‘UP CLOSE & PERSONAL’ WITH PANDAI CO-FOUNDERS!

It has been over two years now since the Pandai app’s inception in 2020, and close to 500,000 Malaysian students impacted thus far by our learning app. In line with the Pandai app’s third anniversary recently, we interviewed our co-founders – Khairul Anwar, Chief Executive Officer; Suhaimi Ramly, Chief Operations Officer and Akmal Akhpah, Chief Technology Officer – to understand their journey in coming together to help students get better grades in school. Read on to find out more about it!

The three of you co-founded Pandai.org in January 2020. Briefly, tell us a bit about yourself.

Khairul:

Hi everyone! I’m Khairul Anwar, and I’m the Chief Executive Officer of Pandai.org. As the lead and face of Pandai.org, I keep my team aligned with our mission to transform the learning space with technology. To realise our mission, I hire the right talent in line with our sense of purpose to help students get better grades in school. I’m excited to share that our team now comprised forward-looking individuals who are strong believers in our vision to equip today’s young minds for tomorrow.

On top of these, I oversee our external stakeholders’ collaboration and investment with us. I graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Engineering & Economics from Purdue University in 2005 and landed my first job as an engineer with Motorola as a ‘Research & Development Engineer’.

As I’ve always been involved in many business ventures since my university years, I then completed my MBA in Marketing in 2011. I am a Sagittarius and I consider myself a tech geek. My interests include building businesses and getting to know people. Whenever I’m not busy, I enjoy playing futsal with my friends and spending quality time with my family.

Suhaimi:

I’m Suhaimi, and I’m Pandai.org’s, Chief Operations Officer. Before anything else, I must admit that I’m a proud nerd. I spent my schooling years learning about advanced Maths. My love for Maths led me to complete my bachelor’s degree in it from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (or in short, MIT) in 2005. Surprisingly, I love writing and I minored in one at MIT.

I also started blogging since then. My four years at MIT were an eye-opener for me as I was surrounded by many geniuses from across the world. As an avid reader, my reading interests can be just about anything that I came across. For example, I recalled buying a book about pottery in Japan and becoming immersed in it. I enjoy collecting books so much that I even had my library at home together with wheeled ladders to fetch them. Khairul would always joke that my home library is akin to Hogwart’s library from the Harry Potter movies.

At Pandai.org, I’m responsible to oversee the learning journey of our users and designing personalised education content to help children realise their full potential. Coming from a working-class family that prioritises education, I am humbled to work with Pandai.org to give back to the community and our nation.

Akmal:

Now that you’ve heard from Khairul and Suhaimi. Let me tell you a bit about myself. I’m Akmal and I serve as the Chief Technology Officer for Pandai.org. My love for tech started when my parents bought me a computer when I was eleven, which led to my early exposure to coding.

Like Khairul and Suhaimi, I’m also a tech geek and a proud nerd. However, I’m not your normal nerd. I love arts first, and my second love is coding or IT. I graduated with a bachelor’s degree in computer science at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in New York in 2005, before completing my master’s in software engineering at University Teknologi Mara in 2011. Since 2007, I’ve co-founded several tech companies to improve government and public sector services and provide high-quality education to children. I am an OKR enthusiast and an entrepreneur by heart.

I am passionate about solving real-life problems with tech and enabling students to thrive academically with it. As a seasoned programmer, I oversee Pandai.org’s UI/UX design since our platform is relatively cloud-based. I also work closely with our digital and creative team. All in all, the three of us are childhood friends and had known each other for more than 20 years. Our varied backgrounds complement each other well in our respective areas.

All of you were batchmates in MRSM Jasin. How did your early MRSM days inspire all of you to come together for Pandai.org?

Khairul:

We were fortunate that our paths crossed in 1998 during our secondary schooling years at MRSM Tun Ghafar Baba in Jasin, Malacca, one of the top schools in Malaysia today. With its huge school compound, students were segregated by 16 classes per batch, studied different subjects and stayed in segregated dorms. MRSM Tun Ghafar Baba’s motto has always been ‘we strive for infinite excellence’, and it has developed our outlook to pursue everything we do with great excellence.

After our high school days, we parted ways and pursued our dreams overseas and later became busy climbing the corporate ladder. I think it was fated that one of our batchmates organised a reunion at an Indian restaurant in Kuala Lumpur, and the three of us were eventually reunited.

We were amazed to know that each one of us had side gigs in the field of education. It felt like the stars were all aligned for us from there on. After numerous meetings and toying with the idea to go all out in our side gigs, we did something that would be considered insane back then (and till now).

If you’re wondering if we eventually resigned from our stable-paying jobs, then you got it right! It was rather a risky move, and I would not recommend others to follow in our footsteps in pursuing their startup ideas. Despite our risky move, we’re glad that we boldly took it and we’ve gone a long way since our early MRSM days. If you’re eager to find out how our MRSM days led to the catalyst that inspired us to venture into businesses related to education, my co-founder Suhaimi will tell you more about it.

Suhaimi:

Just to add to what Khairul shared earlier, I was blessed to be the beneficiary of a good school throughout my secondary years 24 years ago. MRSM’s education system was indeed top-notch, and our teachers were crème de la crème who are experts in their fields.

When I became a father, I realised that proper education is the only way children can change their life for the better and break the vicious poverty cycle – if they are inevitably shackled in one. I’m blessed that MRSM had opened many doors for me in life. At 16, I represented Malaysia in the Mathematics championship and many other competitions thanks to MRSM’s great support system.

On top of these, MRSM Tun Ghafar Baba’s library was my go-to place and I think I spent most of my time there. I guess I was showing so much eagerness in academics and extra co-curricular activities back then, I was elected as the Head, Boy there to represent my entire batch. I must admit that my strong inclination and performance in academics since young is proof that students can thrive if placed in an ideal learning environment that exponentially nurtures their growth.

Simply said, MRSM Tun Ghafar Baba was a great example of one, and since my teenage years, I’ve always wondered how much other students can benefit from a great education ecosystem – just as I did there. We strongly believe that our MRSM days were life-changing, and we want to emulate the same effect to inspire our youths to love learning and excel in their studies with the Pandai app.

Akmal:

I must agree with what Suhaimi said about MRSM Tun Ghafar Baba being an ideal learning environment for us regardless of the different streams we pursued back then. The teachers there demonstrated great compassion and character – which was the reason why most of us excelled not only in academics but also character-building since young.

We also learnt about the importance of upholding great values in life since we were very young, and why we must apply strong critical skills in our growth journey. Best of all, MRSM Tun Ghafar Baba had all the right support systems and materials for us to pursue knowledge in our area of interest. Most of the teachers there studied abroad and had extensive teaching experience in their repertoire. It would be impossible for you to go to class and not feel inspired by them.

I mean, more than just teaching us how to excel in our studies, they also helped us understand why the knowledge was essential for us, and how we can apply it effectively. Recalling all the fond secondary schooling memories at MRSM, we’re indeed thankful that our paths crossed there over two decades ago – and we were able to fully harness its optimal learning ecosystem.

How did your experience with Ardent Edu as your previous edutech lead to the foundation of Pandai.org?

Khairul:

When we left our jobs, we wasted no time registering Arden Corporation which includes four subsidiaries – Arden Technology Sdn Bhd, Arden Consultation Sdn Bhd & Arden Marketing Solution Sdn Bhd. Okay, this part, I must admit, is a bit crazy. We skipped the process of registering our company as an enterprise – which is a sensible entrepreneurship step. Metaphorically speaking, it was like skipping the pool and jumping right into the ocean upon learning how to swim.

We had no substantive offerings (be it products or services) at that time. With Arden Education & Consultancy, we sold gamified learning programmes related to Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (or in short, STEM). Till today, Arden Edu is still up and running and we continue to manage it well as part of our ventures, on top of what we do here at Pandai.org.

Compared to our Pandai app, Arden Edu is non-tech and focuses on fundamental teaching methods. Also, it has always been customised to the rather elite student segments since its early years. Despite Arden Edu’s business performing well back then, we felt the need to make our learning offerings inclusive to all student segments – despite them being elite students or not. Doing so was key for us to help change our students’ lives for the better, regardless of whether they are rich or poor.

This is how our Pandai app became Arden Edu’s extension and aimed to make education fun, personalised and best suited for all student types – rather than it being a one-fit-all learning solution.

Suhaimi:

Since Ardent Edu’s inception in 2007, I continue to serve (till now) as its Managing Director. I recalled back then we went on various tours and roadshows at schools nationwide and organised national competitions in STEM. It was exhausting but we found joy in doing so as it enabled us to better understand how students react to our learning modules and it helps to enhance our legitimacy as a trusted name in education startups.

Back then, I have always focused on education content creation, and trained others to run competitions to foster a healthy competition mindset among students. It was just the three of us running Arden Edu from the ground up, every day, and we only hired our first staff, Izzati three years later. Till today, Izzati is still with Arden Edu and she is currently a part of our team.

After 10 years of driving Arden Edu’s growth, we finally a great synergy in what we call the ‘X-Factor’ of education mixed with the ‘Y-Factor’ of tech. In a nutshell, Pandai.org is not an accidental idea. It is a logical culmination of our work at ArdentEdu for the past 15 years, as well as my work in the mathematical education community.

Akmal:

I have a slightly similar story with other partners. I led Arden Technologies and I recalled providing website-building services for just 500 ringgits! We went door-to-door to get buy-ins by printing pamphlets to promote our website-building offerings. Some of this humbled episode of our journey includes building tech for diverse folks – from small to big-scale businesses across government agencies, and various corporations.

Simply said, we went where the money goes to grow our business – just like any other start-up out there. Also, in that very first year upon founding Arden Edu, we achieved a breakthrough success! We were approached by a state government to conduct a state-wide STEM development programme, focusing on top schools and top state students. We quickly assembled a team and closed a deal worth half a million ringgit with the state government.

This was a large sum of money for us back then. We were three 25 years old chaps who have just founded a new company, with a tiny office (more like a broom closet), with little-to-no savings at all. To close a deal this size in our first year was something we would consider divine intervention. Whenever we recalled how much we’d grown with Arden, we stopped second-guessing our decisions to resign from our corporate jobs to pursue our true calling to become education entrepreneurs.

What are some existing pain points that the Pandai app is trying to solve for its target audience and help improve the country’s education system?

Khairul:

Although I feel that our education system is moving in the right direction, we still have a lot more work to do – especially in empowering teachers as its key players. We need to invest more in teachers’ upskilling and reskilling to fit today’s increasingly digitalised world and to accelerate their readiness in unpacking the curriculum for their students. I believe our teachers can do this at a large scale, but there needs to be strong emphasis or an ambitious programme that innovates the way teachers teach. Training teachers traditionally won’t cut it anymore.

