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Deputy education minister tells teachers to be creative to overcome remote learning challenges

Dr Mah Hang Soon says teachers must be resourceful to help students facing issues with internet access

Updated 5 years ago · Published on 28 Jan 2021 8:08PM

Deputy education minister tells teachers to be creative to overcome remote learning challenges
Deputy Education Minister II Datuk Dr Mah Hang Soon (right) says the government is aware of issues since the implementation of remote learning and is working to resolve them. – Facebook pic, January 28, 2021

BIDOR – Deputy Education Minister II Datuk Dr Mah Hang Soon says teachers should be more creative in conducting home-based teaching and learning (PdPR) sessions to ensure that no student is left behind.

He said finding creative ways to deliver lessons was necessary as there were students, especially in rural areas who were facing internet access issues.

He said the Education Minister (MoE) was aware of certain issues that have arisen since PdPR was implemented, adding that it was looking for ways to overcome them.

“Since the reimplementation of the movement control order (MCO) last year, various efforts have been undertaken by the ministry, schools, parent-teacher associations and communities to improve the PdPR approach,” he said.

He said this to reporters after presenting contributions in the form of food supply, masks and personal hygiene kits to residents of Kampung Chang Lama, Sungai Gepai, here today.

Dr Mah cited as an example teachers from Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Syeikh Abdul Ghani here, who would visit their Orang Asli students every week to make sure that none of them were left behind.

He also called on teachers to work together with parents to ensure smooth running of the PdPR sessions.

Meanwhile, Kampung Chang Lama headman Dahil Yok Chopil said about 95 students in the village have problems following PdPR due to network constraints.

He also said that most houses in the village do not have myTV decoders that could enable students to watch educational television programmes such as TV Pendidikan.

As such, he urged the authorities to find ways to solve the issues faced by students in the village to avoid them from losing interest in learning. – Bernama, January 28, 2021

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