop the pro'ect in colla%oration

#ith the Mo/ and the Multimedia Development Corporation1MDeC

Since the early !75s, the Malaysian 3overnment introduced various initiatives to facilitate a#ider adoption of *CT to %oost capa%ilities in every field including education. The history of the

Smart School Pro'ect is rooted in the t#o+pronged o%'ectives of the flagship, #hich are$

To 'umpstart the MSC Malaysia to#ards$

• uilding a &no#ledge+%ased economy

• Contri%uting to the gro#th of the *CT

industry

• Creating a pool of talent resulting in

high+value 'o% creation

To prepare the citi0ens for the information age

through an innovative education deliveryprocess The Concept 9e;uests for Proposals 1C9FP2

process #as used for the first time ever in thecountry to esta%lish partnerships %et#een thegovernment of Malaysia and the private sectorto help conceptualise plan and implement the

Flagship Applications of the Multimedia SuperCorridor. *n <uly !!7, the Prime Minister

launched the Smart School Flagship Applicationdocuments to invite proposals for solutions

from the private sector #ithin and outside thecountry.

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Different learningstyles and aptitude

levels not effectivelyaddressed.

Due to the a%ove,focus tend to %e on

high achievers andslo#er students can

%e left %ehind.

Concept e)planation

relies heavily onteacher-s ingenuity.

9ole learning tends todominate most

activities.

Teacher centric=passive learners.

Self paced, selfaccessed and self+

directed strategiesaddress different

learning styles andaptitude levels.

Course#are featuresallo# advanced

learners to move on#ith teacher guidance=

teacher can devotemore attention to

slo#er students.

Technology in

course#are is a usefulteaching tool.

Com%ination of te)t,multimedia graphicsand interactivity ease

concept e)planation

and add variety tolearning and testing

activities.

Active learners=

teacher facilitator.

>no#ledge ande)pertise in producing

technologies andpatents.

Competing cultureto#ards technology

innovating country,not 'ust the

technology user.