After all, our teachers are the backbone of society. They are role models to our children, offer guidance and dedication and unlock our youth’s potential with education. Because of great teachers in the past too, our countries were able to further develop socially and economically and develop great life-changing leaders! Therefore, we want to help improve the status quo for our teachers with our Pandai app.

Simply said, we want them to teach easier and enjoy better engagements with their students. For example, with our app’s question bank, exam generator and class dashboard features for teachers, teachers too can benefit from increasing their students’ attention, curiosity, and optimism by engaging students the ‘Pandai’ way. If you’re keen to find out more about how our teachers have benefitted from our app, head over to our website, and check out reviews from hundreds of our teachers’ user experiences.

Suhaimi:

While Khairul shared on teachers as our education system’s key players, I’d like to touch on how students learn and our efforts to improve the status quo for them too. Imagine this, when students received their school report cards back then, the report would have little-to-no clear indications of how they can improve. Also, in the conventional education system, teachers are usually overwhelmed in teaching a large class which restricts them from giving personalised learning interventions.

Coupled with the reality that students nowadays are digitally immersed, we can understand why they may easily get disengaged while studying. After all, they are growing up in a digital world filled with distractions or noises. Let’s face it, it is not uncommon for kids nowadays to have tons of screen time. In this regard, we need to find the right balance between capturing their interest to learn and making the process fun, easy and enjoyable.

With our app, we work hard to change our students’ learning journey for the better through our three pillars of ‘learn’, ‘practice’ and ‘progress’. To ensure our students have fun and ‘learn’, we have features such as live tuitions, live help, flashcards, videos, quick notes and interactive experiments.

Meanwhile, to ensure that our students ‘practise’ well, we introduced features such as quizzes & games, topical tests, term exams, automatic answers, step-by-step solutions, and detailed answers. Lastly, we want them to be gung-ho about their ‘progress’ through our features such as score card, report card, detailed analysis, leader board, badges and daily goals.

Akmal:

Personally, this topic feels close to home for me. I’m a father with two kids myself. Most parents out there are eager to be involved with their children’s learning process, and I’m one of them. It’s honestly tough to connect with our kids when what we learnt back then is so much different than what they learn today. At certain times, it can be overwhelming.

Also, just like what Suhaimi said, they are growing up in a vastly different world now. We have also seen first-hand how the COVID-19 pandemic and the subsequent school closures led to parents assuming full-time roles of educating their children and supporting them to learn virtually. With all these problem statements in mind, we conceptualised Pandai to give the best education solution to our kids so that parents, like us, can also be part of the process and become a strong support system.

This is why parents are our third key player that we continue to emphasise as part of our overall student learning journey from our app. Our mantra for parents is that “supporting your child to succeed in school should not be overwhelming when you do it the ‘Pandai’ way”.

To ensure that parents are well-equipped in this space, we introduced features that enabled them to have access to their children’s dashboards and get regular notifications on their children’s progress. Best of all, with our ‘multiple children’ feature, parents can have visibility of multiple children’s accounts, and experience personalised reporting of how each child is progressing with our app.

In a nutshell, how can the country’s education ecosystem benefit from the Pandai app?

Khairul:

Let’s start first by covering briefly our app’s quality learning content that aligns with our country’s national curriculum from the Ministry of Education. We create the module by topics and sub-topics and we even include an additional section on comprehension level for our learning module. On top of these, our app has Artificial Intelligence-generated learning, with detailed explanations to assist struggling students to understand specific questions of interest.

On another note, our personalised learning is more than just a buzzword. It means that we ensure our student’s learning journey is based on individual capabilities and progress. As we were students once, we reflected on our experience while studying, especially how all of us responded differently to education. When we design our students’ learning journey or roadmap, we know by heart that personalisation is the game-changing element for our students to excel and thrive.

Some examples of our personalised learning features for our student users include ‘live tuition’ where they can learn real-time from experienced tutors and ‘live help’ where they can chat with our tutors to help them with homework. To ensure quality content and personalised learning, our many content team members work around the clock to deliver to ensure that our users enjoy the most value for every ringgit spent on our app.

Suhaimi:

I know I’ve mentioned it just now, but I’d like to add more to the significance of our detailed report card feature. Before that, let’s reflect on why the report card is an important learning tool and must be used rightly. A report card is usually the parameter of how one performs, based on prescribed grade levels.

With our detailed report card feature, we ensure that our reports are not just simple scorings of how our users perform. In contrast, we go above and beyond to identify areas of improvement for our students. This includes a detailed analysis of our student’s strengths and weaknesses for their selected topics.

Just like how children felt emotionally connected to their video game characters upon seeing reports of how their characters progress, we want them to have the same emotional connection with their real-life learning experience in our app.

On another note, our topical test ensures that our student users’ knowledge is tested on specific topics till they gradually achieve mastery. Meanwhile, our topical exams prepare them for the real exam with time-based summative assessments.

Akmal:

As Khairul and Suhaimi have both shared a lot about our app’s value propositions, I’ll briefly touch on our gamified quiz. Our gamified quiz encourages our students to practise by answering quizzes and challenging themselves to beat their scores. This is a feature that makes our app stands out and attractive to our student users and it is essential!

After all, gamification in learning is a positive addiction that promotes knowledge retention. For example, when our brain wants to reward us, it releases dopamine into our bodies, so when we win a game or achieve something important to us, we feel good. This is the ‘feel-good feeling’ we want to create for our students when learning with our app. We want it to be a rewarding experience for them! Oh, speaking about rewards, here’s a fun fact for you!

Our in-app “gamified” learning also includes features such as avatars, leaderboards, and coins which are redeemable with real-life video game vouchers such as Roblox! On top of these, we also cater to our students who want to prepare for competitions. With our in-app’s tutors that are experts in their fields, we continue to increase our students’ readiness for their competitions and enrich their overall learning experience.

Just like how Suhaimi excelled and proudly represented our country during his MRSM Tun Ghafar Baba days, we want to create the same effect by providing a great support system for competitions in our app.

When the Pandai app was created in January 2020, it only has less than 500 registered students. Less than two years later (now), you have 400,000+ registered students. What led to the Pandai app’s rapid growth?

 Khairul:

To be frank, we’re blessed that our Pandai app was started on the right footing – right before the pandemic hits. If you could recall during the pandemic, thousands of students were forced to stay at home, and this was an unprecedented disruption for our schools. Coupled with the varying government movement restrictions imposed and the closure of schools, I think our key players (our students, teachers and parents) naturally gravitated towards an online learning platform like ours. Also, in the thick of the pandemic, schools encourage virtual learning from home or what we would call PDPR in Malaysia.

We realised then that our key players need an alternative platform that is practical to increase knowledge based on the national curriculum yet interactive to ensure learning continuity. The pandemic has brought with it a strong need for accelerating digital readiness among organisations and our schools. Learning and digital integration are no longer optional, it is a must. This is how our app stood up and became the online learning solution that everyone needs to thrive.

Yes, our Pandai app has helped close to 500,000 Malaysian students to-date practise and complete over 1 million questions since January 2020. However, we won’t rest on our laurels just yet. We will remain steadfast to continue being the positive disruptor in education for our communities, promoting innovative reform in how digitalised learning becomes the new normal for all of us.

Suhaimi:

Just to add to what Khairul said on how we started on the right footing during the pandemic, we designed our app’s offering back then to best suit students from all backgrounds. To get the buy-in of the online learning market, we offered the app for free to users in our first year. This led to a few hundred users signing up for it and there’s no trial period for this free version. Usually, if you go to the app store, you’ll see that users will enjoy a free version for up to a month or sometimes, an even shorter period of 14 days.

However, we don’t want to just profit blindly from our users, and get all of them to pay up, especially in 2020 when everyone was just learning how to cope with the pandemic. We wanted them to understand that we are here because we genuinely care about their user experience and learning takeaways when using our app. It was the right thing to do for us. Only after our first year, we offered more extensive content to suit students’ personalised learning needs – with our premium lite version at RM30 monthly and our premium version at RM96 monthly.

Despite transitioning into a paid-for version of our app, we still retain our basic version of the app for free to help underserved students and give back to our communities. In our free basic version of the app, we still have all high-quality education features, ten levels of quizzes and a report card summary of how students perform.

Akmal:

Our Pandai app became a big hit with our users because our learning content is well aligned with our national education curriculum. We worked very closely with the State Education Department and the Ministry of Education to ensure that our tools are relevant and aligned for our users’ benefits. On top of these, our users are also aligned and bought-in into our social impact philosophy that education is for all.

We believe in democratising learning to ensure that every Malaysian child gets access to quality education. We are committed to empowering children in the most remote area and underserved communities through our tech-driven learning programmes. We live in exciting times where digital enablers give us the chance to make education inclusive, regardless of a children’s geography, cultural frameworks or readiness to infrastructures like schools and transport.

Education will drive social improvement, especially among the young – which is why we work hard to deliver learning opportunities to children regardless of where there are. Just to share with you how rural schools and their students are benefitting from our app, we had a rural school coming on top in our school leaderboard last year. This was indeed a great revelation for us, and we know that we are gradually moving in the right steps to make education empowering with its life-changing benefits for all our users.

What are some challenges that Pandai hopes to overcome to ensure more Malaysian teachers and students can benefit from it?

Khairul:

There are various key challenges for us in Pandai in terms of marketing our digital learning solutions to the masses. Firstly, is the issue of device unavailability and low internet coverage that affects our students from getting the most out of our app.

This is a fundamental issue that affects most students’ acceptance and transition into online-based learning even today, especially those staying in rural areas. We remembered when schools or learning institutions were coping with the pandemic while ensuring learning continuity, there were some cases where students were left out or even had to go to extreme measures of climbing trees for a stable network to undergo examinations.

As we strive to make our app beneficial for all types of students with our digitalised learning solutions, we went above and beyond to ensure that students with a lack of internet access can still learn. With these in mind, we came out with an offline version of the app for our users to download its many learning features from wherever they can and use them to continue learning at home – if they don’t have access to the Internet.

On top of these, we are also actively collaborating with foundations or corporations that are willing to sponsor or subsidise tablets to our users, especially to the types of students who need them the most.

Suhaimi:

With our Pandai app, we want to be the positive disruptor that enables the education system to use gamification as a prominent part of learning. There are so many benefits of gamification that our communities, especially the masses, are not aware of. It is an innovative concept that is used widely in higher learning institutions, and some organisations that I know too are looking to gamify their employee upskilling experience.

