KUALA LUMPUR: Some 42 per cent or 2.1 million students are actively using Malaysia's Digital Education Learning Initiative (DELIMa) last year, the Dewan Rakyat was told.

Deputy Education Minister Wong Kah Woh said the free initiative contains various services, applications and content that are continuously improved in accordance with the latest technological developments.

"The educational resources in DELIMa provide a variety of learning materials that are interactive and fun and can expand students' opportunities to learn and increase motivation, performance and potential that can develop their talents comprehensively," he said.

He said this when replying a question by Mohd Sany Hamzan (PH-Hulu Langat) who wanted to know what the Education Ministry's (MoE) action is to empower digital learning with free and open access in preparation for the virtual knowledge explosion.

In addition, Wong said MoE also organises TV Pusat Sumber Pendidikan (TV PSS) activities and competitions at state and national levels to train students to operate the school's digital television channel to produce programmes including covering school activities, writing scripts, acting as hosts and production crew.

"Through this activity, students can implement student-centered learning, think critically, creatively and innovatively while fully applying the characteristics of digitally savvy students," he said.

He said in order to empower technology-based teaching and learning (PdP), Wong said the MoE provides Internet broadband access with a speed of 30Mbps to 300Mbps in all schools under the Education Ministry, be it in urban or rural areas.

In terms of technology, 48 per cent of schools are equipped with fiber optic lines, 46 per cent of schools are equipped with 4G wireless broadband lines while six per cent of schools are equipped with satellite lines.

"Apart from that MoE has also set up a special task force for Digital Education to intensify and strengthen the implementation of the Digital Education Policy (DPD) to ensure that the digital technology culture ecosystem in PdP is available in an effort to produce a digitally literate generation.

"The MoE is committed to empowering the quality of delivery of education services based on digital technology in line with the rapid development of global technology in an effort to produce knowledgeable, ethical and competitive human capital," he said. - Bernama

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