PUTRAJAYA 25 April — Kerajaan bercadang mengubal satu dasar pengasuhan dan pendidikan awal yang komprehensif untuk kanak-kanak di bawah umur lima tahun, Timbalan Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak mengumumkan hari ini.
Beliau berkata satu kertas kerja akan dikemukakan kepada Kabinet tidak lama lagi bagi membolehkan perkara itu dijadikan dasar kerajaan.
Kurikulum untuk dasar itu akan digubal oleh Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris dan Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia”, katanya kepada pemberita selepas mempengerusikan mesyuarat majlis penyelarasan Program Permata Negara (Permata) di pejabatnya di sini.
Beliau berkata dasar pengasuhan dan pendidikan awal itu akan mirip kepada program Permata yang telah dilaksanakan.
“Ini adalah kerana setelah kita melaksanakan projek perintis di seluruh negara didapati Permata memberi kesan yang amat memberangsangkan di samping mendapat sambutan hangat daripada masyarakat dan ibu bapa,” kata Najib.
Mesyuarat hari ini diadakan bagi membincangkan cadangan pelaksanaan program Permata secara meluas di seluruh negara. Ia dihadiri wakil agensi kerajaan yang bertanggungjawab terhadap pengasuhan dan pendidikan awal kanak-kanak.
Setakat ini 13 Pusat Permata Negara dilaksanakan secara projek perintis di seluruh negara membabitkan 331 orang anak diasuh menggunakan kaedah dan kurikulam Permata, yang menekankan perkembangan anak-anak yang berkeyakinan diri, berfikiran kreatif, bijaksana, berakhlak mulia dan mempunyai minda cerdas yang seterusnya membantu dalam pembinaan modal insan berminda kelas pertama.
“Berdasarkan hakikat bahawa pendidikan awal kanak-kanak merupakan akar tunjang kepada usaha kita membentuk modal insan yang berkualiti dan usaha untuk mencegah masalah sosial berlaku maka tumpuan kepada pendidikan awal kanak-kanak merupakan strategi negara yang boleh memberi impak besar bukan sahaja dalam jangka pendek tapi panjang,” kata Najib.
Oleh itu, katanya Program Permata Negara akan diperluaskan setelah mendapat kelulusan kerajaan.
Mesyuarat itu juga telah mendapat persetujuan daripada Kementerian Pelajaran, Kementerian Pembangunan Wanita, Keluarga dan Masyarakat, Kementerian Luar Bandar dan Wilayah dan Kementerian Perpaduan, Kebudayaan, Kesenian dan Warisan supaya program itu diselaraskan.
“Dalam erti kata lain, mereka akan menggunakan kurikulam Permata di taska mereka dan dalam masa yang sama kelulusan guru-guru mereka akan ditingkatkan sehingga diploma dan ijazah pertama.
“Di samping itu mereka juga akan menggunakan kurikulam Permata dan bangunan yang akan digunakan juga akan mengikut ketetapan garis panduan Program Permata Negara,” kata Najib.
Timbalan Perdana Menteri berkata dengan sokongan padu kesemua kementerian tersebut, program Permata boleh dikembangkan ke seluruh negara.
“Dasar itu juga akan mengambil kira keperluan kewangan, latihan, kurikulam dan sebagainya. Perlu saya tegaskan di sini bahawa program ini akan bersifat pelbagai kaum dan kita akan beri tumpuan kepada semua kawasan,” katanya.
Beliau berkata setelah dasar itu digubal, kesemua pihak yang menjalankan kegiatan pengasuhan dan pendidikan awal kanak-kanak di bawah umur lima tahun akan perlu menguna pakai dasar itu.
— BERNAMA
Friday, April 25, 2008
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
Ustaz breaks barrier with prayer in Mandarin
[NORTH 19-Feb-2008]
Ustaz Zainuri Abdul Aziz from the Perak Religious Department, who took the stage first at the ground-breaking ceremony of the Pusat Anak Permata Negara Bercham, received thunderous applause from the floor after saying a prayer in Mandarin.
Tuesday February 19, 2008
By NG CHENG YEE
Ustaz Zainuri Abdul Aziz from the Perak Religious Department, who took the stage first at the ground-breaking ceremony of the Pusat Anak Permata Negara (Permata) Bercham, received thunderous applause from the floor after saying a prayer in Mandarin.