Learning through gamification allows learners to see the real-world applications and benefits of the subject matter. They are also able to get a first-hand look at how their choices within the game result in consequences or rewards.

Regardless of your audience or subject matter, learning through gamification can help you to create exciting, educational, and entertaining content. It’s not meant to turn learning into a game per se, but it does contribute immensely to the users’ psychology that drives engagement and fulfilment.

With this in mind, we made significant improvements to personalisation in our gamification section. This is to identify the students’ capability in pinpointing the challenges and motivate them through heightened excitement while learning! Hopefully, with us pushing hard with gamified learning experience with our app, it will inspire more players in the digital space learning ecosystem and our education system will also benefit from it.

Akmal:

Just to probe further on to what Khairul said earlier about enhancing device readiness for our users to use Pandai to its full potential, our tech team work hard to ensure that our app can work across different platforms, be it desktop, and across android as well as apple mobile devices.

Not only that, but during our user acceptance testing process, we realise that some of our users might have low Internet bandwidth. They might not have home WiFi and rely on their postpaid data to access our app – or they could be in a location with a lack of internet coverage. Also, we understand that sometimes our users might come from underserved families that do not own many devices, as there are cases where students had to use only one phone to use our app.

To ensure seamlessness among our students’ and parents’ experience when using our app, we also enable interchangeability between both users’ accounts on our app. That way, we don’t leave anyone behind, and we fully harness our team’s tech capabilities to deliver next-level learning solutions for all types of users. Best of all, our tech team are always gung-ho about our app’s user interface and user experience, as we want to reduce clutter and make our students learning experience simplified and engaging.

Can you share a bit about the major initiatives that Pandai is working on or any of its recent milestones?

Khairul:

I’m humbled and proud to share that our Pandai app has received many noteworthy recognitions as well as awards and achieved many milestones. Statistically, 92% of our users have observed academic performance after using our Pandai app for two months.

As a testament that our students love to use Pandai, we’re pleased to share that we have 1 million questions completed by them monthly and they spent an average of 57 minutes on our app daily. Since the Pandai app’s inception in January 2020, it has had over 168 million learning activities completed to date. Meanwhile, on the recognition and awards fronts, I’m pleased to share that we have received many local and international awards.

One of the most renowned recognitions for us includes our acceptance into Y Combinator, which is an American technology start-up accelerator launched in March 2005. Y Combinator has been used to launch more than 3,000 companies, including Airbnb, Coinbase, Cruise, DoorDash, Dropbox, Instacart, Quora, PagerDuty, Reddit, Stripe and Twitch. We were the second Malaysian start-up that was accepted to join them, apart from 16,000+ start-ups’ globally which are backed by global investors.

All these are great results for us, but we do not wish to settle just yet. This is a great benchmark to have but we aim to get the numbers higher and have better benefit traction for our users when using our app moving forward. On top of these, we hope to raise the bar of excellence for our team further so that we can proudly represent Malaysia as a prominent life-changing edutech across the Region one day.

Suhaimi:

As Khairul has shared mostly on our accolades, I would like to specifically cover the Pandai@School programme that we’re embarking on. The said programme was financed through the National Technology & Innovation Sandbox (in short, NTIS), a commercialised grant by the Malaysian government as part of its short-term recovery plan announced in June 2020.

This grant was spearheaded by the Ministry of Science, Technology & Innovation with the Malaysian Research Accelerator for Technology & Innovation as its Secretariat. Back then, Pandai.org won this grant in collaboration with the Malaysian Technology Development Corporation. Okay now that you’ve known more about the programme’s backstory, let’s deep dive more into how it works from the onset. For this programme, we had 200 primary school students in Keramat’s State Education Office selected to join and receive six-month free access to our full premium features.

There are 40 students from each of the five schools represented since September 2022, and we also provide tablets and booklets to the students to help them with their digital learning experiences. These five schools include SK Dato Keramat 2, SK Padang Tembak, SK Convent Bukit Nenas 1, SK Wangsa Jaya and SK Taman Melati. In a nutshell, we want to validate the effectiveness of digital learning in a supportive and student-centred environment with our Pandai@school programme.

We also want to collect data on student performance and behaviour upon using our digital learning platforms and their many features. Lastly, we want to provide a working model for a comprehensive implementation of digital learning in schools, and these five schools’ outcomes will be a good case study for everyone to learn from.

Akmal:

I’d like to share more about my reflection on how our Pandai app has impacted the lives or outlooks of our users. I recalled this heart-warming story when we went to Sekolah Padang Tembak where the students mostly have military parents.

It was a great moment for me because although we were supposed to organise a handover tablet ceremony for the students there, their parents also came along to show their support for this initiative. Some of them even went up to me and said that they requested leave and that they’re glad that we went all the way there to enable their children to get tablets for them to get up-to-speed with digital learning.

There is also another fond story I recall when my mom, who was a teacher for many years, forwarded a text message from her friend whose son is a proud user of Pandai. In that text message, I read that my mom’s son has managed to learn a lot with our Pandai app and it has helped him to perform better at school.

From time to time, I like to go back to our website to see personalised reviews received from our students, teachers and parents. Their positive testimonies on how our app has helped foster great learning interest and result-driven changes are great reminders of why we need to continue to go above and beyond for them.

Briefly, share with us a reflection on how your journey has been with Pandai and what’s next for you.

Khairul:

As much as the three of us have used the word ‘life-changing’ to describe our Pandai app’s effect towards our users, we have also experienced the same effect too. From our MRSM to Arden Education days and now to our endeavours with Pandai.org, we are blessed that our long-lasting friendship has enabled us to create immense value to ensure our communities reap the benefits of proper education.

With this journey of ours, we find ourselves learning more every day and we’re thankful to have like-minded individuals to work with us and believe in our sense of purpose. With our Pandai app, we don’t want to just benefit students in Malaysia. We want to go regional and inspire many communities to have their young members adept at learning with digital enablers.

A few months back, we launched Pandai app in Brunei and we’re already making huge efforts to map our learning content to be granular so that it can be flexible and align well with any country’s learning curriculum. There is a huge opportunity for the Pandai app to benefit many users across many countries with emerging markets. Just to share a few examples, the Philippines has 2 million students, Thailand has 10 million students and Bangladesh has 24 million students.

The stars are the limit for us, and we can assure you one thing – we’ll do everything we can to realise our mission to transform the learning space with technology.

Suhaimi:

I’m committed to my position as mentioned earlier, and I’m blessed to be able to go through this opportunity to build Pandai.org into what it is today with my lifelong friends, Khairul and Akmal. I’ve learnt a lot from Pandai.org since the onset and I have also made mistakes that helped me grow. These are parts and parcels of my learning journey here and I’m glad to know that I’ve great team members who are resilient and strong believers in our cause.

We do not want to be the next unicorn start-up just for the sake of achieving great profitability from selling our products. Deep down, we know that we have a big responsibility to fill in line with our growing influence in our education system and our communities. Therefore, every day, we continue to remind ourselves why we are here and why we do what we do – in line with our social mission to foster a learning community that drives social improvements.

Speaking of social impact, we’re proud to share that Pandai.org is a proud participant in the Social Impact Challenge Accelerator, organised by the Malaysian Global Innovation & Creativity Centre in partnership with the United Nations Development Programme. As mentioned earlier, we are passionate about changing the fate of students out there. After all, education changes lives and can help break the vicious cycle of poverty among communities.

Akmal:

Again, I’m going to tell you that as a father of two children, I’m invested in what I do here at Pandai beyond ringgits and sens – because I believe truly in our vision of Equipping today’s young minds for tomorrow. I see the effect of what I do with the Pandai app not only to change my children’s lives for the better with our digital learning solutions but also millions of other parents’ children out there.

The journey thus far has been rewarding and I could not have been more thankful to be able to go through it with Khairul and Suhaimi, whom I have known for the past 25 years. Statistically, we currently have close to 500,000 student users, that’s not even 10% of the whole 5 million Malaysian students. Hopefully, we can get more students to benefit from our app here and in other countries.

Our app’s growth is on the right track and hopefully, we can reach more students and benefit them all with our interactive yet immersive learning features. Coupled with the trend where we see most students are losing interest in education as of late, we hope to continue to be the positive disruptor in the industry to reignite their passion towards education.

Just like Nelson Mandela said once that “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world”. In line with this belief, we’ll remain steadfast in supporting children to reach their full potential with our app. Thank you for your continuous support in our journey, and we hope you’ve enjoyed getting to know what we do here at Pandai.org.

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UPSR dan PT3 akan dipertimbangkan semula pada tahun 2025.

Pertimbangan untuk mengembalikan Ujian Pencapaian Sekolah Rendah (UPSR) dan Pentaksiran Tingkatan Tiga (PT3) akan dibuat selepas pembentangan laporan Pelan Pembangunan Pendidikan yang akan tamat pada 2025.

Menurut Pensyarah Kanan Pusat Kajian Kepelbagaian Pendidikan Fakulti Pendidikan UKM, Dr Anuar Ahmad, sistem pendidikan moden tidak lagi memerlukan peperiksaan berpusat seperti UPSR dan PT3 kerana sistem pendidikan kini lebih tertumpu kepada pentaksiran berasaskan pembelajaran berbanding berasaskan pemeriksaan.

Kenyataan ini disokong oleh Menteri Pendidikan Fadhlina Sidek yang berkata sebarang keputusan untuk kembalikan peperiksaan itu, perlu merujuk kepada fakta dan data yang dikumpul sepanjang tempoh PPPM 2025, dan bukan kepada kecenderungan sedia.

“Kita kena bentangkan hasil laporan PPPM 2025 untuk melaksanakan penambahbaikan sistem pendidikan dan laporan tersebut akan menunjukkan keberhasilan melibatkan peperiksaan dan proses pembelajaran anak-anak”

Mengulas lanjut, Fadhlina berkata, isu berhubung dua peperiksaan berkenaan itu melalui proses perbincangan yang sangat panjang, membabitkan pemegang taruh, guru dan ibu bapa. Fadhlina berkata perubahan semula takwim persekolahan juga perlu mengambil jadual peperiksaan Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM), Sijil Tinggi Persekolahan Malaysia (STPM) dan Sijil Tinggi Agama Malaysia (STAM) serta faktor ekonomi setempat dan banjir pada hujung tahun. Bagaimanapun, Fadhlina berkata perkara berkenaan masih belum boleh dilaksanakan tahun hadapan, memandangkan perlu menyelesaikan pelbagai justifikasi mengikut Akta Pendidikan 1996.

