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Peraduan HOTS
Main Mind

PERADUAN

HOTS

Apa Khabar i-THINKers!

Pada pertengahan bulan April, 1000 buah sekolah akan
mula mengikuti Kursus i-THINK Dalam Talian (KiDT)
yang merupakan berita baik untuk wawasan negara
bagi melengkapkan generasi akan datang dengan
berfikiran kritis dan inovatif. Kursus kepada
pembimbing KiDT telah berjalan dengan lancar dan
kursus ini juga telah diterima baik oleh guru-guru
kerana ia amat menyeronokkan.
Kehilangan pesawat MH370 baru-baru ini merupakan
berita sedih bagi semua rakyat Malaysia dan luar
negara. Kami turut bersimpati ke atas keluarga dan
rakan-rakan yang terlibat dengan kejadian tersebut.
Peraduan HOTS menawarkan sebuah lagi Samsung
Galaxy Tab 3 sebagai hadiah dan kami berharap lebih

ramai murid-murid akan mengambil bahagian dalam

peraduan ini.
Kami berharap artikel-artikel yang disiarkan dalam isu ini
adalah berguna kepada anda semua dan segala komen
dan maklumbalas dari anda amatlah dialu-alukan.
HOTS juga ingin mendengar pendapat pelajar-pelajar,
guru-guru dan ibu-bapa dan digalakkan menghantar
semua pertanyaan, video klip, testimoni atau
pengalaman dan sumbangan lain kepada
www.facebook.com/ithinkschools atau
www.twitter.com/ithink schools.
Terima Kasih!

1 SAMSUNG
GALAXY TAB 3
UNTUK
DIMENANGI

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HOTS@innovation.my

Hello i-THINKers!
Another 1,000 schools have come on board the i-THINK
programme which is good news for the nations vision to
equip Malaysias next generation of innovators to think
critically and be adaptable in preparation for the future.
The online training of the teachers has been going on
smoothly and the interactive manner of the training is
also well received by the teachers since it is a fun way
to learn.
Everyone is saddened with the disappearance of
MH 370 and we would like to express our sadness and
sympathy to the family and friends of those who were on
board.

The Peraduan HOTS will be offering another Samsung Galaxy

Tab 3 as the prize and we hope more students will
participate in the contest.
We hope the articles which we publish in this issue is useful
to students, teachers and parents and we would be happy to
publish your comments on these stories so please feel free to
write or e mail us.
HOTS would also like to hear the opinion of students,
teachers and parents on i-THINK and education issues, please
send all inquiries video clips, testimonials or experiences and
other contributions to www.facebook.com/ithinkschools or
www.twitter.com/ithinkschools.
Happy i-THINKing!

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Adakah Bulan Berputar?

Pemerhati-pemerhati di Bumi
mengetahui bahawa Bulan pada
dasarnya sentiasa berada pada sisi yang
sama ketika ia menghadap planet kita
semasa melalui orbitnya. Ini boleh
membawa kepada persoalan, adakah
bulan berputar? Jawapannya adalah
ya , walaupun ia mungkin kelihatan
bertentangan dengan apa yang mata
kita perhatikan.
Bulan mengorbit Bumi sekali setiap
27.322 hari. Ia juga mengambil masa
lebih kurang 27 hari untuk Bulan
berputar sekali pada paksinya.
Akibatnya, Bulan kelihatan seolah-olah
tidak berputar dan dilihat oleh
pemerhati di Bumi seolah-olah
tidak bergerak langsung. Saintis
memanggilnya sebagai putaran
synchronous.