“Wow, he spoke the dialect fluently!” commented a Chinese member of the audience at the function yesterday.
So when it was Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak’s wife Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor’s turn to give her speech at the Chinese-majority constituency, she made sure that she did not disappoint the crowd.
“Da jia hau (How are you),” she greeted the floor, which made up mostly of Chinese housewives, senior citizens and young children from nearby housing estates at Bercham here which is under the Ipoh Barat parliamentary seat.
She then went on to wish them gong xi fa cai, xing nian kuai le (Happy New Year) as well as shen ti jian kang (good health) and wan shi ru yi (all the best in everything you do).
It might not sound very indigenous but it was impressive enough to charm the audience who clapped and cheered.
In her speech, Rosmah said the setting up of Pusat Permata Bercham showed that the Barisan Nasional government was very concerned about providing early childhood education regardless of race and religion.
“We, at Permata, realise that the first three years of a child’s life is critical for their brain development.
“Those who have gone through early childhood education are believed to grow up as individuals who are intelligent, smart, confident and with cheerful and positive traits,” she said.
To date, there are 13 Pusat Permata Negara in 12 states and the Federal Territory with 326 children under five years old benefiting from the centres.
Rosmah said the Perak government had allocated RM300,000 for the building of the centre while Permata would spend RM200,000 on educational equipment and facilities.
Ustaz Zainuri Abdul Aziz from the Perak Religious Department, who took the stage first at the ground-breaking ceremony of the Pusat Anak Permata Negara Bercham, received thunderous applause from the floor after saying a prayer in Mandarin.
Tuesday February 19, 2008
By NG CHENG YEE
Ustaz Zainuri Abdul Aziz from the Perak Religious Department, who took the stage first at the ground-breaking ceremony of the Pusat Anak Permata Negara (Permata) Bercham, received thunderous applause from the floor after saying a prayer in Mandarin.
“Wow, he spoke the dialect fluently!” commented a Chinese member of the audience at the function yesterday.
So when it was Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak’s wife Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor’s turn to give her speech at the Chinese-majority constituency, she made sure that she did not disappoint the crowd.
“Da jia hau (How are you),” she greeted the floor, which made up mostly of Chinese housewives, senior citizens and young children from nearby housing estates at Bercham here which is under the Ipoh Barat parliamentary seat.
She then went on to wish them gong xi fa cai, xing nian kuai le (Happy New Year) as well as shen ti jian kang (good health) and wan shi ru yi (all the best in everything you do).
It might not sound very indigenous but it was impressive enough to charm the audience who clapped and cheered.
In her speech, Rosmah said the setting up of Pusat Permata Bercham showed that the Barisan Nasional government was very concerned about providing early childhood education regardless of race and religion.
“We, at Permata, realise that the first three years of a child’s life is critical for their brain development.
“Those who have gone through early childhood education are believed to grow up as individuals who are intelligent, smart, confident and with cheerful and positive traits,” she said.
To date, there are 13 Pusat Permata Negara in 12 states and the Federal Territory with 326 children under five years old benefiting from the centres.
Rosmah said the Perak government had allocated RM300,000 for the building of the centre while Permata would spend RM200,000 on educational equipment and facilities.
Permata bangunkan modal insan
IPOH 18 Feb. - Pusat Anak Permata Negara (Permata) yang menekankan kaedah pengasuhan dan pendidikan awal kanak-kanak secara terancang serta bersepadu, bakal menjadi penyumbang utama kepada pembangunan modal insan negara.
Isteri Timbalan Perdana Menteri, Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor berkata, kanak-kanak di bawah usia lima tahun yang memasuki Permata, merupakan satu pelaburan penting bagi meningkatkan tahap pembangunan negara dalam tempoh dua dekad dari sekarang.
''Memandangkan program Permata mengambil masa untuk mendapatkan kesannya, maka sokongan padu daripada pelbagai agensi amat diperlukan untuk memastikan kejayaannya," katanya ketika berucap pada majlis pecah tanah Permata Bercham di sini hari ini.
Majlis berkenaan turut dihadiri isteri Menteri Besar Perak, Datin Seri Kamariah Mokri dan Penyelaras Permata Perak, Senator Heng Seai Kie.