Sebelum ini, sesi persekolahan berubah susulan penularan wabak Covid-19 yang melanda negara dan pelaksanaan Perintah Kawalan Pergerakan (PKP) yang menyebabkan takwim persekolahan bagi 2022/2023 bermula pada Mac 2022.


UPSR Mungkin Dimansuhkan

Kementerian Pendidikan Malaysia (KPM)
 sedang dalam peringkat akhir kajian untuk memansuhkan Ujian Pencapain Sekolah Rendah (UPSR).

Timbalan Menteri Pendidikan I, Muslimin Yahaya, berkata bagaimanapun keputusan muktamad mengenai pemansuhan itu akan dibuat tidak lama lagi.

“Kemungkinan besar tidak akan ada lagi UPSR pada tahun hadapan dan selama-lamanya.

“Kementerian sekarang pada peringkat akhir membuat kajian mengenainya dan insya-Allah akan membuat keputusan muktamad tidak lama lagi,” katanya selepas menyampaikan anugerah kepada 148 pelajar cemerlang UPSR 2019 Parlimen Masjid Tanah di Kompleks Sukan Masjid Tanah, dekat sini hari ini.

Seramai 148 bekas murid 38 Sekolah Kebangsaan (SK) dan Sekolah Jenis Kebangsaan (SJK) seluruh Parlimen Masjid Tanah menerima sumbangan wang tunai dan caruman Skim Simpanan Pendidikan Nasional (SSPN).

Bagaimanapun katanya, KPM tidak membuat kajian sama ada UPSR akan diganti dengan ujian baharu yang sama fungsi dengannya.

Sebaliknya tegas beliau, pencapaian akademik murid tahun enam dinilai melalui pentaksiran sepanjang masa, ujian esei dan temu duga bagi penempatan di lima jenis sekolah khusus.

KPM pada 15 April lalu mengumumkan UPSR dan Pentaksiran Tingkatan Tiga (PT3) tahun ini dibatalkan berikutan pandemik COVID-19.


Urban Versus Rural Areas Education

by Nur Zafirah Mohd Faudzi

If you are asked, between urban schools and rural schools, which gives better education, what is your answer? I think 100% of us would choose urban, right? We assume that urban schools give a better education because they have more money, extraordinary technical ab

ility and quality teachers. These are the reasons for the differences in achievement in urban and rural school students.

Let’s address a few similar studies by the researchers. There was a study by
Melvin (1999)
 on the academic performance between urban and rural areas in Kentucky, United States. The study produced a result showing that the students from both areas performed similarly on tests of educational performance. Another study by
Michael (1998)
 also found out that there is no significant in students’ performance from urban and rural areas in America.

Based on these studies, let’s see whether these studies’ results also imply to the students in Malaysia. Data of Pandai students will be utilized for this finding. Firstly, the students will be categorized according to the city of their schools. The cities are determined as urban or rural based on the number of populations. The number of population is according to the current statistics in Malaysia as of 2020.

Figure 1. Populations of Urban Areas

Figure 2 . Populations of Rural Areas

Next, to identify if there is a difference in the education performance in both areas, the average score of Mathematics, Science, English and Bahasa Melayu of 200 students from Year 6 and Form 3 is being compared. The data are being classified based on the city of their schools.

Figure 3. Average Score of Each Subject Based on Locality (Year 6)

The bar chart shows the average score of Mathematics, Science, English and Bahasa Melayu subjects of 200 students of Year 6 from urban and rural areas.

As the bar chart above shows, students from urban areas scored an average of 59.45% on Mathematics, whereas with less than 2.25 percent, students from rural areas scored 57.20%. For Science subject, urban area’s students scored an average of 61.65% while rural area’s students scored 60.10% with a negative 1.55 percent difference. On the other hand, with a difference of 2.43 percent, urban area’s students overscored rural area’s students in English with an average of 78.87%. There is a 2.15 percent difference in the average score of Bahasa Melayu subject of the students from both areas, favored by the urban area’s students.

Overall, we’re starting to see that the students from urban areas showed an advantage in all subjects’ performance. They surpassed the rural area’s students’ average score in most subjects by more than 2 percent. Now that we’ve seen Year 6 students’ results, we will now take a look at Form 3 students’ performance.

Figure 4. Average Score of Each Subject Based on Locality (Form 3)

The bar graph shows the average score of 200 Form 3 students from both urban and rural areas in subjects of Mathematics, Science, English and Bahasa Melayu.

As can be seen, the average score of Mathematics shows a significant difference of 3.47 percent, which favors the urban. In Science subject, with 2.15 percentage points more than the rural area’s students, the urban scored an average of 58.38%. Besides that, the urban and rural area’s students scored an average of 74.48% and 71.68%, respectively, with a gap of 3.1 percentage points for English subject. While the other three subjects showed an advantage over the urban, in contrast, the rural area’s students surprisingly show a more excellent average score in Bahasa Melayu subject with a slight difference of 1.25 percent.

Overall, it clearly shows a continuous trend that the urban areas’ students scored better than the rural area’s students in most of the subjects since year 6. However, the rural areas’ students have overtaken Bahasa Melayu subjects by a slight difference in form 3.

To better identify whether the urban area’s students performed better than rural, let us look at the top 100 students of Pandai are being analyzed. The city of their school is categorizing the data.

Figure 5. Overview of Top 100 Students Based on Locality

Here’s the pie chart that shows the top 100 students of the urban and rural area from both Year 6 and Form 3 students. The top students were determined by calculating the total score of all subjects attempted by each student.

The pie chart shows that 52%, which is more than half of the top 100 students, is from the urban area. With a small difference, the other 48% are students from rural areas.

Now that we have seen the results, we can say that the urban areas’ students are better in education performance. However, since there is just a slight difference in the percentage, we can also say that educational performance is quite similar between the students from these two areas.

In conclusion, the students from urban schools performed better than their peers in rural schools in the four subjects, Mathematics, Science, English and Bahasa Melayu. Comparing the top 100 students with the highest scores, urban school students are the majority. However, the difference is tiny, proving that the chances of equivalently being excellent in education are similar for students from both urban and rural areas. This study concluded that the study results by both researchers mentioned implying similarly to our country as well.


Ways to Integrate Social-Emotional Learning Into Your Teaching

Introduction

Social-emotional learning (SEL) is a process through which students develop the skills and knowledge needed to understand and manage their emotions, set and achieve positive goals, feel and show empathy for others, establish and maintain positive relationships, and make responsible decisions. SEL is an important aspect of education, as it not only helps students to succeed academically, but also helps to create a positive and supportive learning environment. In this post, we will explore some tips for incorporating SEL into lesson plans, and consider the benefits and next steps for teachers looking to prioritise SEL in their teaching.

What is Social Emotional Learning and How to Incorporate it in your teaching

Social-emotional learning (SEL) is the process of developing skills related to emotions, relationships, and personal responsibility. It involves helping students to recognize and manage their own emotions, as well as to understand and respond to the emotions of others. Incorporating SEL into your lessons can have numerous benefits for your students, including:

Improved academic performance: Research has shown that students who have strong social-emotional skills tend to have better grades and test scores, as well as higher attendance rates and lower dropout rates.

Enhanced mental health and well-being: SEL can help students to develop resilience and cope with stress, anxiety, and other mental health challenges. It can also promote positive relationships and a sense of belonging, which can contribute to overall well-being.

Greater social skills and interpersonal relationships: SEL can help students to develop empathy, communication skills, and problem-solving skills, which can improve their relationships with their peers and adults.

Enhanced self-regulation and self-management: SEL can help students to develop self-awareness, self-control, and self-motivation, which can lead to better self-regulation and self-management.

There are many ways to incorporate SEL into your lessons, including through activities such as role-playing, discussions, and mindfulness practices. It’s important to remember that SEL is not just a one-time lesson or activity, but rather a continuous process that should be integrated into all aspects of the learning experience. By prioritizing SEL in your teaching, you can help your students to become emotionally intelligent, well-rounded individuals who are better equipped to navigate the challenges of life.

Tips for Incorporating SEL into Lesson Plans

Incorporating SEL into daily routines and practices: One of the simplest and most effective ways to incorporate SEL into lesson plans is to incorporate SEL into daily routines and practices. This might involve starting each day with a morning meeting or circle time, during which students can share their thoughts and feelings, or setting aside time for mindfulness or relaxation activities. By making SEL a regular part of the school day, teachers can help students to develop important skills like self-regulation, communication, and conflict resolution.

Using SEL activities and exercises to facilitate learning: There are many SEL activities and exercises that teachers can use to facilitate learning and help students develop important skills. For example, teachers can use role-playing or simulation activities to help students practise empathy and perspective-taking, or use journaling or art activities to help students express and process their emotions. By incorporating these activities into lesson plans, teachers can help students to develop important SEL skills in a meaningful and engaging way.

Using literature and media to teach SEL skills: Another effective way to incorporate SEL into lesson plans is to use literature and media as a way to teach important skills and concepts. For example, teachers can use children’s books or films to help students understand and manage their emotions, or use news articles or documentaries to teach about social justice and diversity. By using literature and media as a way to teach SEL skills, teachers can help students to connect what they are learning to the real world and make the content more meaningful and relevant.

Incorporating SEL into project-based learning: Finally, teachers can incorporate SEL into project-based learning by designing projects that require students to work together, solve problems, and make responsible decisions. For example, a teacher might have students work in groups to create a plan for improving their school or community, or might have students design a service project to help a local organisation. By incorporating SEL into project-based learning, teachers can help students to develop important skills like collaboration, communication, and decision making in a real-world context.

Examples of SEL Integration in Action

Incorporating SEL into daily routines and practices: To illustrate the benefits of incorporating SEL into daily routines and practices, consider the following example:

A kindergarten teacher starts each day with a morning meeting or circle time, during which students are invited to share their thoughts and feelings about the day ahead. The teacher creates a calm and supportive environment by playing calming music and providing students with pillows and blankets to create a sense of comfort and relaxation. During this time, students are also invited to participate in activities like breathing exercises or visualisation techniques to help them regulate their emotions and prepare for the day ahead. By incorporating SEL into daily routines and practices, the teacher is able to help students develop important skills like self-regulation and communication, while also creating a positive and supportive classroom culture.