Sisi bulan yang sentiasa menghadap

Bumi dikenali sebagai bahagian dekat
bulan. Bahagian yang bertentangan
atau bahagian belakang ialah
bahagian jauh bulan. Kadang-kadang
bahagian jauh ini dipanggil bahagian
gelap bulan, tetapi ini tidak tepat.
Bila Bulan berada antara Bumi dan
Matahari, semasa bulan berada di fasa
bulan baru, sisi belakang bulan
bermandikan waktu siang.
Namun begitu orbit dan putaran
bukanlah betul-betul sepadan. Bulan
bergerak mengelilingi Bumi dalam orbit
elips, bentuk bulatan yang sedikit
diregang keluar. Apabila bulan berada
paling hampir dengan Bumi, putarannya
adalah lebih perlahan daripada
pergerakannya melalui ruang angkasa,
membolehkan para pemerhati untuk
melihat tambahan sebanyak 8 darjah di
sebelah timur .

1MALAYSIA INTERNATIONAL
TOURISM NIGHT FLORAL PARADE
12 Jun 2014 - 15 Jun 2014 | Putrajaya
Jangan lepaskan peluang untuk
menyaksikan pameran bunga dan
kereta berhias yang dihias dan
direka indah dalam perarakan
dengan bunga-bungaan pelbagai
jenis dan warna. Datanglah ke
Putrajaya di mana seluruh bandar
dipenuhi dengan pelbagai jenis
bunga yang cantik.

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Apabila Bulan berada pada jarak paling

jauh, putarannya adalah lebih cepat, jadi
tambahan sebanyak 8 darjah akan
dapat dilihat di sebelah barat .
Jika anda boleh membuat perjalanan di
sekitar bahagian gelap bulan
sebagaimana yang dilakukan oleh
angkasawan Apollo 8 suatu masa
dahulu, anda akan melihat permukaan
yang sangat berbeza dari apa yang
anda bayangkan untuk lihat.
Ketika bahagian dekat bulan kelihatan
licin dengan maria (dataran besar dan
gelap yang dihasilkan oleh aliran lava
yang memejal) serta pergunungan
bulan yang bercahaya, bahagian jauh
bulan dipenuhi dengan kawah yang
banyak.

Melaka River
24 Mei 2014 23 Jun 2014
Melaka
Jangan lupa menikmati keseronokan
dengan aktiviti yang dipenuhi
dengan program di sepanjang Sungai
Melaka. Anda akan terpesona dengan
pelbagai aktiviti yang telah diatur
sehingga membuatkan pesta ini
menjadi satu kenangan yang tidak
mungkin boleh dilupakan.

Earths Tectonic Plates

Earth which suffers from earthquakes,
volcanic eruptions, tsunamis and other
disasters does not sound like an ideal
habitat but Earths grinding plates, the
source of its deadly tectonics, are
actually one of the key ingredients that
make it the only planet with life in the
solar system (found so far).
Now, a new model seeks to explain
why Earths plate tectonics is unique
among the suns rocky planets. It all
comes down to tiny minerals in rocks.
What goes on in rocks has helped us
understand how plate boundaries
evolve, said David Bercovici, a geophysicist at Yale University and lead
author of the new study.

Plate tectonics is a
widely-accepted
theory that says the
Earths outer surface,
or crust, is divided
into rigid plates.
These plates move
around the planet on
top of convection
currents in the
mantle, the hotter
rock layer between
the crust and
Earths core. The
crust is recycled
back into the
mantle at subduction
zones, where one plate bends down
under another.

Tectonic p
lates of th
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WRISTBAND COULD MEASURE

YOUR EXPOSURE TO POLLUTANTS
More than 1,000 chemicals in the
environment could be detected with a
silicone wristband, giving wearers
information about the chemicals they
are exposed to in their everyday lives,
researchers say.
The wristbands are made out of the
same material as popular charity bands
(such as LiveStrong), but the material
has been modified to absorb chemicals
from the air and water around a
person, as well as their skin.
In a study of 30 volunteers who wore
the bands for a month, the bands
picked up nearly 50 different chemical
compounds.