Rosmah yang juga Pengerusi Jawatankuasa Kerja Dasar Permata berkata, sehingga kini, sebanyak 13 Permata telah beroperasi di 12 negeri dan Wilayah Persekutuan dengan bilangan kanak-kanak seramai 326 orang.
Jelas beliau, selain Permata di Chini, Pahang, kesemua pusat lain menggunakan bangunan sedia ada yang telah diubah suai.
''Perak bagaimanapun cukup bertuah apabila Menteri Besar, Datuk Seri Mohd. Tajol Rosli Ghazali bersetuju untuk membina sebuah bangunan baru di kawasan Bercham," katanya.
Rosmah berkata, Permata pertama dibina di Perak ini, menelan kos sebanyak RM500,000 iaitu hasil sumbangan kerajaan negeri sebanyak RM300,000 disumbang manakala RM200,000 lagi oleh kerajaan pusat.
Katanya, Permata Bercham yang kini sudah 20 peratus siap pembinaannya dijangka boleh mula beroperasi selewat-lewatnya Mei tahun ini.
Perak juga merupakan satu-satunya negeri yang bakal mempunyai dua Permata apabila sebuah lagi pusat asuhan serupa dirancang dibina di Felda Trolak, Sungkai dekat sini.
Rosmah memberitahu, Bercham dipilih sebagai lokasi Permata kerana walaupun majoriti penduduknya terdiri dari kaum Cina yang berpendapatan rendah dan sederhana tetapi ia juga mempunyai sebuah perkampungan Melayu.
''Saya berharap dengan penyertaan anak-anak dari pelbagai keturunan, proses integrasi antara kaum akan berlaku di peringkat umur yang lebih awal dan ia memberi kesan positif kepada kanak-kanak ini apabila dewasa kelak," katanya.
Isteri Timbalan Perdana Menteri, Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor berkata, kanak-kanak di bawah usia lima tahun yang memasuki Permata, merupakan satu pelaburan penting bagi meningkatkan tahap pembangunan negara dalam tempoh dua dekad dari sekarang.
''Memandangkan program Permata mengambil masa untuk mendapatkan kesannya, maka sokongan padu daripada pelbagai agensi amat diperlukan untuk memastikan kejayaannya," katanya ketika berucap pada majlis pecah tanah Permata Bercham di sini hari ini.
Majlis berkenaan turut dihadiri isteri Menteri Besar Perak, Datin Seri Kamariah Mokri dan Penyelaras Permata Perak, Senator Heng Seai Kie.
Rosmah yang juga Pengerusi Jawatankuasa Kerja Dasar Permata berkata, sehingga kini, sebanyak 13 Permata telah beroperasi di 12 negeri dan Wilayah Persekutuan dengan bilangan kanak-kanak seramai 326 orang.
Jelas beliau, selain Permata di Chini, Pahang, kesemua pusat lain menggunakan bangunan sedia ada yang telah diubah suai.
''Perak bagaimanapun cukup bertuah apabila Menteri Besar, Datuk Seri Mohd. Tajol Rosli Ghazali bersetuju untuk membina sebuah bangunan baru di kawasan Bercham," katanya.
Rosmah berkata, Permata pertama dibina di Perak ini, menelan kos sebanyak RM500,000 iaitu hasil sumbangan kerajaan negeri sebanyak RM300,000 disumbang manakala RM200,000 lagi oleh kerajaan pusat.
Katanya, Permata Bercham yang kini sudah 20 peratus siap pembinaannya dijangka boleh mula beroperasi selewat-lewatnya Mei tahun ini.
Perak juga merupakan satu-satunya negeri yang bakal mempunyai dua Permata apabila sebuah lagi pusat asuhan serupa dirancang dibina di Felda Trolak, Sungkai dekat sini.
Rosmah memberitahu, Bercham dipilih sebagai lokasi Permata kerana walaupun majoriti penduduknya terdiri dari kaum Cina yang berpendapatan rendah dan sederhana tetapi ia juga mempunyai sebuah perkampungan Melayu.
''Saya berharap dengan penyertaan anak-anak dari pelbagai keturunan, proses integrasi antara kaum akan berlaku di peringkat umur yang lebih awal dan ia memberi kesan positif kepada kanak-kanak ini apabila dewasa kelak," katanya.
