The Literacy and Numeracy Screening (LINUS) programme has recorded a
99.8 per cent success rate for English literacy and 99.9 per cent
success rate for numeracy this year.
The exemplary results
from the initial LINUS programme have prompted the ministry to introduce
LINUS 2.0, which includes Basic Literacy in English in 2013.
Director
General of Education Malaysia, Tan Sri Abd Ghafar Mahmud said that
LINUS 2.0 was part of the National Education Blueprint 2012, meant to
tackle the problems with English literacy among students.
“The
progress achieved has also contributed to the economic development and
rising living standards, irrespective of race,” he said.
He added
that according to UNESCO, every 1 per cent increase in literacy would
contribute to an increase of 2.5 per cent of the Gross National Product
(GNP).
He also mentioned in his speech that teachers play an
important role to ensure the success of the individual and the
achievement of national education goals.
“Without teachers who are
committed, LINUS facilitators (FasiLINUS) would not be able to record
such an excellent achievement in literacy and numeracy,” said Abd
Ghafar.
The text of his speech was read by the Deputy Director
General of Education Malaysia, Dr. Amin Senin at the closing ceremony of
the (LINUS) programme yesterday.
Meanwhile, Abd Ghafar said that
the nation is facing new challenges that demands for people to explore
new approaches, innovation and to strive for excellence.
He said the first challenge is to increase the quantity and quality of the LINUS programme.
“The
increase in quantity means an increasing number of primary school
pupils who can read, write and calculate from the LINUS programme,” he
said.
He added that improved quality also means that students
should be able to survive in the mainstream and the government’s
commitment is vital to ensure that every citizen will get better access
to quality education.
“This means continuous efforts must be made
to improve the quality of teaching and learning, improve their
performance and also to reduce the achievement gap of students
regardless of location and region.”
Additionally, he said that
strengthening the unity in a pluralistic society could be challenging
due to the social and political change.
“In the LINUS programme,
the ability of students to read and write in Bahasa Malaysia and English
can also improve the process of assimilation when fostering racial
unity.
“It is the intent of the national education policy to
foster unity among the people of various races through the education
system that emphasises sharing values, culture and ideas,” he added.
Thus,
teachers and FasiLINUS play an important role to unite in educating
students to understand diversity and to uphold the aspirations of unity
in the spirit of 1Malaysia.
Furthermore, he said, it is essential
to improve the country’s competitiveness in the international arena as
well as in the increasingly fierce global competition.
“We are
committed to implement LINUS 2.0 as a catalyst to produce the quality
students that could compete internationally,” he said.
He noted
that in this era of globalisation the people must accept the fact that
education no longer serves to fill local needs but also to meet global
demands.
The second International LINUS Conference started on the November 26 until November 28, 2012, yesterday.
It
emphasised the objective of sharing knowledge internationally,
differing from the first conference last year that prioritised the
sharing of the best practices at the national level.
Also present
was the Director of Curriculum Development cum Chairman of Linus work
committee (Ministry of Education Malaysia), Dr. Masnah Ali Muda.
Source: New Sabah Times
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ReplyDeleteThe exemplary results from the initial Linus programme has prompted the ministry to introduce Linus 2.0, the English equivalent of the Bahasa Melayu programme.
ReplyDeleteProgram LINUS – Numerasi: operasi asas matematik digubal khusus bagi
ReplyDeletemenangani masalah yang dihadapi murid dalam menguasai kemahiran asas
mengira serta memahami idea matimatik yang mudah dan mengaplikasikan
pengetahuan serta kemahiran matematik dalam kehidupan harian.
program ini amat baik.
DeleteKPM telah menyasarkan bahawa semua murid yang tidakmempunyai masalah pembelajaran berkeupayaan menguasai asas literasidan numerasi selepas tiga tahun mengikut pendidikan rendah menjelang2012. Program ini mula dilaksanakan pada tahun 2010 melibatkan murid Tahun 1 di sekolah rendah.
ReplyDeleteBagaimanapun, kata Shamsuri, jumlah terbabit dalam pemulihan itu adalah mereka yang dikategorikan sebagai murid berkeperluan khas merangkumi pelajar kurang upaya, menghadapi kecacatan fizikal, cacat penglihatan dan pendengaran.
ReplyDeleteBerdasarkan kejayaan ini, program LINUS akan diteruskan dalam bahasa Inggeris bermula sesi persekolahan 2013 bagi memastikan penguasaan murid dalam literasi bahasa Inggeris.
DeleteMelalui program ini, murid yang menghadapi masalah literasi bahasa Inggeris akan menerima bantuan dan sokongan tambahan melalui LINUS 2.0 bagi membolehkan mereka setara dengan rakan lain dalam arus perdana..
DeleteShamsuri menjelaskan, saringan asas akan dilaksana di kalangan pelajar Tahun Satu pada Jun 2013 bagi menentukan tahap literasi murid dalam bahasa Inggeris supaya murid yang memerlukan perhatian khusus dikenal pasti.
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