The challenges of going digital.
Radzi said the Education Ministry has asked teachers to consider the constraints faced by parents and students to adapt to e-learning during MCO. — Bernama
Alex, who teaches maths, science and physics at SMK Bakong Miri in Sarawak, said the school is about an hour away from town. “In the rural areas, there are students whose parents are happy to get them new smartphones but there is no access to a stable Internet connection,” he said. Another teacher, Mohd Azuwan Samsulazli, is using services like WhatsApp and Microsoft Teams to teach students from SMK Merotai Besar in Tawau, Sabah, now that he is back in Selangor.
And the teachers have hit another speed bump – Internet data allowance given by telcos throughout MCO is not enough as the students are expected to participate in more than one streaming session a day. Nabihah Hashim is also in the same boat and is finding it difficult to conduct after-school coding programmes for girls in Penang.
Rodzi is frustrated over the lack of stable connectivity in his area, as this is preventing him from teaching his students in SK Pauh Jaya in Penang who do not have any issues with their Internet access. “There are students who don’t have access to high-speed Internet or stable connection. As an example, they may end up taking a long time just to load one webpage.”
“I work with mostly people living in low- cost flats. There are parents with a number of children in small spaces,” he said, adding that when a child is unable to understand a lesson, the parents feel exasperated if they are unable to assist. “I understand that some students have to help their parents who have farms to manage or they will only get to use the phone at a later time. I often advise them to take their time. Most of them will be able to complete the homework during weekends.”
In the meantime, he hopes that telcos would consider offering students even more data during this time. The Education Ministry has announced examinations like UPSR for Standard Six students and PT3 for students in Form Three have been cancelled for this year while SPM has been postponed to the first quarter of 2021.
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