my school, Sekolah Dato' Abdul Razak(in color)FULLY-RESIDENTIAL SCHOOLS
Sek. Tun Fatimah, Johor Baru
; Sek.Dato’ Abdul Razak, Seremban
; Malay College Kuala Kangsar
; Sek. Seri Puteri, Cyberjaya
; SM Sultan Abdul Halim, Jitra
; Tunku Khurshiah College, Seremban
; Kolej Islam Sultan Alam Shah, Klang
; SM Sains Tuanku Syed Putra, Perlis
; Sek. Sultan Alam Shah, Putrajaya
; SM Sains Muzaffar Syah, Malacca.
PUTRAJAYA: Twenty high performance schools – six primary, four secondary and
10 fully residential – will enjoy extra autonomy and an additional allocation to maintain their position as the nation’s top schools. Of the 10,000 national schools,
these 20 have the flexibility to determine the minimum teaching period of a subject, extend school hours and allow students to finish schooling a year earlier than the others. Education Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin, who named the
schools yesterday, said: “The high performance schools will be given extra autonomy to introduce innovation into their administration and to increase students’ productivity. They can make changes that are necessary for the schools to improve further.”
“Of course they will inform us because we would like to keep track of the changes and before any changes are executed, they have to hold thorough consultations with their staff, parents and parent teacher associations. “We want everyone to be involved. It is not just the decision of the principal per se. They have to sit down and make a proper evaluation if there’s a need to do whatever is important,” Muhyiddin, who is deputy prime minister, told a press conference. He said on top of the annual school budget, each high-performance school will get an extra budget, more than the RM500,000 now given to each cluster school. “We are working out the figure but it may be slightly less than a million (ringgit). It depends on the size of the school. This money will be given annually because they
have to sustain their position,” he said.
Muhyiddin said the ministry’s target was 30 more such schools next year and 50 in 2012. He said these are not elite schools which benefi t a small number of students. “Every school has an equal chance and can compete on a level playing field in order to be recognized as a high-performance school. Any school which
achieved the excellent target and meets all the criteria fixed will be recognised and enjoy the same perks and benefits.” The schools were selected based
on six criteria:
» Excellent academic achievement; » Outstanding personality students; » National and international awards; » Network with higher educational institutions; » Strong relationship with the community and local and international schools; and » Benchmark to other local and international schoolsp/s i'm proud of my school!! huhu
news taken from the sun online