PUTRAJAYA, May 18 — Malaysia is one of the Commonwealth countries at the forefront in developing digital transformation and artificial intelligence (AI), said Higher Education Minister Datuk Seri Zambry Abdul Kadir.
This was one of the issues raised in the 22nd Conference of Commonwealth Education Ministers (CCEM), which he attended at Marlborough House, London, the United Kingdom, from Thursday (May 16) until yesterday.
“The meeting agreed to take Malaysia as one of the model countries that has the best practice to ensure digital and AI aspirations are successful.
“Among the recommendations agreed upon is that the Commonwealth needs to be an important entity in the field of education and among the recommendations is to create a Commonwealth AI Coordinating Programme as a step to help the 56 member countries of the Commonwealth, most of which are still dealing with infra problems and basic Internet facilities,” Zambry said in Facebook post today.
CCEM is a meeting between the Ministers of the Commonwealth of Nations to discuss the current education and also a joint partnership to improve the quality of education among Commonwealth countries.
At CCEM, he also raised about the best approach to attract interest in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) education and more effective pedagogic learning methods, in addition to raising the issue of Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET).
“I shared with fellow Commonwealth countries that Malaysia is moving forward in the field of TVET and has established the National TVET Council to coordinate every department and agency involved in TVET.
“I touched on the four points of action that need to be taken regarding TVET, namely the commitment by the government and related parties,involvement of various levels of groups and segments of society, the quality of educational philosophy, and human values (ethics),” he said.
Zambry added that CCEM this time also showed the seriousness of all Commonwealth member countries in ensuring that education in each country is developed together, especially in catching up with the speed of the current technological world.
— Bernama