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
Kajian awal keberkesanan Permata Negara selesai
MELAKA 11 Feb. - Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak berkata, hasil kajian keberkesanan pelaksanaan Permata Negara iaitu program pendidikan awal kanak-kanak dijangka diketahui pertengahan tahun ini.
Timbalan Perdana Menteri berkata, kajian peringkat awal telah selesai dan kini kajian lanjutan sedang dilakukan oleh Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris (UPSI).
''Hasil kajian ini akan dijadikan input untuk membentuk dasar yang akan menentukan hala tuju pendidikan awal kanak-kanak peringkat kebangsaan.
''Apabila dasar sudah ditentukan kelak, program Permata Negara boleh dijadikan roll-out peringkat nasional," katanya kepada para pemberita selepas merasmikan Pusat Anak Permata Negara negeri Melaka di Bukit Peringgit di sini hari ini.
Timbalan Perdana Menteri berkata, tempoh tersebut adalah paling sesuai memandangkan kajian semula Rancangan Malaysia Kesembilan (RMK-9) turut dilakukan pada pertengahan tahun ini.
Bagaimanapun, sebelum ia dijadikan dasar, katanya, beberapa isu akan diperbincangkan terlebih dahulu seperti aspek pembiayaan, keperluan kewangan, peranan ibu bapa dan kurikulum.
Katanya, ia penting bagi memastikan pelaksanaannya berjalan dengan lancar.
Najib berkata, hasil kajian awal secara keseluruhannya amat menggalakkan baik dari segi perkembangan anak-anak Permata mahupun maklum balas ibu bapa.
''Kajian mendapati anak-anak Permata berkembang lebih positif daripada aspek perilaku dan personaliti berbanding anak-anak yang mengikuti tadika lain," kata beliau.
Sementara itu, Rosmah dalam ucapannya berkata, kini terdapat 15 pusat Anak Permata Negara diwujudkan di seluruh negara termasuk di Bukit Peringgit di sini.
Katanya, daripada jumlah itu, 10 buah telah beroperasi melibatkan seramai 266 kanak-kanak berusia satu hingga lima tahun.
Manakala tiga lagi akan dibuka iaitu di Negeri Sembilan, Sarawak dan Sabah pada awal Mac ini sementara dua lagi masing-masing di Kedah dan Perak akan beroperasi Mei ini.
Timbalan Perdana Menteri berkata, kajian peringkat awal telah selesai dan kini kajian lanjutan sedang dilakukan oleh Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris (UPSI).
''Hasil kajian ini akan dijadikan input untuk membentuk dasar yang akan menentukan hala tuju pendidikan awal kanak-kanak peringkat kebangsaan.
''Apabila dasar sudah ditentukan kelak, program Permata Negara boleh dijadikan roll-out peringkat nasional," katanya kepada para pemberita selepas merasmikan Pusat Anak Permata Negara negeri Melaka di Bukit Peringgit di sini hari ini.
Timbalan Perdana Menteri berkata, tempoh tersebut adalah paling sesuai memandangkan kajian semula Rancangan Malaysia Kesembilan (RMK-9) turut dilakukan pada pertengahan tahun ini.
Bagaimanapun, sebelum ia dijadikan dasar, katanya, beberapa isu akan diperbincangkan terlebih dahulu seperti aspek pembiayaan, keperluan kewangan, peranan ibu bapa dan kurikulum.
Katanya, ia penting bagi memastikan pelaksanaannya berjalan dengan lancar.
Najib berkata, hasil kajian awal secara keseluruhannya amat menggalakkan baik dari segi perkembangan anak-anak Permata mahupun maklum balas ibu bapa.
''Kajian mendapati anak-anak Permata berkembang lebih positif daripada aspek perilaku dan personaliti berbanding anak-anak yang mengikuti tadika lain," kata beliau.
Sementara itu, Rosmah dalam ucapannya berkata, kini terdapat 15 pusat Anak Permata Negara diwujudkan di seluruh negara termasuk di Bukit Peringgit di sini.
Katanya, daripada jumlah itu, 10 buah telah beroperasi melibatkan seramai 266 kanak-kanak berusia satu hingga lima tahun.
Manakala tiga lagi akan dibuka iaitu di Negeri Sembilan, Sarawak dan Sabah pada awal Mac ini sementara dua lagi masing-masing di Kedah dan Perak akan beroperasi Mei ini.
