What are my students lacking? Academic Low English literacy Low numeracy Soft skills Lack of critical thinking skills Lack of problem solving skills Aspirations Clueless about future career goals Many interested in STEM jobs but do not know where to start Perceptions Schools are not preparing them for jobs in the future School is not fun Computers = games and facebook

National Agenda NKEA to bring Malaysia to high- income nation ICT Market growth exceeds GDP growth Generates quaternary industry (K-economy) for the country

National Agenda Declining ICT graduates in the country

In fifteen years we’ll be teaching programming just like reading and writing. We’ll be looking back and wondering why we didn’t do it sooner. It would be wonderful if every kid wrote computer programs and understood how computers work. It would certainly make you a better thinker.

Project Vision English literacy Coding knowledge Numeracy skills Interest in STEM jobs Entrepreneurship Lifelong skills Computational thinking skills Confidence in dealing with complex problems Persistence to work through difficult problems Team work Achievement Affect Access

Field trips TS Incubator for start up Mini internship Fund-raising activities by the students Student hackathon TS Consulting Pitching practice Twice per week coding class that uses Exploring Computer Science (ECS)’s curriculum Holiday classes Intensives Project Summary

Main beneficiaries 30 students Priority given to form 2,3 and 4 Balance gender ratio

Timeline Preparation Making the necessary connection Recruiting students Preparing the curriculum Execution Execution of the curriculum Recruitment of volunteer teachers Enrichment Enrichment of the students' experience in the project Conclusion Sustainability and scaling up preparation National movement

Key Performance Index Program completion rate of 90% TS Consulting Completes at least 3 assignments TS Incubator Launch of 2 start ups

What we need: Volunteers to help tutor Mentors for students’ start up Guest speakers for INSPIRE series talk Laptops Microprocessors (Eg. Raspberry or Arduino) Robotics supplies (Eg. Lego Mindstorm EV3) Corporate sponsorship Corporate support

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