What are my students lacking?

Academic• Low

English literacy

• Low numeracy

Soft skills• Lack of

critical thinking skills

• Lack of problem solving skills

Aspirations• Clueless

about future career goals

• Many interested in STEM jobs but do not know where to start

Perceptions• Schools are

not preparing them for jobs in the future

• School is not fun

• Computers = games and facebook

National Agenda

2006 2008 20130

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

ICT Market in Malaysia

RM (‘

bill

ion)

• NKEA to bring Malaysia to high-income nation• ICT Market growth

exceeds GDP growth• Generates

quaternary industry (K-economy) for the country

National Agenda

2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 20110

20000

40000

60000

80000

100000

120000

140000

ICT students enrollment in tertiary institutions

Public University Private University TotalDeclining ICT graduates in the country

In fifteen years we’ll be teaching programming just like reading and writing. We’ll be looking back and wondering why we didn’t do it sooner.

It would be wonderful if every kid wrote computer programs and understood how computers work. It would certainly make you a better thinker.

Project Vision

• English literacy • Coding knowledge• Numeracy skills

• Interest in STEM jobs• Entrepreneurship• Lifelong skills

• Computational thinking skills• Confidence in dealing with complex problems• Persistence to work through difficult problems• Team work

Achievement

Affect

Access

• Field trips• TS Incubator for start up• Mini internship

• Fund-raising activities by the students• Student hackathon• TS Consulting• Pitching practice• Twice per week coding class that

uses Exploring Computer Science (ECS)’s curriculum

• Holiday classes• Intensives

Project Summary

Main beneficiaries

30 students

Priority given to form 2,3

and 4

Balance gender ratio

Timeline

Preparation• Making the necessary

connection• Recruiting students• Preparing the

curriculum

Execution• Execution of the

curriculum• Recruitment of

volunteer teachers

Enrichment• Enrichment of the

students' experience in the project

Conclusion• Sustainability and

scaling up preparation

National movement

Key Performance Index

Program completion rate of 90%

TS Consulting

Completes at least 3 assignments

TS Incubator Launch of 2 start ups

What we need:

• Volunteers to help tutor

• Mentors for students’ start up

• Guest speakers for INSPIRE series talk

• Laptops• Microprocessors

(Eg. Raspberry or Arduino)

• Robotics supplies (Eg. Lego Mindstorm EV3)

• Corporate sponsorship• Corporate support

Thank youDavid Chak

T : 6-017-6884105M:shanchun.chak2013@teachformalaysia.org)