KUALA LUMPUR: To address the challenges faced by students, Yayasan TM (YTM) in collaboration with Teach for Malaysia, a not-for-profit advocate for education and Enuma Inc, a global company focused on digital learning programmes, will be bringing the Enuma School digital learning application to Malaysia.
The Enuma School has been commercially successful in the B2C markets in the US, Korea, Japan, China and Indonesia. Its Kitkit School programme has been used in over 50 countries through schools serving children in under-resourced environments.
In this collaboration, YTM is sponsoring the field test of the localised version of the app, which will be known as Sekolah Enuma Malaysia, to 600 students in various communities in Sarawak, Sabah and Kuala Lumpur.
Commenting on this project, Yayasan TM director, Izlyn Ramli said that the collaboration is a natural extension of the foundation's existing strong support for the education ecosystem especially in promoting digital learning among pre- and primary school students.
"It is aligned with Telekom Malaysia Berhad's aspiration to enable Digital Malaysia while supporting the government's agenda in digital education transformation. This offline, game-based digital application will encourage and ease the learning of Bahasa Malaysia, English and Mathematics in a fun and interactive learning process," she said at the Sekolah Enuma Malaysia virtual launch event held recently.
All learning activities in Sekolah Enuma Malaysia are carefully and meticulously mapped to specific learning objectives and support individualised learning paths depending on the current level of each student, so students can learn by themselves. This platform will greatly complement the current home-based teaching and learning (PdPR).
The Sekolah Enuma field test began on March 28, 2022 involving 600 students aged five to eight years old. The majority of the students come from the B40 communities around Kuala Lumpur, indigenous communities in Sarawak and stateless communities in Sabah.
Meanwhile, Chan Soon Seng said that Teach For Malaysia is thrilled to work with YTM and Enuma to address the learning challenges faced by students, including those from underserved communities with limited access to internet, devices and appropriate learning materials.
"We hope Sekolah Enuma will significantly help to close the equity gap in learning across all segments of society and increase each student's learning outcomes to meet the Education Ministry's goal for full basic literacy and numeracy by standard three," said Chan.
Learning with the Sekolah Enuma app will facilitate and individualise the learning path for each student through in-app placement tests and check-in quizzes, so students learn at a level and pace that is just right for them. They learn through playing child-friendly games developed by seasoned designers which make learning fun, engaging, and self-directed. The app enables each student to learn independently and be the driver of their own learning journey.
The standardised content, developed by global and local education experts, is aligned with the Malaysian education curriculum. Accompanying the app is a web-based Learning Management System (LMS) that allows teachers and administrators to manage and track the performance and progress of the students using the app.
"Our app contains thousands of learning activities, dozens of games, hundreds of child-friendly e-books and videos. Many are tailor-made based on Malaysian culture and values. It works on Android tablets and smartphones and does not require an internet connection once the app is downloaded," said Enuma's Sooinn Lee, adding that it is particularly suitable to be used in remote locations and communities where there is a shortage of trained teachers as well as limited internet connectivity.
Corporate partners and foundations keen to support the second phase of Sekolah Enuma, which is expected to be launched in Quarter Four of 2022, are encouraged to contact Yayasan TM, Teach For Malaysia, or Enuma. Schools and communities interested in participating in this next phase are also encouraged to do the same.
More information on Sekolah Enuma Malaysia is available at www.sekolahenuma.com