Using SEL activities and exercises to facilitate learning: To illustrate the benefits of using SEL activities and exercises to facilitate learning, consider the following example:

A high school English teacher is looking for ways to help her students understand and analyse the themes and characters in a novel they are reading. To do this, she incorporates a role-playing activity in which students take on the roles of different characters in the novel and act out scenes from the book. By participating in this activity, students are able to practise empathy and perspective-taking, as well as gain a deeper understanding of the characters and their motivations. Additionally, the teacher is able to use this activity as a way to facilitate discussion and analysis of the novel, helping students to develop critical thinking and communication skills.

Using literature and media to teach SEL skills: To illustrate the benefits of using literature and media to teach SEL skills, consider the following example:

A middle school history teacher is looking for ways to teach her students about social justice and diversity. To do this, she uses a documentary film about the Civil Rights Movement as a way to introduce the topic and spark discussion. During the film, the teacher pauses to ask questions and facilitate discussion about the events depicted, helping students to think critically about the issues being presented. Additionally, the teacher incorporates related readings and activities to help students further explore and

Conclusion and Next Steps

Incorporating social-emotional learning (SEL) into lesson plans can be a powerful way to support student learning and create a positive and supportive learning environment. By incorporating SEL into daily routines and practices, using SEL activities and exercises to facilitate learning, using literature and media to teach SEL skills, and incorporating SEL into project-based learning, teachers can help students to develop important skills like self-regulation, communication, empathy, and conflict resolution.

That being said, it is important for teachers to approach the incorporation of SEL into their lesson plans with care and consideration. It is not always necessary or appropriate to use SEL activities in every lesson, and it is important for teachers to think critically about when and how SEL can best be used to support learning. Additionally, it is important for teachers to be mindful of the potential challenges and barriers that may arise when using SEL in the classroom, such as the need to establish trust and build relationships with students, or the need to ensure that all students feel included and supported.

Overall, incorporating SEL into lesson plans can be a rewarding and meaningful way to support student learning, and there are many resources available to help teachers get started. By experimenting with different SEL strategies and activities, and seeking out professional development opportunities, teachers can continue to evolve and improve their use of SEL in the classroom.


What are the Most Advanced Japan Technological Invention?

Roughly every five years, Japan’s Ministry of International Trade and Industry draws up a list of major fields of technology. It is widely believed in Japan that the country is entering the age of fourth-generation material from provision of vending machines containing clothes and shoes to automatic doors that open shifting accordingly to your body shape; the Japanese incorporate technology into their everyday lives.

The source of Japan’s technological advancement is undoubtedly from the youth of Japan.

Japan have created many exemplary inventions, such as:

1.
Round Keyboards

Drum set keyboards were developed by the Japanese Google input development team, these keyboards are faster and more efficient than regular keyboards. Since this keyboard was produced in Japan, it is only available nationally and in the Japanese language. In the future however, it is expected that these circular-shaped keyboards will be introduced in other parts of the world as well.

2.
Robot Hotel Staff

Nagasaki’s Henn-na Hotel, is run entirely by robots. It is a famous capsule hotel renowned for its high-tech facilities. When you enter, a mechanised dinosaur guides you through check-in and a luggage bot wheels your suitcase into your room beside you. When you wish to sleep, your robot companion turns off the lights for you.

By replacing human staff with robots’ labour costs decrease, bringing benefits to people. A main benefit that we would receive is that robots would be able to work more than people. Humans can become ill or quit the job, but by having robots as staff, all factors of sickness and tiredness are eliminated. This means that the we wouldn’t have to deal with giving days off to its staff, making the business more convenient. Also, robots are far faster at completing work, and are communicative and courteous at all times.

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World’s thinnest phone glass

Fairly recently, Japan has produced the world’s thinnest float glass, with improved light transmittance and flexibility. It was invented by the Design and Research Institute. It can withstand the impact of a 1.95oz steel ball falling from a height of 3.3ft. The price of Japan’s touch screens is set to surely fall, which will benefit the entire electrical device market.

5G

Japan is the world’s hotspot market for tech innovation and 5G is no exception. According to NTT Docomo in February 2021, in cooperation with an international group of other leading firms, a basic agreement has been signed to establish a consortium to provide 5G solutions paving the way for the future.

Fast infrastructure

Perhaps the most well-known aspect of the technological innovation which can be found in Japan is its fast infrastructure. The first high-speed train, or so-called bullet train, was built in Japan. The line was built between two massive hubs, Tokyo and Osaka, and was inaugurated in 1964. The high-speed train has carried around 10 billion riders since its inauguration and has an incontestable record of safety as there have not been any fatal derailments or collisions. Moreover, the average delay of the high-speed train is 36 seconds

As only 20 percent of the country’s land is habitable, the high-speed train was an amazing solution for workers to live in distant areas and easily commute to the metropolis such as Tokyo in just a few hours. Also, another benefit which Japan has received is the booming tourism. Tourists who often come to large cities are more likely to visit also relatively underdeveloped areas increasing the local economy in those places.

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In short, Japan was one of the first countries to understand the true power of technology and has embraced its benefits.

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What to do During School Holiday; Students Edition!

School holiday is here!

Whether your kids have been back to physical school or are still in virtual classes, school holidays will always be the best part for your children as they know they can enjoy more playtime at home, with their siblings and probably more screen time too! Some of us might have already had some school holiday vacation planned but for the days that your family is at home, especially this is a great time to spend more quality time with them. If you have no idea what school holiday activities you can enjoy together as a family!

Here are some planned-activities that you can try!

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1. Read a new book!

Although it is a school holiday, you still probably will also want your kids to do some learning as well. The best way to do that is by buying them a selection of new fun children’s books and asking them to read a new book per week in their own time. Not only will they
sharpen their reading
 and grammar skills, but the children’s book will also let them be creative and use their imagination.

They give us new ways to think and new ideas. They expand our universe beyond time and place and inspire our own original thoughts. Books develop critical thinking skills. Parents can also read to your child to expose them to all types of subjects and concepts, building our children’s understanding of humanity and the world around them. They learn new vocabulary from parents and when following verbal instructions they use their listening skills. A skill all parents want our kids to grasp as soon as possible so they can start listening!

2. Arts & Crafts

Speaking on creativity,

Arts & Crafts are always the popular go-to for parents to enjoy with their kids. All you need is to stock up on some art supplies and make an Arts & Craft corner station at home for all the creativity to happen. You can enjoy this activity together with your kids or let them explore their creative side all by themselves. A sense of independence during these Art activities will help your child’s brain to be stimulated and develop well.

By doing something creative, you allow for
self-expression
 and this lets kids express and cope with their feelings. It also fosters mental growth in children by providing opportunities for trying out new ideas, new ways of thinking and problem-solving. In children, creativity develops from their experiences with the process, rather than concern for the finished product. Creativity is not to be confused with talent, skill, or intelligence. Creativity is not about doing something better than others, it is about thinking, exploring, discovering, and imagining.

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3. Indoor Scavenger Hunt

Another exciting way to not make your kids feel bored at home during the long school holiday is by organizing an indoor scavenger hunt. You can create a treasure-hunting scene in your home by hiding various things around the house, making your own maps and clues for your kids to enjoy.

Also, scavenger hunts
allow kids to practice problem-solving in a tangible way
. It helps to reinforce and act-out methods they have been taught by parents or teachers in a physical way, leading to increased retention of the lessons. Scavenger hunts are easy to customize to your child’s abilities and interests.

4. Pandai School Holi-Yay

Have you ever heard of this program?

Fill your school holiday with a two weeks curated and entertaining activities that is free for all Malaysian school students. We have a lineup of tutors that are ready to teach new skills out of the classroom. It’s going to be exciting to have a good time and tons of good memories and fun activities!

What are you waiting for? Register now!

5. Picnic!

On a sunny afternoon, a picnic is a perfect escape from your daily routine and going on a picnic allows you to focus on your kids without distractions. Picnics are the perfect opportunity to make your kids feel loved and heard. Plus, you never know what you might learn from your kids. A little family competition playing picnic games will also help your family bond

Also, spending time outside benefits our physical health. Breathing in fresh air is beneficial for children with respiratory problems like asthma. A picnic on a sunny day also aids in vitamin D and calcium absorption, which helps to build strong bones and teeth and helps prevent diseases like osteoporosis and rickets. Just don’t forget the sunblock when spending time in the sun!

Picnics is a fun and peaceful environment. It’s important to give children time to be alone and learn about themselves through self-reflection, which can easily be done on a picnic.

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Redeem Your Coins with Pandai Rewards

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We know that your time table is full with back to back classes , practicing exam questions, participating in contests and so much more! Of course you would like to release all the stress and get something in return to reward all your hard work! Fret not, you can now do that with Pandai Rewards!

From
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, ALL users (premium and free) can now complete the tasks given under each Pandai feature’s category to earn coins and claim your reward.

Use Pandai’s interesting features to complete the tasks! Now you can have a goal / objective whenever you are using the app. Isn’t that great? While using the feature, you can complete the tasks at the same time! How cool is that? 🙂

How to redeem the reward?

Log in your Pandai Account at www.pandai.org.
Go to “Shop” and click “Redeem Coins”
Complete the tasks given
Next, click “claim” on the given task to redeem your coins for free!

Premium users can also redeem their coins to grab Pandai Avatars for FREE!

Stay tuned for more exciting rewards!

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What’s New: Gamified Quizzes di Aplikasi Pandai dah launch!

Minggu ini, ingin kami kongsikan bahawa, Gamified Quizzes telah pun dilancarkan di Aplikasi Pandai.
Sebelum ini, seperti yang kita ketahui, Gamified Quizzes hanya boleh di akses pada pautan web sahaja,
www.pandai.
org
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Tetapi, kini. Tidak Lagi. Jangan bimbang!
Secara rasminya, Gamified Quizzes atau Kuiz mengikut Level boleh di akses pada web dan juga aplikasi.

Penggunaannya masih lagi sama seperti di web. Apa yang berbeza kali ini, semua pelajar dan boleh jawab dan bermain di aplikasi Pandai.
Bagi yang ingin tahu,
Gamified Quizzes atau Kuiz mengikut Level adalah ‘game’ berbentuk kuiz pembelajaran harian mengikut subjek dan mempunyai pelbagai level.
Tujuan utama versi ini dibangunkan buat semua pelajar semestinya ingin membantu pelajar dapat belajar dan mengulangkaji pelajaran agar lebih aktif dan menyeronokkan.

Ya!. Gamified Quizzes ini boleh digunakan buat pengguna percuma dan juga premium.

Tetapi masih lagi sama, ada ada perbezaan kepada pengguna basic dan premium dalam ‘Gamified Quizzes’.

