What is Malaysia’s Education Ministry trying to do?

The year 2020 has been a tumultuous one for educators. Hundreds of thousands of teachers across the globe had to get to grips with online platforms to deliver their lessons. Millions of students were stuck at home doing their lessons via websites like Zoom. The Education Ministry in Malaysia has rolled out a new initiative to help underprivileged children. Around 150,000 eligible pupils from 500 schools will receive a device to enable them to participate in online lessons. The Education Minister hopes to build on the success of this initial roll-out to expand the programme. He said; "Apart from assisting pupils and schools in need, this pilot project is to find the best implementation method before it is proposed for expansion. " The plans include enhancing educational television programming for students with no Internet access, and employing sign language interpreters to help the hard of hearing.