Saturday, January 5, 2008
Program ECEC diperluas
Oleh: AMIRAH AMALY SYAFAAT
PASIR MAS 4 Jan. – Program Pengasuhan dan Pendidikan Awal Kanak-kanak (ECEC), Pusat Permata Negara akan dikembangkan ke seluruh negara khususnya di luar bandar selepas mendapat kelulusan Kabinet.
Isteri Timbalan Perdana Menteri, Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor berkata, ini kerana sepanjang program perintis dibuat, ia berjaya memberi impak besar kepada pertumbuhan kanak-kanak apabila semua elemen nilai murni disatukan dalam bentuk pengajaran.
Beliau yang juga Pengerusi Jawatankuasa Kerja Dasar Permata Negara berkata, kajian susulan termasuk yang dijalankan oleh Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris (UPSI), mendapati ia sangat memberangsangkan.
‘‘Ini kerana anak-anak Permata lebih mesra, tenang, yakin dan pandai mengurus diri; berkomunikasi dengan ayat betul; serta mempamerkan kemahiran prasains dan matematik yang ketara,” ujarnya.
Beliau berkata demikian kepada para pemberita selepas melawat Pusat Anak Permata Negara Pasir Mas, Kampung Kubang Panjang, di sini hari ini.
Menurutnya, kajian menyeluruh dilakukan termasuk penjagaan pengasuhan dan penggarapan elemen pendidikan, penekanan pada amalan sentuhan dan belaian, amalan berinteraksi dengan anak yang diasuh dan program eksklusif bagi kanak-kanak berkeperluan khas dan berisiko tinggi.
Pusat yang baru beroperasi sejak tiga minggu lalu itu menempatkan 35 kanak-kanak seawal usia satu hingga empat tahun.
Rosmah turut berpuas hati dengan perjalanan operasi di 10 lokasi projek jagaan dan pendidikan awal termasuk di Subang Jaya, Selangor; Putrajaya; dan Kepala Batas, Pulau Pinang.
Lokasi lain katanya, ialah di Bukit Peringgit, Batu Pahat, Rantau Abang, Tambun Tulang, Mempaga dan Chini yang masing-masing menempatkan 35 hingga 40 kanak-kanak.
Beliau memberitahu, faktor kejayaan ECEC adalah tenaga pendidik Permata yang segolongan besarnya berkelulusan ijazah atau diploma.
‘‘Penglibatan aktif ibu bapa dalam program ini juga menyumbang kepada kejayaannya apabila sentiasa memberi galakan dan mempelajari perisian kurikulum serta teknik pembelajaran yang diamalkan Permata.
‘‘Ia bagi memastikan supaya mereka dapat meneruskan kaedah mengasuh dan mendidik anak di rumah masing-masing dengan cara konsisten supaya kanak-kanak itu tidak keliru akibat asuhan dan didikan yang berlainan,” jelasnya.
Rosmah memberitahu, beliau akan terus memberi perhatian dalam aspek penjagaan 371 anak Permata termasuk 105 orang yang dijangka menyertai program tersebut apabila lima lagi pusat dibuka sehingga April ini.
Pusat berkenaan adalah di Chembong, Negeri Sembilan, Kota Samarahan (Sarawak), Tuaran (Sabah), Kuala Ketil (Kedah) dan Bercham (Perak).
Hadir sama pada lawatan itu Ketua UMNO Bahagian Pasir Mas, Datuk Abdul Rahim Abdul Rahman; Ketua Wanita UMNO Kelantan, Senator Datin Nik Azizah Nik Yahya; Ahli Dewan Undangan Negeri Pengkalan Pasir, Hanafi Mamat dan Pengerusi Penawar Kelantan, Datin Seri Rosniah Abdul Rahman.
PASIR MAS 4 Jan. – Program Pengasuhan dan Pendidikan Awal Kanak-kanak (ECEC), Pusat Permata Negara akan dikembangkan ke seluruh negara khususnya di luar bandar selepas mendapat kelulusan Kabinet.
Isteri Timbalan Perdana Menteri, Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor berkata, ini kerana sepanjang program perintis dibuat, ia berjaya memberi impak besar kepada pertumbuhan kanak-kanak apabila semua elemen nilai murni disatukan dalam bentuk pengajaran.
