KUALA LUMPUR: The 53rd Teachers’ Day national-level celebration this 12 months will be held on the Sultan Ahmad Shah International Convention Centre (SASICC) in Kuantan, Pahang for 3 days from Tuesday (May 14).
Education director-general Azman Adnan stated the launch of this 12 months’s celebration, themed ‘Guru Jauhari Digital Aspirasi Negara Madani’, is predicted to be officiated by Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi.
Azman stated one of many aims of this 12 months’s Teachers’ Day celebration is to expose the general public to the significance of the position of lecturers in growing the nation’s youngsters for the nation’s progress.
“Secondly, we would like to impress upon mother and father, youngsters and the general public of the position performed by lecturers. Teachers are stated to be brokers of change in society.
“In addition, our goal by means of this celebration is to foster unity and goodwill amongst lecturers, in line with the National Philosophy of Education and what’s contained in Rukun Negara,” he stated.
He stated this as a visitor on eNM Radio’s ‘Temu Bual Radio’ programme entitled ‘Guru Jauhari Digital Aspirasi Negara Madani’ right now.
Elaborating, Azman stated that all through the three-day programme, varied actions, highlighting 5 clusters, would be carried out involving not simply the participation of lecturers and college students, but additionally mother and father and the neighborhood.
“The 5 clusters are bodily, mental, expertise, non secular and appreciation. For the appreciation cluster, the spotlight will be the presentation of the primary awards, specifically the Anugerah Tokoh Guru Kebangsaan (National Teacher) and Anugerah Tokoh Kepimpinan Pendidikan Kebangsaan (National Education Leadership),” he stated.
He added {that a} Special Education Award would be given to the excellent instructor for digital content material creation.
In a associated growth, Azman stated that below the Digital Education Policy launched on the finish of final 12 months, focus is given to the planning and implementing of digital-related initiative programmes aimed toward guaranteeing youngsters have satisfactory digital competency, in addition to adapting to a panorama that’s altering by means of digital expertise.
As such, he added, it was vital for lecturers to have a excessive degree of digital competency and grasp all points of digital-related information and abilities.
“That is why after we say ‘Guru Jauhari Digital’, it carries a connotation of a gaggle of lecturers expert in phrases of digital utilization and may combine digital points in their instructing and studying processes,” he stated.