The researchers hope that one

day, the bands could be used in
studies to help link chemicals in
the environment to health effects,
said study researcher Kim
Anderson, a professor at Oregon
State University's College of
Agricultural Sciences.
Its important to understand
how the environment affects
people, and the first part of
that is to understand what our
exposures are, she said.

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IB ASIA PACIFIC
ANNUAL
CONFERENCE
2014
Themed Ways of Knowing, the
conference focused on change,
development and ongoing inquiry
in the IB world and that at IB World
Schools. Ways of knowing - are
continually challenged, ever
learning and always adapting.

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Professor Marcus
du Sautoy, OBE
Professor du Sautoys credits include
being voted one of the 100 most
influential people under 40 in Britain in
2004 by Esquire magazine and among
others, being awarded the Royal
Societys Faraday Prize, the UKs premier
award for excellence in communicating
science. Professor du Sautoy received an
OBE for services to science in 2010.

Each year the International

Baccalaureate, Asia Pacific Global
Centre presents the IB Asia Pacific
Annual Conference and it provided
an excellent opportunity for
educational leaders and decision
makers in schools, universities and
governments to come together to
share best practices around
cultivating the way we are
educating students and creating an
education system that nurtures
their abilities.

Professor du Sautoys keynote focused on how the language

of math is at the forefront of the technological changes that
are sweeping through society and that the younger
generation should understand and appreciate the breadth,
depth, complexity, and beauty of the discipline that is
mathematics.

Mr Richard Gerver
Richard Gerver, principal, author and education policy advisor
to the UK Government. At the age of 32, Mr Gerver was
appointed the new principal of The Grange School, a very
poor performing school in all of Great Britain. Leading
dramatic change, the Grange school became a model of
transformation and innovation.

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The Innovation Skills/Education

team recently attended the IB Asia
Pacific Annual Conference 2014 in
Singapore with 10 head teachers, 10
IB coordinators and three officials
from the MoE.

The conference centered on three

renowned inspirational keynote speakers:

Mr Gervers very animated and humorous keynote address

touched on how it is education that defines the success of a
countrys ability to control and manage change. The mass
education system that we experienced was created for a
different time and place. But over time, it has changed little
and if we do not make that change we would be ill-prepared
to face the challenges that are already upon us. We appear to
be caught in a world where people are afraid and paralysed
by the prospect of change and overwhelmed by crisis. Mr
Gerver believes that we must give education a radical rethink
towards its purpose, the approach and its values.

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Professor Lawrence Krauss

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Professor Lawrence is a theoretical physicist,

cosmologist, author, and Foundation Professor of the
School of Earth and Space Exploration at Arizona
State University. Professor Lawrence is the winner of
numerous awards and the only physicist to have
received honors from the American Physical Society,
the American institute of Physics and the American
Association of Physics Teachers. Professor Lawrences
opening statement said, Too often we teach students
as if the answers matter, when in fact it is the
questions that matter. This could have been more
apt. His keynote spanned the universe, on scientific
discoveries to space and time ending with our origins
and our future.

CONFERENCE

Dr. Sohail Inayatullah who presided over the

leadership symposium on Shaping
Alternative Futures in Education saw
discussions on the developing knowledge
and skills in exploring probable and
preferred futures for schools in the Asia
Pacific Region

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telah disediakan khas untuk MYP
Coordinator yang baru masuk ke alam
International Baccalaureate Middle Years
Programme (IBMYP) dan diketuai oleh
Puan Kim. Beliau merupakan seorang
MYP Manager yang berpengalaman
selama lebih daripada 10 tahun.
Sebanyak lebih daripada 50 orang
peserta tertarik dengan gaya
persembahannya yang dinamik dan
prihatin. Masa inilah semua peserta
mengambil peluang untuk menanya
soalan yang berhubung dengan
pelaksanaan IBMYP di sekolah
masing-masing dan pada masa yang
sama, mendapat maklumat baharu dan
terkini daripada pihak International
Baccalaureate Organisation (IBO).
Antara isu-isu yang dibincangkan ialah
MYP Next Chapter, MYP moderation,
certification and eAssessment, New MYP
model, dan sebagainya. Para peserta
turut dimaklumkan supaya memulakan
pelaksanaan IBMYP menggunakan
model yang baharu dan secara
berperingkat. Sekolah turut digalakkan
supaya menjalani Community Project
sebagai langkah persediaan untuk
Personal Project yang diwajibkan
semasa akhir tahun pembelajaran MYP.
Secara keseluruhannya, sesi ini
sememangnya membawa manfaat yang
banyak kepada para peserta dan
ditamatkan dengan tepukan gemuruh
daripada para hadirin sebagai tanda
terima kasih antara satu sama lain.