Beliau yang juga Pengerusi Jawatankuasa Kerja Dasar Permata Negara berkata, kajian susulan termasuk yang dijalankan oleh Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris (UPSI), mendapati ia sangat memberangsangkan.
‘‘Ini kerana anak-anak Permata lebih mesra, tenang, yakin dan pandai mengurus diri; berkomunikasi dengan ayat betul; serta mempamerkan kemahiran prasains dan matematik yang ketara,” ujarnya.
Beliau berkata demikian kepada para pemberita selepas melawat Pusat Anak Permata Negara Pasir Mas, Kampung Kubang Panjang, di sini hari ini.
Menurutnya, kajian menyeluruh dilakukan termasuk penjagaan pengasuhan dan penggarapan elemen pendidikan, penekanan pada amalan sentuhan dan belaian, amalan berinteraksi dengan anak yang diasuh dan program eksklusif bagi kanak-kanak berkeperluan khas dan berisiko tinggi.
Pusat yang baru beroperasi sejak tiga minggu lalu itu menempatkan 35 kanak-kanak seawal usia satu hingga empat tahun.
Rosmah turut berpuas hati dengan perjalanan operasi di 10 lokasi projek jagaan dan pendidikan awal termasuk di Subang Jaya, Selangor; Putrajaya; dan Kepala Batas, Pulau Pinang.
Lokasi lain katanya, ialah di Bukit Peringgit, Batu Pahat, Rantau Abang, Tambun Tulang, Mempaga dan Chini yang masing-masing menempatkan 35 hingga 40 kanak-kanak.
Beliau memberitahu, faktor kejayaan ECEC adalah tenaga pendidik Permata yang segolongan besarnya berkelulusan ijazah atau diploma.
‘‘Penglibatan aktif ibu bapa dalam program ini juga menyumbang kepada kejayaannya apabila sentiasa memberi galakan dan mempelajari perisian kurikulum serta teknik pembelajaran yang diamalkan Permata.
‘‘Ia bagi memastikan supaya mereka dapat meneruskan kaedah mengasuh dan mendidik anak di rumah masing-masing dengan cara konsisten supaya kanak-kanak itu tidak keliru akibat asuhan dan didikan yang berlainan,” jelasnya.
Rosmah memberitahu, beliau akan terus memberi perhatian dalam aspek penjagaan 371 anak Permata termasuk 105 orang yang dijangka menyertai program tersebut apabila lima lagi pusat dibuka sehingga April ini.
Pusat berkenaan adalah di Chembong, Negeri Sembilan, Kota Samarahan (Sarawak), Tuaran (Sabah), Kuala Ketil (Kedah) dan Bercham (Perak).
Hadir sama pada lawatan itu Ketua UMNO Bahagian Pasir Mas, Datuk Abdul Rahim Abdul Rahman; Ketua Wanita UMNO Kelantan, Senator Datin Nik Azizah Nik Yahya; Ahli Dewan Undangan Negeri Pengkalan Pasir, Hanafi Mamat dan Pengerusi Penawar Kelantan, Datin Seri Rosniah Abdul Rahman.
Friday, November 16, 2007
Educating the very young
Children at Pusat Anak Permata Negara (Permata) in Chini Timur 3, Pekan, have shown progress since the start of the centre's childhood education programme seven months ago. Friday November 16, 2007
Educating the very young
By ROSLINA MOHAMAD
CHILDREN at Pusat Anak Permata Negara (Permata) in Chini Timur 3, Pekan, have shown progress since the start of the centre's childhood education programme seven months ago.
Permata policy working committee chairman Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor said a preliminary study carried out by Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris indicated that children involved in the programme showed encouraging growth in self-confidence, communication and better understanding in Mathematics and Science subjects.
“We are indeed moving to the right direction,” said Rosmah, who is wife of Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak.
There are five Permata centres operating under a pilot project and the biggest is in Chini Timur 3.
Well organised: View of the centre in Pekan.
It is also the first centre with its own building and providing early childhood education to 41 toddlers.
It was officially opened by Najib on Nov 11 and among those present were Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Adnan Yaakob and Felda chairman Tan Sri Mohd Yusoff Nor.
Other Permata centres are in Bandar Baru Felda Mempaga 3, Kepala Batas, Putrajaya and Subang Jaya.
Rosmah said there were 125 children between the ages of one and five in the programme nationwide and 10 more centres would be set up to house another 300 children.
