2. An effective education system will contribute to churn talents in the knowledge based economy
3. There is still a BIG GAP currently in Malaysia's aspiration to achieve a Knowledge Based economy. 77% of our workforce today only attained SPM qualifications and We merely spend 1% of GDP in R&D.
4. We should get one of our universities in this Top 200 list in the next three years. Let's learn from our neighbours Singapore, Hong Kong, China and Taiwan on their success models.
4. We can begin by implementing education policies in a longer time horizon. Uturn or flip flop of decisions will victimize many parties especially the students and teachers/lecturers.
5. Most importantly, as we have seen mistakes in the past...DO NOT POLITICIZE EDUCATION!
6. Sustainable Development in Malaysia will only be possible if we have a Sustainable Education System.
7. Less rhetoric and more global benchmarking will be the right step forward.
I reckon Environmental and sustainability can be made as a compulsory subject. It may be hard but since there has been a subject called "Civic" that I don't think is necessary, already happening in high schools. Students should be informed of how our world, I mean GLOBAl has become. We need more young and new innovators especially children in order to improve our environment. I've been trying to write a subject but it took me a while to think what to incorporate into the topics. I think that creativity is as important as knowledge after I saw this TED talk.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.ted.com/talks/ken_robinson_says_schools_kill_creativity.html
I enjoy reading this blog. It makes me feel like I should start doing something. =)