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Thumbs up
from Sarawak
for i-THINK

Thinking Maps memang senang

untuk dipakai. Ia menambahkan
ilmu dan menjimatkan masa.

Agensi Inovasi Malaysia recently visited SK

Tan Sri Datuk Hj Mohamed in Sarawak as part
of their mentoring programme and spoke to
students from Class 6A about the i-THINK
programme which the school has been
running for 2 years. Here are their comments:

Thinking Maps mudah untuk

dipakai dan dibuat. Ia
meningkatkan kreativiti
saya kerana saya dapat
membuat corak.

From l to r: Claudia
Sheafer, Nor Asma
Zulaikha, Viviana
Justin, Erica Pauleta

From l to r:
Vanessa Anderson,
Ashley Miyake,
Fressca Nujong,
Nur Amiesya Najwa

Schools in the
i-THINK programme
are encouraged to
adopt collaborative
learning. Classrooms
are configured in
groups of 5 or 6
allowing students to
consult and discuss
ideas with their peers
bringing about a
better learning
environment.

Mudah untuk diguna

dalam bahan belajar.
Saya minat i-THINK kerana saya
dapat peluang untuk memikir luar
kotak. Selain daripada itu, topik2
lebih senang di fahami.

It makes you think without the use

of books (memorisation)
and I like it when we collaborate.

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Peta Pemikiran ini membenarkan saya untuk memikir

dengan lebih luas dan membolekan saya menambahkan
ilmu. Ia juga menguji minda kami. Yang paling
menyeronokkkan ialah pembelajaran usaha bersama.

Petikan menjadi lebih ringkas

dan kita boleh jawab soalan
dengan cara yang mudah.

Saya juga bersetuju dengan

rakan sedarjah saya. Cara
i-THINK lebih mudah dan
ringkas dibanding dengan cara
lama . Kerja sekolah sekarang
lebih ringkas dan saya suka
belajar dengan kawan kawan.

SK Tan Sri Datuk Hj

Mohameds very
effective Drive team
headed by, from l to r:
Harunoor Ismail,
Mimilia Gabriel and
Dayang Zubaidah.
From AIM are
Hamidah Ayub Khan
and Lionel Jackson.

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PEOPLE

What changes have you seen

among the teachers since i-THINK
was introduced?
Most teachers change their attitude and have
positive thinking about the change.

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How many years have you been
a teacher and what made you
choose teaching as a career?
Ive been a teacher for 38 years. Im
interested in educating the young ones.
In fact my first ambition when I was
young was to be a policeman but my
mother disagreed due to the nature of a
policemans job. She said it could be
dangerous. Being a filial son I have to go
with what she said because I love her. She was so
happy when I became a teacher after graduation.

How do you feel about i-THINK

being introduced in your school
as a pilot project?
I feel great about it because it is very challenging.

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There should be a continuation of the i-THINK

programme in primary and secondary education. In
my opinion, there is always room for improvement in
adopting new teaching methodologies. Teachers
commitment and willingness to change is
important in this aspect. They must strive for
continuous professional development in order
to improve their teaching styles.

