Articles

GTP 2.0 continues to improve Malaysian education system

Published by SchoolAdvisor | Mar 20, 2013

Following the successful execution of the first phase, the Government Transformation Programme (GTP) is moving into the second stage.GTP 2.0 targets for the education sector include:

• reduce urban-rural achievement gaps by 25%
• scoring international average in Programme for International Student Assessment (Pisa) and Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMMS)
• achieve 92% and 10% enrolment respectively in pre-schools and childcare centres
• implement literacy and numeracy screenings (LINUS) programme 2.0

Under the GTP's National Key Result Area (NKRA), the government, together with the private sector, has set up 6,642 new pre-schools over a three-year period ended 2012.

GTP 2.0 will run from 2013 until 2015.