Pandai Basic/Free:
-Limited 5 Nyawa
-Masa Menjawab adalah terhad
-Perlu jawab mengikut ‘level’ disediakan

Pandai Basic/Free

Pandai Premium :
-‘Unlimited’ Nyawa
-Masa Menjawab tidak terhad dan bebas
-Boleh memilih ‘level’ untuk menjawab

Pandai Premium

Walaubagaimanapun, pelajar masih boleh mencuba bermain ‘
Gamified Quizzes’
 ini di aplikasi dan web dah.
Menarik!. Jadi, apa tunggu lagi, daftar Pandai sekarang di
laman web Pandai,
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What’s New on April : Leaderboard mengikut Sekolah

Hai, semua. Macam mana hari anda? Dah buat Pandai ke? Bagi yang sesiapa yang belum menjawab soalan dalam Pandai, jawab hari ini sekarang!

Alright, Hari ini team Pandai nak kongsi atau share berita baru buat semua pengguna Pandai.
Pada bulan April ini, Pandai telah melancarkan ‘new feature’ iaitu

Leaderboard by School

Ya! Yahoo! Lepas ini boleh la pelajar-pelajar yang menggunakan Pandai tengok ranking kawan anda dalam sekolah!~ Huhu

Bagi sesiapa yang belum tahu mengenai Leaderboard atau Carta Pendahulu! Leaderboard atau Carta Pendahulu  ini adalah ranking anda di Pandai! Leaderboard ini bertujuan membantu pelajar mengetahui kedudukan keseluruhan pencapaian dalam Pandai mengikut gred di seluruh Malaysia.

Sebelum ini, kalau anda nak tahu Pandai hanya mempunyai Leaderboard mengikut Gred.

Tetapi kini, Pandai telah
meng’upgrade’ leaderboard anda semua kepada  ‘Leaderboard by School’.

Kini Pandai sediakan ranking anda bukan sahaja mengikut gred di
Malaysia
 dan
negeri
 malah melalui
sekolah anda sendiri.

Melalui Leaderboard ini, pelajar dapat
memotivasikan diri
 untuk berusaha dan
aktif belajar
 dengan Pandai. Pelajar dapat
mengetahui kelemahan
 sesuatu pembelajaran atau topik. Yang paling penting ‘ranking’ dalam leaderboard ini adalah
satu reward
untuk anda semua sebagai pencapaian menggunakan Pandai.

Cuma ada syaratnya!

Pastikan anda dan rakan-rakan harus menggunakan Aplikasi Pandai
sekurang-kurangnya 5 orang pelajar dalam satu sekolah.
 Setelah itu, baru anda dapat melihat Carta Pendahulu atau Leaderboard mengikut Sekolah.

Tak susah pun, senang sahaja.

Macam mana nak tengok ‘Leaderboard’ anda?

Alright. Ikuti langkah di bawah:

Login
 akaun Pandai
Pergi ke
‘Achievement’
Klik
‘ Leaderboard’
Pilih untuk melihat ‘Leaderboard’ mengikut
‘Malaysia’ / ‘Negeri’ / ‘Sekolah’
Kemudian,
semak ‘ranking’ anda!

Dah tengok ranking anda? Bagaimana anda berpuas hati tak?

Ahaa! Kalau tak berpuas hati, jangan risau masih ada peluang untuk tingkatkan ranking anda.

Cara dia senang sahaja, sentiasa jawab soalan dalam Pandai.

Pasti ranking anda akan lebih baik! Hehe. Selamat berjaya

Jadi, apa tunggu lagi, bagi yang tak boleh melihat ranking mereka dalam sekolah,
Solusi anda mudah sahaja, ajak rakan-rakan anda join belajar dengan Aplikasi Pandai ini.
Percuma sahaja.

Bagi sesiapa yang masih belum mendaftar dengan Pandai! Daftar sekarang!

Pergi sahaja ke laman web Pandai di
www.pandai.org
 atau download Pandai app di Google Store atau Apple Store.

Nak jadi budak Pandai, belajar je dengan Pandai!

#senangjenakPandai


What’s New on February 2021: Trial SPM

Trial SPM di Pandai! Dah Ready ke nak jawab SPM?
PERSEDIAAN SPM BUAT PELAJAR!

Peperiksaan SPM semakin hampir! Ahhh!!! Bagaimana persediaan calon-calon SPM 2020 sekarang?
Berapa percent anda dah bersedia? 80% atau 50%?
Adakah anda-anda semua ada menjawab mana-mana trial SPM sebelum ini?
Oleh itu, jangan risau Pandai telah menyediakan Trial SPM untuk calon-calon SPM membuat persediaan secara online!

Trial SPM di Pandai

Nak Tahu Kenapa TRIAL SPM as Mock Exam Penting Buat Pelajar?

Jadi siapa kata tak penting Trial SPM?
Amatlah penting untuk melihat tahap kesediaan kita sebelum menempuh hari sebenar SPM!
Jangan risau calon-calon, Pandai akan bantu anda belajar dengan mudah.

____________________________________________________________________

Kenapa mudah pulak Trial SPM dalam Pandai ni!!??

Sebab Trial SPM dalam Pandai:

Bukan 1 Set tetapi 3 Set Trial SPM bagi setiap subjek dikeluarkan!
Soalan Trial SPM digubal mengikut silibus Kementerian Pendidikan Malaysia (KPM)
Masa menjawab disediakan dan fleksibel.
Jawapan & penerangan disediakan
Keputusan adalah serta merta dengan menggunakan sistem Auto Marking.
Boleh memuat naik turun kertas soalan.

Jadi!! Apa lagi Calon-calon SPM mahukan!!!
Jom naik taraf kepada Pandai Premium!
Uji tahap persediaan anda dengan Pandai sebelum peperiksaan SPM menjelang tiba!

Bila lagi nak upgrade kepada Pandai Premium! Banyak lagi kelebihan menjadi Premium!! Bukan Trial SPM je ade!
Topical Test ada, Term Exam ada, Daily Kuiz ada, Report Kad ada, Button Try Again utk test sekali lagi ada, Past year Paper Competition Kangaroo/ Beaver/ Kancil/ Kijang pun ada dan banyak lagi..

Tak susah tak senang!
Jom subscribe sebagai Premium Pandai. Jangan lupa jawab Trial SPM yer!
Praktis dan teruskan praktis sehingga A+ dalam genggaman anda!

Lebih 100,000 pelajar telah menggunakan Pandai, anda bila lagi ???
Nak tau lebih lanjut terus ke laman web Pandai di
www.pandai.org
.

Jangan lupa untuk
FOLLOW
,
LIKE
 dan
SHARE
 di

FACEBOOK:

@pandaiofficial

INSTAGRAM:

@pandaiofficial

#SENANGJENAKPANDAI


What’s New on January 2021 : “Report Card”

Belajar Dari Rumah Pun Boleh Ada Report Card?

“Sekolah tak buka?…Pembelajaran anak melalui online?
 “TAK TAHU LAH
 anak-anak faham ke tak! Merisaukan lah!”

Ibu-ibu, bapa-bapa, guru-guru dan pelajar-pelajar sekalian. Dah tak perlu runsing lagi pikir jalan macam mana nak kenal pasti pencapaian anak-anak dan pelajar sepanjang pembelajaran online ni. Diorang ni sebenarnya faham ke tidak? Meh sini Team Pandai nak bagitahu…

Team Pandai sangat memahami bahawa ramai ibu bapa kat luar sana tertanya-tanya ada ke satu sistem teknologi pendidikan yang boleh bantu anak-anak mereka meningkatkan kefahaman semasa musim pembelajaran online ni?

ANAK-ANAK TAK FOKUS, CEPAT MENGANTUK, TIADA JAWAPAN & PENERANGAN LENGKAP? TAK TAHU ANAK-ANAK NI FAHAM SEPANJANG BELAJAR ONLINE?
Dengan feature ‘Report Card’ atau kad laporan ini para ibu bapa dan pelajar sendiri boleh kenal pasti dekat mana kelemahan yang mereka tak dapat kuasai. Analisis di dalam ‘report card’ ni pun sangat detail dan menarik! Adik-adik mesti lagi excited bila dapat tengok ‘report card’ mereka dengan lebih terperinci. Hehe

Kat sini, kami akan kongsikan kepada anda semua tentang ‘details analisis report card’ untuk subjek yang telah pelajar jawab. Sebagai contoh bagi subjek;
English

Sains

Pandai.org
 merupakan platform pembelajaran secara interaktif dalam membantu pelajar untuk
mengulangkaji pelajaran dan membuat latih tubi secara berterusan
. Malah,
dapat

memantau prestasi mereka
 dan
mencapai gred yang lebih baik
 bagi setiap subjek.

Dengan adanya ciri terbaru Report Card ini, mesti pelajar lebih bersemangat untuk belajar kan? Selamat belajar dengan menggunakan Pandai! Dan jangan lupa untuk
FOLLOW, LIKE
 dan
SHARE
 di

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@pandaiofficial

INSTAGRAM:

@pandaiofficial

#SENANGJENAKPANDAI


What’s New on January 2021: “Try Again Button”

Praktis jawab ‘TEST & EXAM’ banyak kali dengan  “Try Again” button sampai Pandai! Wow!!

Ramai dari kalangan pengguna Pandai menyatakan hasrat dan ‘request’ kepada Team Pandai untuk mewujudkan satu ciri di mana mereka boleh
menjawab semula

soalan latihan dan peperiksaan
.
WE HEAR YOU!
Kami percaya dengan
“practice makes perfect”
 boleh membuatkan seseorang itu berjaya. Oleh itu, Pandai telah mencipta satu
“feature”
 baru untuk menyelesaikan masalah ini!

“
Try Again Button
“

Kenapa “Jawab Semula” Penting Buat Pelajar?

Fahami Bentuk Soalan peperiksaan
Belajar dari pembetulan
Melatih pelajar dengan soalan-soalan KBAT
BUAT PELAJAR LALI DENGAN KONSEP SOALAN YANG PELBAGAI!!

Dr Fadzilah Kamsah juga telah menulis di dalam penulisannya “35 Petua Pelajar Cemerlang” untuk sentiasa membuat latihan yang berulang kali untuk lebih memahami trend dan bentuk soalan.
 Antara tip jawab soalan ‘Objektif’ dengan teliti, pelajar pasti tak akan buat silap adalah menjawab semula latihan yang telah diberikan oleh guru.
Semak jawapan dan buat pembetulan. Lalu, ulang sampai pelajar faham dan tidak kekok dengan soalan-soalan itu.

