Sunday, February 23, 2014

First Reflection : Effects of LINUS programme





LINUS stands for Literacy and Numeracy programme which act as the founder for these two learning skills in primary level. LINUS complement the third shift in education blueprint which aims to improve the students in literacy and numeracy skills. Without these two skills, it is quite hard for the students to compete in their career life soon in this developing modern world. Unlike previous efforts to address the numeracy and literacy problems, LINUS focuses on early intervention in the early primary years before the pupils enter Year Four.

There are few effects of the implementation for this programme:

1.     It is observed that the literacy and numeracy skills has improved. For example, the pupils who are in Year Three now recorded the average score of 99.5% in their screening test for numeracy skills. (Statistic from http://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2012/09/05/linus-programme-for-early-learning/)
2.     There is no difficulties for the learning disabilities such as dyslexia and others who need more attentions from the teachers.
3.     The teacher learned more pedagogical skills.
4.     The action of reducing the teacher-pupil ratio effectively enable the teachers to monitor the progress of each pupil.
5.     Some teachers find that the programme is quite burdening since there are many other tasks.



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