{"id":19015,"date":"2021-01-25T17:40:06","date_gmt":"2021-01-25T09:40:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/?p=19015"},"modified":"2021-01-25T18:15:22","modified_gmt":"2021-01-25T10:15:22","slug":"pn-has-failed-to-improve-on-subpar-home-based-learning-initiative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/pn-has-failed-to-improve-on-subpar-home-based-learning-initiative\/","title":{"rendered":"PN has failed to improve on subpar Home-Based Learning initiative"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Media statement by MP for Kulai, Teo Nie Ching on 25 January 2021:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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After implementing Home-Based Learning for almost a year, PN Government still fails to address 3 critical issues, ie lack of gadgets, no internet connectivity, and inadequate Education TV content.<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n

Since March last year, the Education Ministry has been instructed to implement home-based learning initiatives. Yet after almost a year, our preparation and readiness for home-based learning is still below par. Until today, 3 critical issues that would determine the quality of home-based learning have not been addressed:<\/p>\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n

1. Lack of gadgets <\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Since April last year, MOE knew that 36.9% of students did not possess any device to follow online lessons. However until today, the 150,000 laptops promised by the Minister of Finance in Budget 2021 are still nowhere to be seen. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last November, I said that 150,000 laptops are highly insufficient. For instance, the UK government is providing more than 1 million laptops and devices to disadvantaged children in years 3 to 11 who do not have access to a device and whose face-to-face education has been disrupted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n

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In Singapore, all secondary school students are going to receive a personal laptop or tablet for learning. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We have 4.7 million students in government primary and secondary schools. If 37% of them do not have any device to follow online learning, that means 1.7 million students urgently need a laptop or tablet. How can our government be satisfied with only 150,000 laptops when we all know home-based learning is now the new norm?<\/p>\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n

2. No internet access <\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Last year, our social media was flooded with news of teachers and students enduring a lot of hardship just to get internet access. <\/p>\n\n\n\n