Guidelines for Permata’s syllabus

IPOH: The Permata Pintar Negara early education and day-care programme has come out with guidelines to help private day-care operators share its syllabus.

The guidelines include those relating to facilities, standard operating procedures and activities for the children, said executive committee chairman Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor.

She said Permata had received enquiries from several private day-care centres wanting to adopt its programme.

“When they adopt our programmes, they have to train their people.

“That is a must, if not, they will not understand what Permata is all about,” she told reporters after opening the Permata day-care centre in Bercham here yesterday.

Ten more centres, costing a total of RM3.6mil, would be set up in Perak during the 10th Malaysia Plan period, she said.

Rosmah said the programme had not got off in certain states as there was no cooperation from the state governments concerned. She declined to name the states.

Permata drawing up standard operating procedures: Rosmah

PERAK will be getting 10 Permata Negara day-care centres by the end of this year.
National Permata (early childhood education and day-care programme) executive committee chairman Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor said the Government had allocated about RM3.6mil to build the 10 centres to provide education for underprivileged children.
“We had wanted to set up at least one centre in every constituency but due to budget limitations, we have to prioritise according to needs,” she said after launching the Permata Negara day-care centre in Bercham, Ipoh, on Saturday.

Rosmah (fourth from right) watching Permata day-care centre children playing after opening the Bercham centre.

 

The 10 day-care centres are to be set up in Hulu Perak, Larut Matang and Selama, Kuala Kangsar, Kinta, Perak Tengah, Ba-tang Padang, Kampar, Manjung, Hilir Perak and Kerian.

On the launch, Rosmah said the Permata day-care centre in Bercham was built two years ago at a cost of RM380,000.

“It is the first Permata day-care centre to be located in a Chinese new village. This centre has seven teachers and 38 children under its care.

“Among the 25 Permata day-care centres in the country, the one in Bercham has the most beautiful landscape.

“It welcomes any child who wants to have a quality education,” she added.
Earlier during the launch, children of the day-care centre sang the national anthem and read out the Rukun Negara.

The children, aged five and below, also performed a 1Malaysia dance to the tune of the Visit Malaysia theme.
Also present during the launch were Perak Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Dr Zambry Abd Kadir and his wife Datin Seri Saripah Zulkifli, Deputy Women, Family and Community Development Minis-ter Senator Heng Seai Kie and state secretary Datuk Seri Dr Abdul Rahman Hashim.

Program Permata dokumenkan garis panduan

IPOH 24 Julai - Program Asuhan dan Didikan Kanak-Kanak (Permata) telah mengambil inisiatif untuk mendokumenkan beberapa garis panduan kurikulumnya bagi meningkatkan standard dan kualiti asuhan serta didikan kanak-kanak.

Isteri Perdana Menteri yang juga Pengerusi Jawatankuasa Kerja Dasar Permata Negara, Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor berkata, garis panduan tersebut penting bagi memastikan terdapat keseragaman terhadap pelaksanaan aktiviti serta kualiti pada peralatan pembelajaran luar atau dalam yang disediakan.
"Permata telah mengambil langkah untuk mendokumenkan beberapa garis panduan bagi membantu rakan-rakan pelaksana yang berminat mengguna pakai kurikulum Permata.
"Antaranya adalah garis panduan peralatan luar, prosedur operasi standard, panduan pelaksanaan aktiviti anak Permata dan beberapa dokumen lagi," katanya pada sidang akhbar selepas merasmikan Pusat Anak Permata Negara (PAPN) di sini hari ini.

Bagi memastikan teknik pembelajaran dapat disampaikan dengan lebih berkesan katanya, Permata juga telah menyediakan peluang kepada pendidik mengikuti Kursus Asas Permata selama enam minggu.
"Pelaksanaan taska Permata ini dianggap sebagai usaha agresif kerajaan dalam melahirkan modal insan terbaik yang bermula dari pendidikan awal.

"Justeru Permata sentiasa memastikan kurikulumnya dapat membentuk sahsiah, keperibadian dan jati diri yang diingini bagi memupuk perpaduan berorientasikan suasana Malaysia," katanya.

Sementara itu berucap merasmikan Sambutan Hari Semai Bakti anjuran Badan Amal dan Usaha Isteri-Isteri Wakil Rakyat (Baiduri) Barisan Nasional (BN) Perak, Rosmah menyeru sektor korporat dan swasta mengikut langkah kerajaan menawarkan lebih banyak peluang pekerjaan kepada golongan orang kurang upaya (OKU) yang berkelayakan dan berkebolehan tanpa mengambil kira kekurangan fizikal mereka.

Kurikulum Seragam Untuk Tingkat Kualiti Program Permata, Kata Rosmah

Rosmah (Belakang, tiga kanan), tertarik dengan kemahiran kanak-kanak mencampurkan bahan warna. FotoBERNAMA: Tajul Safuan Abu HassanIPOH, 24 Julai (Bernama) -- Program Asuhan dan Didikan Kanak-Kanak (Permata) telah mendokumenkan garis panduan untuk kurikulum Permata bagi menyeragamkan aktiviti dan kualiti pembelajaran yang disediakan kepada kanak-kanak di bawah program itu.

