What are your plans for home-based learning? Teo asks MOE
Former Deputy Education Minister Teo Nie Ching has called on the ministry of education (MOE) to come out with plans to help students with home-based learning.
This followed the announcement by the Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin that schools will remain closed until the Covid-19 situation has recovered.
Former deputy education minister Teo Nie Ching has called on the Education Ministry (MOE) to come out with plans to help students with home-based learning.
This following the announcement by Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin that schools will remain closed until the Covid-19 situation has recovered.
Teo (photo) said home-based learning will be the new norm for students but she stressed that not all students have access to digital platforms.
"MOE needs to tackle the digital divide urgently.
"These include looking at issues related to access, teacher preparedness and school-family communication," she said in a statement.
The Kulai MP cited an example where Singapore's education ministry provided 3,300 devices and more than 200 dongles for internet access for its students.
"What's our plan to assist those students without devices during home-based learning? she asked.
Teo also drew another example wherein Singapore, each child's home-based learning will occupy them for four and five hours for primary and secondary students respectively, where two hours alone are dedicated for online work.
"It is imperative for the government to prepare an e-learning guideline.
Parents must also be advised about the risk of too much screen time," she said.
Teo also suggested that MOE should add more subjects for more grades in TV Pendidikan.
TV Pendidikan is aired on TV Okey, one of RTM's channels, for two hours daily.
Currently, it prepares lessons for Year one, four, five, six, as well as form four and form five students.
The MCO, which began on March 18, had been extended to April 28.
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