Useful facilities: A wooden playhouse built for children at the centre.
“The centres will be in Johor, Malacca, Negri Sembilan, Perak, Kedah, Perlis, Kelantan, Terengganu, Sabah and Sarawak.
“Centres in Malacca, Johor, Kelantan, Terengganu and Perlis will be operational by end of this month while the rest will commence before April next year,” she added.
She reminded parents that Permata centres were established not to replace the roles and duties of parents as the close relationship fostered between a mother and child was critical in moulding the child’s personality and character.
In view of this, Permata made it compulsory for parents to participate in activities at the centres for at least an hour a week, she said.
Inviting: Interior view of the centre.
“To date, the response of parents has been good and I hope they will continue to show such support,” Rosmah said.
At the centres, the children were taught to eat and bathe on their own, share toys, sleep at certain hours and encouraged to speak up or tell stories, she added.
Parents must reciprocate by encouraging them to do the same at home and try not to feed them or reprimand them if they asked too many questions, she said.
Najib, in his speech, said the Government would consider increasing the number of Permata centres if the programme proved effective in meeting its objective of providing children's education during their first three years.
He said that only 1% of children aged up to three received education, which meant that Malaysians had a lot of catching up to do to facilitate the process that was essential in moulding children to become useful citizens.
The figure was very low compared to developed countries such as Britain where more than 20% of those under three obtained education, while in South Korea, 2005 statistics showed that 20% of children under three and 68% of those between three and six received education, he added.
Speaking to reporters later, Najib said between RM200,000 and RM300,000 was spent annually to run the centres, adding that the success of the programme was largely due to the quality of the teachers who were either diploma or degree holders in related fields.
The teacher-student ratio was one to five, he added.
Educating the very young
By ROSLINA MOHAMAD
CHILDREN at Pusat Anak Permata Negara (Permata) in Chini Timur 3, Pekan, have shown progress since the start of the centre's childhood education programme seven months ago.
Permata policy working committee chairman Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor said a preliminary study carried out by Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris indicated that children involved in the programme showed encouraging growth in self-confidence, communication and better understanding in Mathematics and Science subjects.
“We are indeed moving to the right direction,” said Rosmah, who is wife of Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak.
There are five Permata centres operating under a pilot project and the biggest is in Chini Timur 3.
Well organised: View of the centre in Pekan.
It is also the first centre with its own building and providing early childhood education to 41 toddlers.
It was officially opened by Najib on Nov 11 and among those present were Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Adnan Yaakob and Felda chairman Tan Sri Mohd Yusoff Nor.
Other Permata centres are in Bandar Baru Felda Mempaga 3, Kepala Batas, Putrajaya and Subang Jaya.
Rosmah said there were 125 children between the ages of one and five in the programme nationwide and 10 more centres would be set up to house another 300 children.
Useful facilities: A wooden playhouse built for children at the centre.
“The centres will be in Johor, Malacca, Negri Sembilan, Perak, Kedah, Perlis, Kelantan, Terengganu, Sabah and Sarawak.
“Centres in Malacca, Johor, Kelantan, Terengganu and Perlis will be operational by end of this month while the rest will commence before April next year,” she added.
She reminded parents that Permata centres were established not to replace the roles and duties of parents as the close relationship fostered between a mother and child was critical in moulding the child’s personality and character.
In view of this, Permata made it compulsory for parents to participate in activities at the centres for at least an hour a week, she said.
Inviting: Interior view of the centre.
“To date, the response of parents has been good and I hope they will continue to show such support,” Rosmah said.
At the centres, the children were taught to eat and bathe on their own, share toys, sleep at certain hours and encouraged to speak up or tell stories, she added.
Parents must reciprocate by encouraging them to do the same at home and try not to feed them or reprimand them if they asked too many questions, she said.
Najib, in his speech, said the Government would consider increasing the number of Permata centres if the programme proved effective in meeting its objective of providing children's education during their first three years.
He said that only 1% of children aged up to three received education, which meant that Malaysians had a lot of catching up to do to facilitate the process that was essential in moulding children to become useful citizens.
The figure was very low compared to developed countries such as Britain where more than 20% of those under three obtained education, while in South Korea, 2005 statistics showed that 20% of children under three and 68% of those between three and six received education, he added.
