Industrial-based education

KOTA KINABALU: The State Education and Innovation Ministry plans to introduce industrial-based education curriculum for all levels from preschool up to public and private higher learning institutions in Sabah.

Minister Datuk Dr Yusof Yacob said this is in line with the aspiration and vision of Chief Minister Datuk Seri Mohd Shafie Apdal who want to turn Sabah into an industrialised state.

“All the education-related departments in Sabah will be mobilised immediately to work together to realise this effort.

“I also want to urge all State and private colleges as well as the public and private high education institutions in Sabah to do a review on all their curriculum for this year, so emphasis can be given on entrrepreneurship skill aspects among their students,” he said in a statement issued conjunction with his Ministry’s official visit to Singapore recently.

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Dr Yusof said the visit to Singapore was a follow up to Singapore Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean’s official visit to Sabah last year, with a purpose to explore and learn on the education model of the country for all levels from preschool up to higher learning institution.

“A memorandum of understanding (MoU) is scheduled to be sealed between the State Government and Singapore Education Ministry soon, as a result of the Ministry’s official visit,” he said.

Dr Yusof said the MoU is meant for both to collaborate in various identified fields, which include staff and student exchanges and teaching of research and innovation-based courses for both parties, which is expected can speed up the State Government effort to realise the Sabah vision to become an industrialised state.

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During the visit to Singapore, the delegation visited several primary and secondary schools, higher learning institutions and agencies there, like the Institute of Technical Education (ITE), National University of Singapore (NUS), and Singapore Education Ministry, as well as paid a courtesy visit on Singapore Education Minister, Ong Ye Kung.

Assistant Education and Innovation Minister, Jennifer Lasimbang, and two Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) senior lecturers, Professor Dr Fong Soon Fook (Director of e-Learning Centre) and Associate Professor Dr Mohd Zaki Ishak (Psychology and Education Faculty), representing the university’s Vice-Chancellor, Professor Datuk Dr D Kamarudin D Mudin, also took part in the trip.

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