HULU TERENGGANU, June 13 (Bernama) -- The plan to lower the entry age for formal schooling from six years to five is expected to be fully implemented by the end of the 10th Malaysia Plan (10MP).
Deputy Education Minister Dr Mohd Puad Zarkashi said the plan would be implemented in stages as the ministry must provide the necessary infrastructures and facilities.
"This is a massive plan and should not be implemented in a hurry. At the initial stage of the 10MP, we will see the construction of basic infrastructures like classrooms and also appointment of qualified teachers.
"This is part of the government's efforts to improve the quality of national education to be on par with developed countries. It is also aimed at preventing dropouts at the early stage," he said Sunday.
Mohd Puad was speaking at a press conference after opening a ceremony to present the National Higher Education Corporation (PTPTN) loan advance and Hulu Selangor member of parliament's donations to students who excelled in their public examinations here.
The plan to start formal education for children from the age of five is part of a plan underlined in the 10MP (2011-2015) which was tabled by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak at the Dewan Rakyat last Thursday.
Mohd Puad said the ministry was currently focused on efforts to develop basic infrastructures at schools nationwide, besides ensuring that all pre-school teachers comprised those with degrees.
"In rural areas in Sabah and Sarawak, where no pre-schools are available, children are being separated from their families to get early education.
"Some of the parents sent these children to live with their brothers and sisters at rural hostels.
"So, in the 10MP, the government will build pre-school facilities in longhouses in the two states," he said, adding that the government targeted 70 per cent of children to enter pre-school nationwide by 2012.
Deputy Education Minister Dr Mohd Puad Zarkashi said the plan would be implemented in stages as the ministry must provide the necessary infrastructures and facilities.
"This is a massive plan and should not be implemented in a hurry. At the initial stage of the 10MP, we will see the construction of basic infrastructures like classrooms and also appointment of qualified teachers.
"This is part of the government's efforts to improve the quality of national education to be on par with developed countries. It is also aimed at preventing dropouts at the early stage," he said Sunday.
Mohd Puad was speaking at a press conference after opening a ceremony to present the National Higher Education Corporation (PTPTN) loan advance and Hulu Selangor member of parliament's donations to students who excelled in their public examinations here.
The plan to start formal education for children from the age of five is part of a plan underlined in the 10MP (2011-2015) which was tabled by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak at the Dewan Rakyat last Thursday.
Mohd Puad said the ministry was currently focused on efforts to develop basic infrastructures at schools nationwide, besides ensuring that all pre-school teachers comprised those with degrees.
"In rural areas in Sabah and Sarawak, where no pre-schools are available, children are being separated from their families to get early education.
"Some of the parents sent these children to live with their brothers and sisters at rural hostels.
"So, in the 10MP, the government will build pre-school facilities in longhouses in the two states," he said, adding that the government targeted 70 per cent of children to enter pre-school nationwide by 2012.
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