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Curriculum~

The challenges that will be faced when implementing the new curriculum is that it is mostly based on ICT. KSSR uses a lot of ICT in the practice of teaching. some might find it as a very good and advance step in implementing ICT since it will make learning more fun with loads of resources to be found on the web. but for others, it might be a burden, especially those in the rural areas. it is not that as if i'm trying to look down on those who lives out of contact of the updated world today, but it's to say that they will need to put an extra hard work since some of pupils or even teachers in the rural areas are not use to using ICT in the teaching and learning session. internet connection is also very scarce in these particular part of the country, so works is needed to be done to provide better internet connections. for those school in rural areas who is by chance is lucky to be equipped computers and so forth, they might not be enough computers to use in schools and some might be outdated. this indirectly will cost the government millions to keep the KSSR real and practical to be implemented.


Another challenge is on the assessment of the pupils should the UPSR be abolished once and for all.

For this new curriculum, UPSR will be abolished in this new curriculum and they will then be assess on their performance since year 1 until year 6. In my opinion, it is very good when they want to start assessing since year 1. This helps them to keep track of the pupils development and achievement over the years and the stress and burden that these young people shoulders will be taken off. I can say this as i've experienced it myself during the days when i was living in the UK. the only major exam that we were going to take was GCSE but I didn't take the exam since i was already back in Malaysia.

The UPSR as far as I can say is to satisfy the parents as they will be very proud if their child gets the most A's and then starts comparing it with their neighbours or anyone else when the fact is that, its their child who had to go through all the troubles going to extra classes and carries those extra heavy textbooks to school. Parents would also be only focusing on their child when they got into standard 6 as its then that their children will take the exams at the end of the school year.

Although abolishing of the UPSR is somewhat a good thing, come thing that still lingers in my mind is that, how do they determines which school that these UPSR graduates will enrolled in. this is because most premier schools in Malaysia uses the UPSR to see whether they are eligible to be enrolled to a particular school. and also, with the UPSR gone, don't you think that the parents will lose interest in the achievement of their children and for teachers, they would lose the needs and interest to teach to the pupils since they will not need to prepare them for any exam and there is no more grades or the schools dignity to be kept high as most of the dignity comes from how good that the schools maintains the result.

Bear that in mind.


What strategies would you propose to overcome those challenges?

Ministry of Education(MOE) should held an ICT course for the teachers that is going to be involved in the implementation of the new curriculum. This helps them to be better equipped and enable them to help and teach other teacher with their expertise in ICT in their school. This will also makes sure that the government doesn't waste the citizens money by having a course for each batch of teachers.

For the places in the rural area, MOE could starts a place where the computer experts could teach the pupils and teachers computing and other ICT skills. All this will ensures that these people will not be lacking these particular skills since the implementation of the new curriculum will be mostly based on ICT and also ensures that all of the targets of the new curriculum is achieved. not to forget that the ministry must develop some kind of assessment that will replace the UPSR but does not mirrors what the UPSR is now.

To sum up, the changes implemented is done with the intention to moves us a step further to be a fully developed country as it will gives the future generation a better education. although the new curriculum is to paste a gaping holes in the current curriculum, it also has its flaw and still has a long way to go to prove its effectiveness. nonetheless, nothing is perfect, but try to take the positive out of everything in life so that you'll have a better one.