KSSR (小学课程標准)

English Version:   (scroll down for mandarin version 中文版 ) 

KSSR aims to produce students balanced in the aspect of intellectual, spiritual, emotional, physical and social; and in turns, produce responsible citizens, global players and knowledgeable employees.

KSSR curriculum is organized in two stages with the objective to master, strengthen and apply the 4 main skills (4M), which are: writing (menulis), counting (mengira), reading (membaca) and reasoning (menaakul). The reasoning skill is newly added in KSSR. Therefore, when comparing with students under KBSR system, one can see the difference where KBSR students write more, KSSR students are encouraged to think and speak more.

PBS, a holistic assessment in line with KSSR is introduced. It is optimized to assess both academic and non-academic perspective of a student.

The objective of PBS is to:

- get an overview of the potential of the individual

- monitor growth and help boost the potential of individual

- provide meaningful reporting of individual learning.

There are school level assessment (pentaksiran sekolah) and national/central assessment (pentaksiran pusat).

School level assessment is designed, built, administered, examined, recorded and reported by teachers in schools. Example of assessment instruments that can be used are worksheet, observation, oral responses, training in exercise books or workbooks, quiz, checklists, reporting assignments, homework and tests.

For central assessment, it is based on assignment and marking scheme issued by Examination Board.

Teachers are given autonomy to carry out formative assessment (assessment conducted during the learning process )  or summative assessment (assessment conducted at the end of the learning unit or  at the end of the year).

In PBS, student achievement is reported based on the Band.

Band	Standard
6	Know, understand, can do with exemplary
5	Know, understand, can do with ‘terpuji’
4	Know, understand, can do with ‘beradab’
3	Know, understand, can do
2	Know, understand
1	Know

Band 3 can be equivalent to a passing grade. Therefore teachers need to devise activities to help students achieve a minimum of band 3.

Frequently asked Questions:

1.       What is LH”s approach to KSSR ?

Based on the dialogue on 4/07/14, LH is likely to maintain the  4 exams per year. The support for retaining the regular exam is strong both from the teachers and parents . The  4 exams train the students to be “battle hardened “ throughout the year and parents have a better idea of how their children are performing on a regular basis.

The exams will remain the core component of the assessment. Overtime, the exam questions will  be modified  to allow the children to express themselves/answer questions in a more flexible way   and  to enable teachers to assess the children’s capability based on the 6 prescribed band. For instance- a year one child may write a sentence with a drawing or combining different languages to express himself . There is no simple right or wrong answer . This will require a more subjective approach to marking .

This is still at a very early stage of implementation. Apart from lack of clear policy guidelines , the Ministry is also short of trained inspectors /tutors to guide the teachers.

2.       What is LH doing to train the teachers?

A number of  senior teachers are  attending  courses and they in turn will share their knowledge with other teachers . This is an on –going process.  One of the issues is having to be consistent with the marking process now that  teachers have to be more flexible with marking the answers . There is no easy answer but LH is trying its best . Given LH’s past track records , there is no reason why LH will not thrive under the new system.

3.       What is been done to educate parents about KSSR

Parents are generally quite well  informed   . Many have checked MOE website to get updates on KSSR . This type of dialogue will be another avenue for parents and teachers to exchange views and ideals . LH will continue to hold more seminars and provide information to parents when it is appropriate.

NOTE OF THANKS

This article is contributed by the newly formed Parents Academic Research Team (PART)  in consultation with a number of experts and teachers. The views expressed here are merely  summary of points BUT they do not represent the official position of LH or any particular individuals . If anyone has any query , we suggest you contact the school management or check with www.moe.gov.my/lp 

Chinese Version:

KSSR (小学课程標准)的目的是要培育学生在智力，精神，情感，生理和社交方面的能力达到平衡;从而培育出负责任的公民及世界顶尖的人力资源。
KSSR课程是分为两个阶段；第一阶段 （一至三年级）为“掌握”, 第二阶段（四至六年级）为“巩固和运用”4个主要技能（4M），它们分别是：写作（menulis），计数（mengira），阅读（membaca）和推理（menaakul）。推理技能是在KSSR新增的主题。 如 KSSR互相比较KBSR，我们可以看到KBSR的学生会有注重书写锻炼，KSSR 却鼓励学生努力理性思考和注重表达能力。

PBS（校本评估） 是配合KSSR而进行的整体判断的教学评价以鉴定学生的学术和非学术水平。
PBS的目的是：
- 评估学生的个人潜能
- 观测进展，并开发学生的潜能
- 提供有意义的个人评估报告。

教学评量分两级：学内评估（pentaksiran sekolah）及 国家/评估中心（pentaksiran PUSAT）。
1。 “校内评估” （pentaksiran sekolah）办校内老师负责 设计，建造，管理，检查，记录及报告进程。评估方法多元化，可运用工作表，观察，口试，培训练习簿或工作簿，测验，检查单，报告作业，家庭作业和测验。
 2。“中央评估” （pentaksiran PUSAT）。是依据 考试委员会设定的作业和试卷评分。

教师有自主权来进行过程评量（在学习过程中进行评估），或总结性评估（在学习单元结束时或在年终考核进行）。
PBS（校本评估），学生的评估分一至六级段数，标准如下：

段数（Band）	标准 （Standard）
第6级	知道，了解，及能文雅地表达并成为典范。
第5级	知道，了解，及能良好地表达并受赞扬；可以'terpuji'
第4级	知道，了解，及能文雅地表达；可以'beradab'
第3级	知道，了解，及懂得表达
第2级	知道，了解
第1级	知道

段数第3级相等于及格。因此，教师需要设计活动，以帮助学生达到段数第3级。

鸣谢：
这篇文章是由新成立的家长学术研究团队,经过咨询了一些专家和教师的看法后所表达的总结，这篇文章并不代表任何学校或个人的立场。如果家长有任何疑问，建议您联系个别学校校长或检查www.moe.gov.my/lp