KUALA LUMPUR, March 27 — Some 42 per cent or 2.1 million students are actively using Malaysia’s Digital Education Learning Initiative (DELIMa) in 2023, the Dewan Rakyat was told.
Deputy Education Minister Wong Kah Woh said the free initiative contains various services, applications, and content which are continuously improved in accordance with the latest technological developments.
“The educational resources in DELIMa provide a variety of interactive and fun learning materials that can expand students’ opportunities to learn and increase motivation, performance, and potential, which can develop their talents comprehensively,” he said.
Wong was responding to Hulu Langat MP Mohd Sany Hamzan’s query about the Education Ministry’s (MOE) action to empower digital learning with free and open access in preparation for the virtual knowledge explosion.
The deputy minister said MOE also organises TV Pusat Sumber Pendidikan (TV PSS) activities and competitions at state and national levels to train students to operate the school’s digital television channel to produce programmes including covering school activities, writing scripts, acting as hosts, and working as production crew.
“Through this activity, students can implement student-centred learning, think critically, creatively and innovatively while fully applying the characteristics of digitally savvy students,” he said.
In order to empower technology-based teaching and learning (PdP), MOE provides Internet broadband access with a speed of 30Mbps to 300Mbps in all schools under its purview, whether in urban or rural areas.
In terms of technology, 48 per cent of schools are equipped with fibre optic lines, 46 per cent of schools are equipped with 4G wireless broadband lines, and six per cent of schools are equipped with satellite lines.
“Apart from that, MOE has also set up a special task force for Digital Education to intensify and strengthen the implementation of the Digital Education Policy (DPD) to ensure the digital technology culture ecosystem in PdP is available in an effort to produce a digitally literate generation.
“MoE is committed to empowering the quality of delivery of education services based on digital technology in line with the rapid development of global technology in an effort to produce knowledgeable, ethical, and competitive human capital,” Wong said.
— Bernama