Pengerusi Jawatankuasa Penyelarasan Program Permata Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor garis panduan itu ialah Garis Panduan Peralatan Luar, Panduan Pelaksanaan Aktiviti Anak Permata dan beberapa dokumen lain yang akan menjadi prosedur operasi standard (SOP) Permata.

"Inisiatif ini diambil bagi tujuan meningkatkan standard dan kualiti asuhan dan didikan, kami telah mengambil inisiatif mendokumenkan beberapa garis panduan bagi membantu rakan-rakan pelaksana yang berminat untuk mengguna pakai kurikulum Permata.

"Walaubagaimanapun, oleh kerana program ini adalah program baru, terdapat juga beberapa interpretasi yang diberikan kepada garis panduan yang telah disediakan," katanya ketika berucap merasmikan Permata Bercham di sini pada Sabtu.

Turut hadir Timbalan Menteri Pembangunan Wanita, Keluarga dan Masyarakat merangkap Penyelaras Pusat Anak Permata Perak Senator Heng Seai Kie, Menteri Besar Perak Datuk Seri Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir, isteri Menteri Besar Datin Seri Saripah Zulkifli dan Setiausaha Kerajaan Negeri Datuk Dr Abdul Rahman Hashim.

Rosmah berkata selain memberikan penekanan kepada pendidikan berkualiti, garis panduan itu juga menitikberatkan strategi yang sesuai dan berkesan untuk memupuk perpaduan.

Katanya, bagi memastikan kurikulum yang diguna pakai bukan sahaja boleh memberikan asuhan dan didikan yang baik, kurikulum Permata telah ditambah nilai dengan memasukkan elemen kepelbagaian budaya dan pemikiran kreatif.

Selain itu katanya, bagi memastikan teknik pembelajaran mengikut kurikulum Permata dapat disampaikan dengan lebih berkesan, Permata juga telah menyediakan peluang kepada pendidik untuk mengikuti Kursus Asas Permata selama enam minggu.

Pelaksanaan Taska Permata ini dianggap sebagai usaha agresif kerajaan dalam melahirkan modal insan terbaik yang bermula dari pendidikan awal," katanya.

Justeru itu, katanya, Permata sentiasa memastikan kurikulumnya dapat membentuk sahsiah, keperibadian dan jati diri yang diingini bagi memupuk perpaduan berorientasikan suasana Malaysia.

Rosmah berkata kerajaan pusat telah memperuntukkan sebanyak RM3.64 juta kepada semua kerajaan negeri untuk memperluaskan pelaksanaan program Permata tahun ini.

Katanya dengan peruntukan tersebut, bilangan Taska Permata di seluruh negara dijangka meningkat kepada 647 buah dalam tempoh dua tahun sejak penubuhannya pada 2008.

"Tahun lalu sahaja, program Permata telah menunjukkan perkembangan pesat dengan penubuhan 427 Taska Permata di seluruh negara dengan penyertaan 17,000 kanak-kanak berusia antara satu hingga 4 tahun.

"Dengan sambutan yang menggalakkan ini, Permata mampu diperluaskan lagi bagi memberi peluang kepada kanak-kanak dalam usia tersebut menerima pendidikan awal menerusi Taska Permata," tambahnya.

-- BERNAMA

Permata drawing up standard operating procedures: Rosmah

IPOH, July 24 – The Permata early childhood education and care programme has documented several curriculum guidelines to standardise the activities and quality of indoor and outdoor learning for the children.
The Prime Minister’s wife Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor, who is the National Permata Policy executive committee chairman, said among the guidelines were those pertaining to outdoor equipment, implementation of Anak Permata activities and other documents which would be made standard operating procedures for Permata.

“This initiative is taken with the aim of raising the standard and quality of childhood education and care.
“We have taken the initiative to document several guidelines to assist implementors who are interested to adopt the Permata curriculum,” she said at the launch of Bercham Permata here today.

Rosmah said apart from emphasizing on quality education, the guidelines also emphasized on suitable and effective strategies to nurture unity.

She said to ensure that the adopted curriculum not only offered good childhood education and care, the Permata curriculum had also been added with elements of cultural diversification and creative thinking.
Rosmah said the federal government had also allocated RM3.64 million to all state governments to expand the implementation of Permata programme this year.

With the allocation, she said the number of Permata nurseries nationwide would increase to 647 within two years of its establishment in 2008.

“Last year alone, the Permata programme had shown tremendous improvement with the setting up of 427 nurseries nationwide involving 17,000 children aged between one and four years,” she said.

On a different note, Rosmah called on the private sector to be extra sensitive to the needs and interests of persons with disabilities in providing any form of public facilities or services.

This was because many existing facilities and services offered did not take into consideration their interests to the extent of restricting their movements, she said.

“I would like to call on corporate sectors to help the government in taking care of persons with disabilities by making it part of their corporate social responsibility programmes.”

She said this when opening the Community Rehabilitation Centre (PDK) Products Sale Carnival and the state-level Prime Minister’s Cup talentime competition for persons with disabilities at the Perak Menteri Besar Residence here today.

Rosmah also hoped that more private companies would emulate the government in offering job opportunities to qualified and highly-skilled persons regardless of their disabilities. – Bernama