Speaking to reporters later, Najib said between RM200,000 and RM300,000 was spent annually to run the centres, adding that the success of the programme was largely due to the quality of the teachers who were either diploma or degree holders in related fields.
The teacher-student ratio was one to five, he added.
Monday, November 5, 2007
Education important for a talented 2057 generation, says Najib
Education important for a talented 2057 generation, says Najib
[NATION 5-Nov-2007]
Malays must place emphasis on starting their children's education early to produce a talented “2057 generation” to steer the nation to greater achievements, Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said.
KUALA LUMPUR: Malays must place emphasis on starting their children's education early to produce a talented “2057 generation” to steer the nation to greater achievements, Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said.
Umno can contribute towards this goal through early childhood education because the present two- to four-year-olds will cross from 2020 and become the generation of 2057, he said.
“It's only when we become a developed race (that) we can be confident,” he said at the Third Malay Agenda Seminar: Malays 2057 – First Series: Politics at the Putra World Trade Centre here yesterday.
In advanced countries, two-year-olds, and sometimes even younger children, join planned education processes, he said.
“Perhaps their learning techniques are different. They focus on fun learning but, more importantly, they believe that the process to build a person must begin early,” he said.
To succeed, there must be the spirit, the strategy and priority and the building of a civilisation based on the Malay culture and Islam.
He said Malays were still expecting handouts and did not pay back study loans but if they want the nation to be developed then their mindset must change.
“No matter what nice plans we have, if the Malays don't have a noble culture it is not possible for us to rise in the world,” he said.
“We may want big houses, expensive cars, imported furniture, but the most important thing is to invest in education.”
In his speech, Najib said it was not easy predicting what might happen in 50 years. Before that, Malaysia will have to go through several challenges.
“We will be at a big crossroads in 2020 because what we do after that will be based on whether Malaysia is declared a developed nation and, even if it is, whether the Malays will be a developed race,” he said.
However, the Government's development plans were to make the Malays a developed race, he said.
Najib said that the Government is also hoping to create “Melayu glocal” – Malays who are globally successful, have great personalities and live their lives according to Islam Hadhari.
He also said the efforts to make Umno attractive to the young is important because members must always refresh Umno's image so that it is always seen as a dynamic party.
The establishing of Puteri and Pemuda Umno and Umno clubs overseas were examples of Umno reinventing itself, he said.
[NATION 5-Nov-2007]
Malays must place emphasis on starting their children's education early to produce a talented “2057 generation” to steer the nation to greater achievements, Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said.
KUALA LUMPUR: Malays must place emphasis on starting their children's education early to produce a talented “2057 generation” to steer the nation to greater achievements, Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said.
Umno can contribute towards this goal through early childhood education because the present two- to four-year-olds will cross from 2020 and become the generation of 2057, he said.
“It's only when we become a developed race (that) we can be confident,” he said at the Third Malay Agenda Seminar: Malays 2057 – First Series: Politics at the Putra World Trade Centre here yesterday.
In advanced countries, two-year-olds, and sometimes even younger children, join planned education processes, he said.
“Perhaps their learning techniques are different. They focus on fun learning but, more importantly, they believe that the process to build a person must begin early,” he said.
To succeed, there must be the spirit, the strategy and priority and the building of a civilisation based on the Malay culture and Islam.
He said Malays were still expecting handouts and did not pay back study loans but if they want the nation to be developed then their mindset must change.
“No matter what nice plans we have, if the Malays don't have a noble culture it is not possible for us to rise in the world,” he said.
“We may want big houses, expensive cars, imported furniture, but the most important thing is to invest in education.”
In his speech, Najib said it was not easy predicting what might happen in 50 years. Before that, Malaysia will have to go through several challenges.
“We will be at a big crossroads in 2020 because what we do after that will be based on whether Malaysia is declared a developed nation and, even if it is, whether the Malays will be a developed race,” he said.
However, the Government's development plans were to make the Malays a developed race, he said.
Najib said that the Government is also hoping to create “Melayu glocal” – Malays who are globally successful, have great personalities and live their lives according to Islam Hadhari.
He also said the efforts to make Umno attractive to the young is important because members must always refresh Umno's image so that it is always seen as a dynamic party.
The establishing of Puteri and Pemuda Umno and Umno clubs overseas were examples of Umno reinventing itself, he said.
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