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Innovative Management in Education: The Malaysian Smart School Management System 1

INNOVATIVE MANAGEMENT IN
EDUCATION

The Malaysian Perspective: The


Smart School Management
System
by
Dato’ Rashdi Ramlan
Deputy Director-General of Education
Ministry of Education, Malaysia

Minstry of Education, Malaysia


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Outline
Introduction

Aim and Components of the Smart


School Management System (SSMS)

Feedback on Implementation of SSMS

Challenges and Recommendations

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K-economy

Globalisation Productive, highly


skilled workforce

Developed
Nation
2020
Investment
in ICT
Liberalisation
Education
Reforms

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Pilot Phase
(1999-2002)
87 schools

4 ‘A’ schools – 400


pcs
By 2010
83 ‘B’ schools – 40
pcs
All schools
There are a total of 9400 schools
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Changing School Management


practices into one that is
IT-enabled Smart School
Management
Present
System (SSMS)
System

Standalone Manual

Management
and
Administration Business Process
Reengineering
Third party In house
software software

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Model Presented to Company Building the SSMS


Security School
Technology
Governance

Financial Student
Management Affairs
Smart School
Management
System
Human
Resources Educational
Resources
External
Facilities Resources
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People Delineation of People and Functions Functions


Project Advisor
Principal/Headteacher Attendance: Staff, Student
Warden
Senior Assistant for Staff Management
Administration Chief Warden
Staff Appraisal
Senior Assistant Hostel
Student Affairs Supervisor Web Applications: School
Records, Data Centre
Panel Head Student Timetabling
IT Supervisor Co-curricular Management
Exam Secretary
Co-Curriculum Coordinator Teacher Hostel Management

Discipline Teacher School Teacher Curriculum Management


Placement Officer
Counsellor Student Profile
Librarian Academic
Library Management
Library Advisor Non Academic
Lesson Planning
Clerk Guard
Facilities Supervisor Tests Management
State Teacher
Course Committee Member Placement Officer School Profile
Project Committee Member State Staff Financial Management
Deployment Officer
Facilities Maintenance
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16 10 4 Non
15 Facilities Supervisor Clerk Academic
IT Supervisor Librarian19

The Cornea Concept


Project Advisor 3
State Teacher Placement Officer
21 Course Committee 22
Member 8 Counsellor

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16 10 4
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ademic
Senior Assistant for 8
3

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Co-Curriculum

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Senio
20 Principle/Headmaster 11
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State
Headmaster
Staff
Se Alloca

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Af nio tion O
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5 25
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1 Student Affairs
Chief Warden 14 2

A - Administrative purposes
Hostel 18
Supervisor 25
5 Student
Teacher 6
14 24 Guard
1
Discipline School
2
Teacher Placement Project Committee Academic
Officer Member
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Non
The all-seeing eye 15 Clerk Academic
16 10 4
Facilities Supervisor
Project Advisor 3 IT Supervisor 19 Librarian
State Teacher Placement
21 Course Committee 22 Officer

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Member 8 Counsellor

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Off
16 10 4

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for Administration 17

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Principal/
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Principle/Headmaster
Senio
20 20 11
State Headmaster
Librar
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Staff
Ward
Se Alloca
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Chie Af io n fficer
fW fa r A
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Chief Warden 14 2

Hostel 18
Supervisor 5 25 Student

Teacher 6
14 24 Guard
Discipline School 2 1
Teacher Placement Project Committee Academic
Officer Member
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Each individual’s roles and functions mesh into a


seamless integrated management system
Made possible by ease of
communications and data base
Smart School
Management
Smart School System (SSMS)
Management
System

Teacher Students

Management
and Integration of
Administration functions and
processes
Parents Data Centre

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Smart School Examples of Applications


Management
System
Challenge
Smart School
Staff record Solution
Human
keeping tedious cess Staff records in
Resources P ro
sin ess data base for
Bu
ine ering
g
Re e n easy retrieval
and reference
Educational
Resources
Challenge Smart School
ro c ess Solution
Tedious to siness P
Bu e e ring Workflow in
n
review teachers’ Reengi place for
planning for submission and
week retrieval of
lesson plans

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Smart School Examples of Applications


Management
System
Smart School
Challenge Solution
es s Process
Educational Busin ring Enables sharing
Teachers g in ee
Resources Re e n of lesson plans
prepare own
and reuse of
lesson plans –
previous lesson
time-consuming
plans
1592 titles learning courseware for 4 subjects
accessible to students and teachers

Financial
Smart School
Challenge
Management es s Process Solution
Busin ring
g in ee Central fee
Fee collection Re e n
tedious and collection; easy
time-consuming monitoring

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Problems integrating
Problems integrating
Breakdown of
Breakdown of
with existing
with existing computer
computer
electricity supply
electricity supply
systems
systems

Site readiness
Site readiness Lack
Lack of
of
technical
technical staff
staff
to
to supervise
supervise
High cost
High cost Feedback network
network

Mismatch between
Mismatch between
Readiness of
Readiness of smart learning
smart learning and
and
main players
main players examinations
examinations
Transfer of
Transfer of
Large classes
Large classes teachers
teachers
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Challenges and Recommendations

• Extension of the Smart School


Concept
• Ongoing training and retraining of
teachers
• Malaysian Grid for Learning for
materials and networking
• Need for broad bandwidth

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