By :

Siti Zaimaliza Bt Masturi

Nurul Atiqah Bt Mohd Nori
Wan Noor Aainaa Izyani Wan Ibrahim
Nurul Nadia Hasnol

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 The aims of Ministry of Education Malaysia
- to provide a high quality of education for all students
- build a world rank education system

Project of RMK-9 - government wish to

develop the potential of our education
institution

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 Education institution - shown a very positive
progression and there are a lot of changes have
been made.

Various type of school in our education

system
- Primary level -SK, SJKC, SJKT and Indigenous
- Secondary level - SBP, SMT, SMKA, Sekolah Model Khas
and SMK Harian

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  In the project of RMK-9 - new category of
school that will develop and it is called as…
‘ CLUSTER SCHOOL’

 What is Cluster School???

– brand name given to schools that have been identified as
excellent in their cluster in aspect of school management
and student excellence
– focus on niche areas

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  The implementation :
– To accelerate the excellence level of schools in the

Malaysian Education system.

– To develop schools that can be role models by
schools within its cluster and other schools outside
its cluster.

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 • Launched on 16th January 2006

• Based on second PIPP approach

• Idea from Dato’ Hishamuddin Tun Hussein

Onn

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 • Launched 30 schools for the first phase

• Launched another 30 schools for the second

phase

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 Sekolah Sultan Alam Shah, Putrajaya
Kolej Islam Sultan Alam Shah, Klang
Kolej Tunku Kurshiah, Negeri Sembilan
Kolej Melayu Kuala Kangsar, Perak
SMS Tengku Muhammad Faris Petra, Kelantan
SMK Penang Free, Pulau Pinang
SMK (P) Sri Aman, Petaling Jaya, Selangor

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 SK Puteri, Seremban, Negeri Sembilan
SJK Tamil Masai, Masai, Johor
SK Tengku Ampuan Intan, Kuala Berang,
Terengganu
Sekolah Seri Puteri, Cyberjaya
Sekolah Menengah Sains (SMS) Kuching
Sekolah Tun Fatimah, Johor Bahru
SMK Raja Permaisuri Bainun, Ipoh

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  To accelerate school excellence

 To expand full potential of schools

 To improve Malaysian education system

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  To be role models to other schools

 To achieve world-class standard

 To be centre of educational excellence.

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 1. Type of schools :
– Primary school

– Secondary school 

– Sekolah-sekolah di luar seliaan KPM

– Higher Institution

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 2. Niche Areas
– Each school will have a particular niche area

– KPM has given the authority to the school to

choose any niche areas

– Usually each school would have 3 kinds of niche
areas

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 3. Students
– have students who excel in various fields
– not only have to achieve good results but also perform well
in co-curriculum aspect.

4. Teachers
– must achieve the standard that the KPM has
provided
– regard the knowledge and skill items

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 5. Parents-teacher Association (PTA)
– KPM has given the local 'stakeholders' (PTA) to make
changes for the Cluster School
– Cluster schools will expand the roles of the PTA, Board of
Governors, Alumni and NGOs

6. Mentor – Mentee System

– co-operation with the formation of University-Schools
clusters to stress on the concept of each public government
university (IPTA) will be a mentor to a number of selected
schools

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 7.  School’s Autonomy Power
– curriculum management

– co-curriculum management

– school management

– financial resources management

– physical resources and human resource management

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 based on :
– students’ achievement in aspects of academic
– co-curriculum, character/personality
– effective school management, management of resources,
– quality school leadership,
– effective management in teaching and learning, conducive
environment for the development of human capital
– effective implementation of KPM program and schools
with character

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 a) How a school can be selected as a Cluster
School?
ROUTE 1

– Through the automatic selected process by KPM

– The school that have been recognized for their excellence
in certain field. E.g. Sports, ICT etc
– The school need to reach certain band that the KPM has
set.

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 ROUTE 2

– Any interested school can apply the title of Cluster School

from the KPM.
– The headmaster or the principal of the school need to do
make a formal application letter to the Jemaah Nazir
Sekolah (JNS)
– They need to go through various levels of selection
procedures and meet criteria in order to be in the running of
the selection processes.

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 The KPM has set the band and condition for each
criteria of performance for a school need to achieve
in order to be a Cluster School:

– School should attain at least Excellent Level based on the

Standard for Quality Education in Malaysian Schools (SQEM)
– Co-Curriculum excellence (Secondary Schools)
– Primary Day Schools : 80% students passes in all subjects in
the Primary School

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 b) How can teachers enter Cluster School?
Secondary Cluster School

– Achieve good results and perform well academically in

Ujian Penilaian Sekolah Rendah (UPSR) and Penilaian
Menengah Rendah (PMR) and also in co-curriculum -
automatically listed by the JPN - send to continue their
studies in the Cluster Schools
– If the students are not listed, they can apply on JPN but
must achieve good results in both field, academically, co-
curriculum and they also need to acquire positive personality.

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 Primary school students :
– Due to the only real examination, that they would have is
only UPSR, the school has not much power to choose their
students.
– The students are still young and their abilities cannot be
detected
– Therefore, as a primary Cluster School it depends entirely
on the creativity of their teachers to teach and the ability of
their students to learn and to perform

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 How can teachers enter Cluster School ?
Characteristics of the teacher
– positive attitude to be a role model
– able to take challenges easily and show special
interest in everything
– High achievers
– Depends on the credentials of the teacher on
speciality in niche areas

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 Ways
a)The principals, headmaster or headmistress are
given the power to make choices of their own
teachers :-
– view of the very much needed skills that a
particular teacher possesses
– can apply these teachers from the JPN, and it is up
to the JPN to permit their grant.

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 b) Qualify teacher can apply through form
– KPM will advertise the form
– Submit it to KPM
– Wait for the result

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 IT IS ALL ABOUT FLEXIBILITY!
a)Curriculum Management
– Principals have no restrictions as compared to other
principals in an ordinary school.
– They can manage their teaching and learning aspects
• method of curriculum deliverance
• method of student’s progress report, scheduling of learning and
interaction of learning
• period of curriculum implementation
• other subject besides core subject in the national curriculum

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 b) Co-curriculum management
– types of co-curriculum (niche areas)
– opportunity to participate in other international
events abroad
– construct their own scheduling
• implementation on co-curriculum activities,
• mode of assessment,
• selection of their coaches

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 c) School management and physical resources
and human resource management.
– Teachers selection are based on application or
identification by the Parent Teachers Association
– selection of their students

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 d) Financial resources management
– main resource is the Parent Teachers Association
– capable to raise additional fund for project and
programmes
– PTA are willing to go to great pains in spending
substantial amount of money to upgrade the
infrastructure of the school

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 e) Implementation of Niche Areas
– very unique that other schools do not have
– the school has become a diversity learning
institution
– Produce benefits to the students, school and to the
country

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 Not all students would be interest with the niche
areas
Thus, will lead to a great disaster – Failure of the
implementation of niche areas – failed to achieve
aims
– Waste of time, money and energy
The issue of funding - bureaucratic delay

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 • excellent school
• possess the potential
• The aim of the possess the potential national
education- requires a specific systematic
planning

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 • The aim of generating cluster schools
– as a benchmark in uplifting our educational
system
– create the Malaysian education system
– produce future generation that is holistic and
able to meet the high demands of the
competitive workforce

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 • Strongly agree with the implementation of
Cluster School
• Please understand, that Cluster School
is not the best schools but it is more towards
an excellent school possess the potential to be
uplifted in their excellence to a much more
higher level

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 SMKA Sheik Hj. Mohd. Said,
Seremban.

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