DYNAMIC LEARNING WITH FULLAMARK CLASS
Several schools in Johor selected to be part of pilot project
HALIM SAID
JOHOR BARU news@nst.com.my
IN an effort to inspire young minds to be great thinkers, an e-learning programme called “FullAMark Class” by the New Straits Times Press (M) Bhd (NSTP) has been designed to complement its conventional classroom teaching in schools via its virtual e-learning portal, FullAMark.
The project is an extension of NSTP’s FullAMark online elearning tutoring portal for primary and secondary school students, which had received an overwhelming response with about 24,000 subscribers signing up for the e-learning packages on the portal since its inception last year.
NSTP chief executive officer Datuk Abdul Jalil Hamid said the FullAMark Class programme was another initiative by NSTP to provide a dynamic and fun learning environment for students via a virtual classroom.
“The programme’s application tool is catered to be used within a group of students, which would enable better control and facilitation by the teachers,” he said.
Jalil said the FullAMark Class environment would enable students and teachers to access a wide range of content creation, and experience dynamic and non-rigid classroom lessons with greater student participation during lessons.
“In gauging the effectiveness of the new extended package, we are paving the way for the programme to go nationwide by collaborating with the Johor Raja Zarith Sofiah Foundation in hosting the FullAMark Class pioneer project at several schools in the state for the next three months,” said Jalil.
The project was launched yesterday at the NSTP booth at the Jom Heboh Carnival, which is being held at the Plaza Angsana car park yesterday and today.
The foundation’s chief executive officer, Datuk Mohamed Ghazali Mohamed Yusoff, said it was the aspiration of the foundation’s patron, Permaisuri of Johor Raja Zarith Sofiah Sultan Idris Shah, to encourage young minds to explore education opportunities and achieve the best in life through academic excellence.
“Her Majesty always aspires for the younger generation to be great thinkers and strive for academic excellence. With the FullAMark Class, there will be more opportunities for students to receive quality education,” he said.
As a start for the pilot project, he said, 100 students from four schools in the state would be adopting the FullAMark Class virtual lesson during school hours.
“Each school will have a group of 25 students, who are selected based on their academic performance. They will go through a series of weekly lessons via the FullAMark Class programme that will challenge their thinking and problem-solving capabilities.”
Ghazali said the foundation hoped that when the programme was fully adopted in primary and secondary schools nationwide, it could reach out to at least 5,000 qualified students who could benefit from its annual education scholarships.
“The scholarships are gathered through donations and public funding, and we hope many more will join us as fund contributors in providing quality education for students,” he said.