New era in the classroom


High tech: Fadhlina signing a smartboard during the handover ceremony at SMK Bayan Lepas, Penang. — LIM BENG TATT/The Star

GEORGE TOWN: Malaysian schools nationwide are saying goodbye to chalk dust from blackboards and the acrylic smell of whiteboards as they embrace smartboards, giving the classroom a much-needed digital shift, says Education Minister Fadhlina Sidek.

Starting with Penang, the first state to fully implement smartboards in all of its 396 government schools, nearly 10,000 additional schools across the country will be equipped with this technology in phases by 2027.

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