Ini sangat berkait rapat dengan latihan yang disedikan di dalam Pandai, memandangkan semua soalan di dalam Pandai adalah di dalam bentuk objektif dan jawapan dan penerangan juga amat lengkap. Pelajar tak perlu runsing lagi dekat mana nak dapatkan pembetulan jawapan oleh guru lagi-lagi musim pembelajaran online ni!

Setakat Januari ini sahaja, Pandai telah menerima lebih
21,000 pengguna baru
atas kesan impak features baharu di Pandai. Pelajar-pelajar ini memerlukan penyelesaian masalah yang mereka hadapi dari segi kenal pasti kefahaman ketika pembelajaran online, belajar dari rumah tapi perlukan Report Card, Jawab Semula peperiksaan online untuk melatih diri lebih faham dan tidak kekok, semua ini
PANDAI TELAH SELESAIKAN!

Dengan adanya ciri terbaru
‘Try Again Button’
ini, diharap pelajar sentiasa cuba jaya dan praktis soalan di
 ‘Test & Exam’
dengan lebih lagi! Selamat belajar dengan menggunakan Pandai! Dan jangan lupa untuk
FOLLOW
,
LIKE
 dan
SHARE
 di

FACEBOOK:

@pandaiofficial
INSTAGRAM:

@pandaiofficial

#SENANGJENAKPANDAI


What’s New on July: ‘Discussion’ Ruangan Berbincang buat Pengguna Pandai

Hai semua! Bagaimana aktiviti pembelajaran harian anda sekarang? Anda masih belajar sendirian ke?

Baiklah, hari ini Team Pandai akan kongsikan berita terbaru yang mampu membawa keceriaan buat anda. Hehe..

Sebelum itu, adik-adik pernah join study group bersama rakan anda tak? Atau belajar dalam kumpulan?

Kalau anda nak tahu, Pandai baru sahaja mengeluarkan ciri atau feature terbaru iaitu
Feature Discussion buat semua pengguna Pandai!
☺

Mesti anda tertanya-tanya apa itu ruangan Discussion ini?
Apa tujuan feature ini dikeluarkan? Adakah ianya sama seperti belajar dalam kumpulan?

Ya, sini. Team Pandai nak cerita kepada anda. 😇

Discussion adalah perkataan daripada Bahasa Inggeris yang membawa maksud
perbincangan
.

Perbincangan adalah satu kaedah pengajaran dan pembelajaran yang efektif yang melibatkan beberapa orang.

Jadi, Feature Discussion terbaru dalam Pandai ini adalah ruangan
Perbincangan yang boleh digunakan oleh semua pengguna Pandai.

Feature Discussion ini dikeluarkan bertujuan
memberi peluang pengguna Pandai berbincang atau berkongsi sebarang idea, pendapat dan sebagainya berkaitan soalan/topik pembelajaran di Pandai
 mengenai soalan yang anda sedang jawab.

Selepas ini, jika anda dan mana-mana pelajar  ingin berkongsi pendapat. Ya! Ruangan Discussion inilah tempat yang anda nanti-nantikan.

Apa salahnya, anda berbincang bersama-sama dengan komuniti pengguna Pandai kan? Anda bukan sahaja dapat bertukar maklumat malah dapat memberi maklum balas dan bertanya dengan komuniti Pandai bagi suatu topik atau soalan yang anda kurang fahami. Hehe. Menarik, bukan?

Okay. Macam mana nak cari ruangan discussion?
🤔

Ruangan Discussion terletak di
bahagian bawah setiap Penerangan dalam soalan.
 Jangan risau, kesemua soalan dalam Pandai akan disediakan ruangan Discussion.
Jadi, anda harus
menjawab
 mana-mana soalan, kemudian anda
lihat di bahagian bawah soalan
. Terdapat ruangan
Penerangan dan Discussion
 disediakan. Anda hanya perlu
klik pada ruangan Discussion
. Selepas itu, anda boleh memulakan discussion pada mana-mana soalan pun di dalam Pandai. Boleh rujuk gambar di bawah. 👇

Senang kan?

Jangan tunggu lagi. Jom cuba feature terbaru, Discussion ini di Pandai sekarang. Platform atau ruangan Dicussion ini boleh diakses di web sahaja buat masa ini.

Kalau nak lagi seronok, jangan lupa ajak kawan-kawan anda guna Pandai dan mulakan ruangan berbincang iaitu Discussion ini bersama-sama.

Pandai sangat mengalu-alukan kehadiran anda dan rakan-rakan anda.Hehe

Bagi yang belum berdaftar dengan Pandai. Jom daftar secara percuma di laman web,
www.pandai.org
 atau
download Aplikasi Pandai
di Google Playstore atau Apple Store.

Jangan lupa follow media sosial Pandai untuk mendapatkan berita-berita terbaru dari Pandai.

FB:
@pandaiofficial
Instagram:
@pandaiofficial
Twitter:
@pandaiofficial
Tiktok:
@pandaiofficial
Blog:
blog.pandai.org

Nak Pandai? Daftar je dengan Pandai!

#SenangJeNakPandai


What’s New on July: Simpan soalan penting dengan Bookmark!

Hi semua! Dah jawab berapa soalan dekat Pandai hari ini? 10? 20? 100? 😜

Dalam menjawab banyak-banyak soalan tu, pernah tak terfikir
“Hey, menarik juga soalan ni. Nak simpanlah untuk tengok balik lain kali,”
ataupun
“Kena
take note
-lah soalan ni, kalau tak silap cikgu kata topik ni penting!”
Haa.. Kalau pernah… Bolehlah try feature terbaru Pandai:
Bookmark
!

Bookmark dapat membantu pengguna Pandai untuk
tanda
 atau
save
 soalan yang telah dijawab, supaya senang untuk dirujuk semula pada masa hadapan. Mana-mana soalan pun boleh Bookmark, tak kisahlah quiz, test atau exam!

Jadi, macam mana nak guna? Senang aje!

Selepas menjawab soalan, anda hanya perlu
click
 pada
Bookmark
 yang terdapat pada belah atas, kanan soalan tersebut. Ya, sebelah perkataan report tu. Dan…
siap
!

Tak perlu lagi dah nak salin secara manual,
screenshot
, atau tercari-cari semula soalan penting dalam test dan quiz yang telah dibuat. Kami dah tolong
save
-kan semuanya, sekali dengan penjelasan jawapan, nota-nota atau video yang berkaitan.

Kemudian, apabila anda sudah
ready
 untuk tengok semula semua soalan yang telah anda Bookmark, pergi sahaja ke
Learn
dan pilih
Bookmarks.

Dekat situ, anda boleh nampak semua soalan yang pernah anda
save
, disusun mengikut set-set quiz, test atau exam soalan tersebut.

Senang kan?

Makin mudahlah nak ulangkaji bila guna Pandai! Yay!

Apa lagi? Mesti tak sabar nak
try
 Bookmark soalan baru hari ini. Kalau nak lagi seronok, jangan lupa ajak kawan-kawan untuk naikkan gred bersama dengan menggunakan Pandai. Jadi Budak Pandai sama-sama!
😆

Untuk maklumat lanjut: layari
www.pandai.org
Muat turun aplikasi Pandai sekarang di
Google Play
 atau
App Store
.

Jangan lupa follow media sosial Pandai untuk mendapatkan berita-berita terbaru dari Pandai.

FB:
@pandaiofficial
Instagram:
@pandaiofficial
Twitter:
@pandaiofficial
Tiktok:
@pandaiofficial
Blog:
blog.pandai.org

#senangjenakpandai


What’s New on June: Latih diri menjawab Peperiksaan Pertengahan Tahun di Pandai.

Bermula minggu ini, bagi siapa yang tidak ketahui lagi, Pandai baru sahaja mengeluarkan Soalan Peperiksaan Pertengahan Tahun atau ‘Mid Term Exam’ bagi tahun 2021.

Ya! Pandai telah membuat penambahan kepada soalan-soalan latihan bagi Peperiksaan Penggal terutama kemudahan pengguna-pengguna Pandai Premium. Ini bertujuan memberi peluang para pelajar di luar sana dapat mengulangkaji dalam menghadapi peperiksaan yang sebenar kelak.

Jangan risau! Latihan Peperiksaan Penggal bagi pelbagai subjek telah disediakan mengikut
silibus terkini yang dikeluarkan oleh Kementerian Pelajaran Malaysia (KPM)
. Bukan itu, terdapat
pelbagai subjek
 untuk menjawab disediakan seperti Bahasa Melayu, Bahasa Inggeris, Matematik, Sains dan sebagainya

Kesemua soalan Peperiksaan Penggal dikeluarkan mengikut gred bagi sekolah rendah dan juga menengah. Jadi, inilah peluang bagi mencuba jaya dan praktis menjawab soalan Peperiksaan Pertengahan di Pandai.

Terdapat pelbagai manfaat yang bakal pelajar perolehi dalam menjawab peperiksaan ini. Antaranya adalah:

Pemarkahan serta merta beserta laporan terperinci berdasarkan tahap kesukaran dan kemahiran berfikir
Ulangkaji jawapan bagi setiap soalan dengan penerangan lengkap yang disediakan
Fungsi ‘Timer’ untuk membiasakan diri dengan tempoh menjawab soalan pada peperiksaan sebenar

Bagaimana anda ingin mendapatkan soalan Peperiksaan Pertengahan di Pandai?
1.
Login
 akaun Pandai
2. Pergi ke
Ujian
, kemudian
pilih subjek
 yang ingin jawab
3. Klik pada
Peperiksaan Penggal
 dan pilih
Peperiksaan Pertengahan Tahun

Jadi, jom sama-sama jawab Peperiksaan Pertengahan Tahun di Pandai sekarang.
Bagi sesiapa yang belum menaiktaraf kepada premium, inilah masa yang harus lakukan segera!

Naik taraf kepada premium dan nikmati pelbagai manfaat sebagai Pengguna Premium Pandai.

Mari kekalkan prestasi akademik yang cemerlang dengan latihan berterusan menerusi
langganan Pandai Premium
!

Bagi yang belum berdaftar dengan Pandai, daftar Pandai sekarang di
laman web Pandai di
www.pandai.org
 atau muat turun Pandai di Google Playstore dan Apple Store.

Jangan lupa follow media sosial Pandai untuk mendapatkan berita-berita terbaru dari Pandai.

#SenangJeNakPandai

FB:
@pandaiofficial
Instagram:
@pandaiofficial
Twitter:
@pandaiofficial
Tiktok:
@pandaiofficial
Blog:
blog.pandai.org


What’s New on March: Pandai Guru

Wow! Pandai Guru sudah dilancarkan! Tahniah kami ucapkan.

