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Education and ICT Facilities of Royal Belum Orang Asli School Children

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Title Education and ICT Facilities of Royal Belum Orang Asli School Children
 
Creator Haron, Habibah Norehan; Department of Engineering, UTM RAZAK School, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Jalan Semarak, 53100 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Harun, Hafizah; Sports Science Panel, Faculty of Education, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310 Johor
Dziyauddin, Rudzidatul Akmam; Fakulti Komputeran, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310 Johor, Malaysia
Kamaruddin, Azlina; Fakulti Komputeran, UTM, 81310 Johor, Malaysia
 
Subject ICT; Education; Facilities; Orang Asli; Royal Belum
 
Description An effective teaching and learning using Information and Communication Technology (ICT) is necessary to facilitate  students to the easy access world of knowledge. The use of ICT essentially leads to significant impact on a condusive learning environment and also on the students’ achievements. In Malaysia, the students come from different background and ethnics, which include orang Asli.  The urban students might face less difficulties in accepting the ICT in their lessons. A question then raised regarding the readiness of the Orang Asli students, particularly in remote areas, like Royal Belum, Malaysia. This paper investigates the readiness of the primary students, namely from the Jahai group,  in Royal Belum on the use of ICT devices, such as notepad and laptop. In addition to that, we studied the internet facilities and its connectivity at the schools, including some other related issues. Outcome of the observations showed positive readiness of Orang Asli students in using ICT devices. Nevertheless, a substantial effort from the ICT teachers seems crucial to the effective delivery of the ICT syllabus. Additionally, the schools suffer with slow connectivity as the data rate of 20 Mbps needs to be shared with other nearby schools. This has affected the students’ learning and also the teachers’ daily tasks, for instance, in meeting District Education Department (PPD) requirements regarding uploading marks online. Therefore, it is appropriate for the government agencies to search some initiatives in solving the current issues.
 
Publisher Readers insight Publisher
 
Contributor ICT, education, facilities, Orang Asli, Royal Belum
 
Date 2015-09-01
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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Format application/text-plain:formatted
 
Identifier http://jmi.readersinsight.net/index.php/jmi/article/view/40
 
Source Journal Of Management Info; Vol 7, No 1 (2015): Volume 7, Issue 1; 40-49
2313-3376
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://jmi.readersinsight.net/index.php/jmi/article/view/40/_7
 
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