EnterITU-UUM ASP CoE For Rural ICT DevelopmentUniversiti Utara Malaysia

06010 UUM Sintok, Kedah Darul Aman, MALAYSIA.Tel: +604-928 4751 Fax: +604-928 4792

Email: itu@uum.edu.my Website: http://www.itu.uum.edu.my

1st July 2011Krabi, Thailand

ADB/ITU FINAL INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON RURAL ICT

DEVELOPMENT

Malaysia Country Report

RURAL ICT INITIATIVES AND PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP

SESSION 4:

Telecentre Agency Number

USP Phases 2-5 Min of Info, Com, Culture 1,169

Pusat Internet Desa (PID) Min of Info, Com, Culture 42

Medan Infodesa (MID) Min of Rural & Regional Dev 237

Community Broadband Centre (CBC) Com & Multimedia Commission 70

Community Broadband Library (CBL) Com & Multimedia Commission 105

Pusat Komuniti Usahawan Digital (PKUD) Min of Entrepreneur & Coop Dev 30

Pusat Maklumat Rakyat (PMR) Dept. of Information 138

Rakan Muda Cyber Centre Min of Youth & Sport 56

BDD KPKT Min of Housing & Local Gov 12

Pemulihan Dalam Komuniti (PDKnet) Min of Women, Family & Com Dev 17

Pusat Info STI@MOSTI Min of Sci, Tech & Ind 5

State Govt Telecentres State Governments 274

Total 2,175

National ICT Initiatives & projects

•One of MSC flagship programmes•Started in 1999 •Act as a medium to ensure all children (both urban and rural communities) will have an opportunity to use ICT and access to digital content and applications.•The project has been developed according to milestones(1999-2020)

Smart School

National ICT Initiatives & projects

Smart School Roadmap : 2005 – 2020

Smart School Milestones

88 school nationwide selected

Introduced the Smart School Integrated Solution comprises of teaching learning materials, school management system, technology infra, system integration and support services

Benchmarking of the Smart School Integrated Solution

Massive computerization phase to all 10,000 schools

Smart School Roadmap 2005 - 2020: An Educational Odyssey

Evaluation of the Computing Tablet Project

Refurbished PC project Impact study on smart

school Courseware evaluation Schoolnet -2004-2009

Leveraging all ICT initiatives

Innovative practices using ICT enculturated

Pilot Phase (1999 –2002)

Post-Pilot (2002 –2005)

Making 138 benchmarked smart schools (2007-2010)

Making All Schools Smart (2005 - 2010)

Consolidate & Stabilize (2010 –

2020)

SSQS, on-site monitoring, coaches, professional development programme, innovative teaching tools, centralise support services and reporting structure have been introduced

Bandwidth requirement for the 88 smart schools

Study on 1 PC: 1 Student Model

Outcome and characteristics between smart schools and non smart school students-2008

Impact of the implementation of the smart school programmes in the 15 rural schools-2009

•launched by the Ministry of Energy, Water and Communication (now MICC) in cooperation with the Ministry of Education•to provide communication infrastructure for the Smart School program.•involves the provision of broadband Internet access for 10,000 schools nationwide.•concentrates on the carriage and distribution of educational content and serves as a school-wide Intranet•uses a variety of technologies to provide typically a minimum 1Mbps downlink and 128Kbps uplink to each connected school, depending upon the location. These technologies include Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL), very small aperture terminal (VSAT) satellites, and direct fiber-to-the-school (FTTS).

Schoolnet

National ICT Initiatives & projects

•launched on 30 January •provide broadband services to the people by utilising digital technology to generate social and economic activities in the community.•Model: Guro, South Korea; Kenniswijk, the Netherlands, and Stockholm, Sweden.•Among other projects outlined for Digital Pekan include:

a) Broadband Experience Centre.b) Computers@Homec) Wireless@Pekand) Virtual Pekan Memoriae) In Town Portal-www.pekan.myf) Awareness Campaignsg) e-Pekan

National ICT Initiatives & projects

Digital Pekan

Special Stimulus Package

• Aim: to expose expose students, teachers, parents and the general community on the advantages of broadband

• The placement of SchoolNet Facilitators in schools nationwide• Primary role of the facilitators:

• plan and conduct various activities, trainings and programmes• As custodians of the ICT equipment in their respective schools.

National ICT Initiatives & projects

SchoolNet Facilitator Programme

Rural ICT initiatives & projects

-NGO Initiative: a community Initiative by Hindu Youth Organization, Pelabuhan Klang-involves leadership camps, spiritual camps, religious classes and IT Education.

-USP Initiative: The Kg WiFi is one of the initiatives identified under the National Broadband Initiative (NBI) that is expected to help accelerate the national broadband penetration target of reaching 50 per cent household targets by end of 2010.

-Collaboration between community and UUM to provide Internet connectivity through the use of place of worship.

Titian Digital Programme

Kampong WiFi

Community Internet Access Centre Masjid As-Syakirin Mata Ayer

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