Hai, pengguna Pandai, tahukah anda pada 29 Mac 2021, Pandai telah melancarkan Pandai Guru secara rasmi buat semua guru di Malaysia.

Kini, bukan hanya pelajar sahaja boleh melanggan Pandai. Guru pun boleh menggunakan platform ini untuk mengurus pelajar mereka dalam Pandai!

Yahoo! Menarik, bukan?
Apa itu Pandai Guru?

Pandai Guru merupakan
suatu aplikasi yang terbaru buat guru-guru di Malaysia
. Pandai Guru adalah aplikasi atau platform yang ramai yang menantikannya. Melalui Pandai Guru, guru
boleh menggunakan aplikasi ini sebagai pembelajaran secara online dalam mengurus  pelajar mereka mengikut kelas masing-masing.

Apa yang menarik! Pelbagai kelebihan menggunakan Pandai Guru. Guru yang berdaftar dengan Pandai Guru
dapat menyediakan atau mencipta kuiz mereka sendiri untuk pelajar-pelajar mereka.
 Jadi, mudah sangat la lepas ni guru bagi kuiz harian atau tugasan buat pelajar mereka dengan melalui Pandai. Malah,
guru dapat membentuk dan menyusun setiap nama kelas dalam Pandai Guru itu sendiri.
 Paling penting, guru juga
dapat melihat prestasi pelajar-pelajar mereka.

Senang dan mudah! Semua di hujung jari sekarang.

Lepas ini, pelajar yang menggunakan Pandai
boleh saling berhubung dan berinteraksi bersama-sama dengan guru
 bagi proses pembelajaran dalam platform Pandai Guru ini.

Daftar dengan percuma sahaja. Jangan risau semua!
Jadi, apa tunggu lagi? Kepada semua warga pendidik di luar sana, jom daftar dengan Pandai Guru.

Senang sahaja. Ikuti langkah dibawah:
Cara mendaftar Pandai Guru:

Layari
www.pandai.org

Pilih ‘Daftar’
Kemudian pilih pengguna sebagai ‘Guru’ atau ‘Pelajar’
Isi maklumat bagi pendaftaran akaun Pandai Guru.

Banyak kelebihan penggunaan Pandai Guru terbaru ini. Kepada masih belum mendaftar dengan Pandai. Inilah peluang anda segera!

Jangan lupa follow media sosial Pandai untuk mendapatkan berita-berita terbaru dari Pandai.

Jom daftar Pandai Guru sekarang.

#SenangJeNakPandai

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@pandaiofficial
Instagram:
@pandaiofficial
Twitter:
@pandaiofficial
Tiktok:
@pandaiofficial
Blog:
blog.pandai.org


What’s New: Pandai on TikTok! OMG!

Ha Ha Ha! Dengan secara rasminya,
Pandai kini berada di TikTok!
 Wow! We’re so excited guys!!
Yes! This is New! Pandaiofficial at TikTok!!

Mana pelajar-pelajar yang mempunyai akaun Tiktok ,apa lagi?! Jom la. Ikuti kami!

Kenapa Kena Follow TikTok
@pandaiofficial
 ni:

Pandai akan share
aktiviti-aktiviti atau contest
 untuk anda join.
Pandai akan cerita lebih lagi tentang
Semua Features di Pandai
. Oh yes!
Pandai akan bantu anda
Go Through untuk Start Belajar dengan Pandai
. Yeay!
Pandai akan share
tips-tips dan artikel menarik tentang pendidikan
. Huhu
Pandai akan update
all the news tentang Education di Malaysia
Pandai akan bantu anda untuk
tips-tips belajar
 yang menarik dan sebagainya
Pandai akan
share apa yang berlaku atau on going di Pandai

Ya, banyak lagi akan kami share dengan anda. Menarik. Don’t miss the chance!

Jangan tunggu dan tenung je. Follow Tiktok Pandai sekarang !

Klik Button
“Follow”

sekarang!

Nak dapatkan maklumat terbaru dari Pandai, follow Media Sosial Pandai di bawah!

FB:
@pandaiofficial
Instagram:
@pandaiofficial
Twitter:
@pandaiofficial
Tiktok:
@pandaiofficial
Blog:
blog.pandai.org
#senangjenakPandai


What’s New: Pandai Parents Kini di Pandai

Hai semua! Bagaimana hari anda? Ya, pada bulan April ini, ada berita gembira tau yang kami nak share ni!
Kalau nak tahu, Pandai telah melancarkan
Pandai Parents
yang terbaru dan terhangat sekarang.
Siapa yang boleh guna Pandai Parent ini? Semestinya, khas dibangunkan buat
para ibu bapa
 yang ingin memantau anak mereka menggunakan Pandai.

Menarik, kan! Inilah masa yang ditunggu-tunggu oleh ibu bapa. Terutama para ibu bapa yang nak tengok
progres pencapaian
 anak mereka dengan menggunakan Pandai. Di atas permintaan ramai dalam kalangan ibu bapa, Pandai dah bangunkan untuk anda semua! Yahoo!

Pandai Parents merupakan
suatu aplikasi yang terbaru
 buat ibu bapa di Malaysia. Penggunaan Pandai Parents adalah aplikasi atau platform yang ramai nantikan.

Apa yang best dengan Pandai Parents ini adalah:
1. Ibu bapa dapat
memantau prestasi
 anak mereka melalui kad skor, ranking dan sebagainya
2. Pendaftaran hanya
percuma
3. Ibu bapa dapat
menukar akaun mereka
 untuk masuk ke akaun anak mereka dengan menekan butang ‘switch account’.
4. Ibu bapa boleh memasukkan maklumat akaun seberapa banyak jumlah anak yang ada. Ahaa.

Best, kan? Memang best semua di hujung jari sekarang.

Jadi, apa tunggu lagi? Buat semua ibu bapa yang telah mendaftarkan anak mereka dengan Pandai, anda berpeluang untuk menggunakan Pandai Parents ini.

Ikuti langkah di bawah bagi
Cara mendaftar Pandai Parents:

Layari
www.pandai.org

Pilih ‘Daftar’
Kemudian pilih pengguna sebagai ‘Parent’
Isikan maklumat anda
Klik ‘Daftar’
Tekan login untuk memulakan Pandai Parents dengan memasukkan email yang didaftar serta kata laluan yang diterima.

Setelah mendaftar, jika anda ingin memasukkan maklumat akaun anak anda? Ya. Anda perlukan
‘Children pin code’
Mana nak dapatkan children pin code?
Boleh ikuti langkah pada gambar di bawah:

Mudah sahaja. Apa lagi? Jom daftar Pandai Parents sekarang!

Jangan lupa follow media sosial Pandai untuk mendapatkan berita-berita terbaru dari Pandai.

FB:
@pandaiofficial
Instagram:
@pandaiofficial
Twitter:
@pandaiofficial
Tiktok:
@pandaiofficial
Blog:
blog.pandai.org

#SenangJeNakPandai


Which Gender Has Better Reading and Writing Skills?

Hi! We meet again! Last time, I wrote an article on “Who is Better in  Computation and Problem-Solving Boy or Girl?” which is explicitly concluded by girls  acquiring these skills better than boys in the early and middle of secondary school.  Then, it showed a twist when the school come to its end.

This time, I would like to research other skills that I am also curious about – reading and writing skills. Before we start, let’s take a look at a few related articles.  Based on the article by Alia Wong (2018) titled “Why Girls are Better at Reading Than  Boys?”, she shared research by Keith Topping, a professor from Scotland’s University of Dundee,

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Girls tend to do almost everything more thoroughly than boys,” Topping told  me over email, while conversely, boys are “more careless about some, if not  most, school subjects.” And notably, as countless studies have shown, girls are  also more likely to read for pleasure.

An article was written by Jamie Ballard (2018), a data journalist of YouGov.com, said that in America, women generally read more books than men.

Based on the articles mentioned, as a hypothesis, we can say that girls read  more than boys, which helps turn out girls to have better grammar and enable them  to have a quick understanding and score better in reading and writing.

To have better insights, I’m going to use the data from users of Pandai. They  are the students of year six and form 3. I will compare the test results of their English,  Bahasa Melayu, Mathematics and Science subjects to see which of them scored better.

Let’s take a look at the bar chart below. For this illustration, the score of 250 year-six boy and girl students is used.

The chart presents comparisons in the score between boys and girls in English, Bahasa Melayu, Mathematics and Science subjects of year six students. There is a statistically slight difference between the two groups for English and Bahasa Melayu, while for Mathematics and Science, it shows quite a large gap between the scores.

As we can see, in English subject, girl scored an average of 80.7%, with a tiny gap more significant by 1.3% than the boy. For Bahasa Melayu, even with a slight difference, it also seemed to be dominated by girls with greater by 1%. In Mathematics, it shows a 5.9-point gap and a 1.5-point gap in Science, both favoured by girls.

Overall, it is clear that girls performed better than boys in all four subjects during primary school.

Now that we’ve got the insights for primary school, I am curious, how is it in secondary school?

The bar chart illustrates the score of boys and girls of form 3 students in four subjects. A total of 200 students from both boys and girls are used.

The result shows a similar pattern as in primary school, where girl students dominated the achievement in all subjects. The boy and girl students scored an average of 74.3% and 75.2% in English, 64.1%, and 66.1% in Bahasa Melayu, respectively. There is a 0.9-point gap in the average score of English and a difference of 2 percentage points in Bahasa Melayu between both genders. Both favouring girls. As for Science and Mathematics, we can see girls overscored boys with a difference in 4.9% in Mathematics and 2.5% in Science.

Conclusively, we can say that in secondary school, girls maintained their excellency in all four subjects.

The results in Figure 1 and Figure 2 showed that girl’s performance in the four subjects is often higher than boys from primary school up to secondary school. Girls significantly outperformed boys in reading and writing ability across all grades. This is because girls tend to have a quicker understanding compared to boys.

Based on the results that we got, few approaches should be applied. Educators may need to concentrate more on reading and writing for boys in the classroom. Besides that, teachers should also be aware that more varied reading and writing learning strategies are essential for students, especially boy students who are not good at both. Apart from that, higher motivated boys perform better than those with poorly written motivation, so educators can focus on students’ motivation to influence student results more indirectly.

References

1.
https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2018/09/why-girls-are-better- reading-boys/571429/

2.
https://today.yougov.com/topics/lifestyle/articles- reports/2018/08/14/reading-books-men-women