To be an adviser and provide free service. Im now

joining education related associations to provide free
service. At the same time, Im also actively involved
in promoting basketball sports as the Chairman of
Melaka Basketball Association. I also play badminton
during my free time to stay healthy.
I would also like to thank Agensi Inovasi Malaysia
(AIM) for giving me this opportunity to offer my
opinion in HOTS.

What is your advice for teachers

and those who want to become teachers,
from your years of experience in the
teaching profession?
Teachers should have a professional approach and
be well equipped with skills. They must love the
school and love the students. In addition they must
share the same mission with the head teachers to
bring improvements for the school. They must also
work in collaboration with colleagues.

What do you think are some

of the highlights of your career?
Im happy and proud to be promoted as headmaster
at a young age after 10 years in the school. I must
thank my colleagues for supporting me in the
journey. We worked together and achieved many
things as a group with the same mission i.e. to bring
improvements for the children and the school.

Do you think future Malaysian children will

become more innovative and creative with
the new teaching method and if yes, why?

What are your plans after

your retirement from teaching?

How will you describe the impact

of i-THINK in teaching and learning
in your school?
The teachers and pupils think during the process of
teaching and learning. The students used to rely
heavily on the teachers in their studies and I can see
the changes after the introduction of the i-THINK
programme where they became more independent.
They always ask questions and try to answer the
questions on their own without waiting for the
answers from the teachers. We no longer gave them
the fish, instead, we taught them how to fish.

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CATEGORY 1
WORKSHOP FOR
COORDINATIONS
24-26 March 2014

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PEOPLE

International
Thinking Skills
Conference
2014
Steve Higgins
Steve Higgins is Professor of Education
at Durham University. He moved to
Durham in 2006 from Newcastle
University, where he was a member of
the Thinking Skills Research Centre.
Before this he taught in primary
schools in the North East. His research
interests include understanding how
childrens thinking and reasoning
develops and he is the lead author of
the Sutton Trust/EEF Teaching and
Learning Toolkit.

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Mike Gibbons
Mike Gibbons career in education and
public services began in 1972,
teaching English and Drama in a large
comprehensive school in the West
Midlands. In 2002, thirty years and
four headships later, he joined the
Senior Civil Service as the founding
Lead Director of The Innovation Unit.
Gibbons has experience in school
leadership. He now leads a federation
of academies and is a founder
member of the Governing Council of
the National College for School
Leadership.

The sixth annual International Thinking Skills

Conference will be held on June 16 and 17 at Alexandra
House, Wroughton near Swindon in England.
School representatives from the United Kingdom and
abroad will gather for two days to focus on the latest
developments in cognitive education. The conference
will offer a wide range of workshops and presentations
appropriate for both early adopters of thinking skills
and for those with greater experience looking for
further development.
The key speakers are Professor Steve Higgins of
Durham University and Mike Gibbons, senior adviser at
Ormiston Academies and former Lead Director of The
Innovation Unit of England.

Cost: One Day Fee: 235 Two-day fee: 375

Online Booking: www.thinkingschool.co.uk

The conference offers a wide range of workshops and

presentations focusing on specific thinking pathways:
visual tools, dispositions for mindfulness and questioning
for enquiry.
Workshops also include: Developing student character
and dispositions for learning, Thinking for an outstanding
Ofsted Lesson, Growing future Leaders, Thinking and the
digital learner, Narrowing the attainment gap, Developing
the thinking teacher, Classroom research the lessons and
Developing the independent learner.
The International Thinking Skills Conference is now a
well-established event attended by hundreds of delegates
from across the globe. It provides an opportunity to meet
and network with other school representatives interested
in finding out more about the whole school approach to
the teaching of thinking.

Email: admin@thinkingschoolsinternational.com
Tel: 0044 (0) 1793 771506

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LEARNING

The search

for StoryMakers begins!

Free writing & story-crafting classes,
fantastic prizes and a chance to
co-author an adventure novel await 30
aspiring young writers.
The search is on for future fiction
authors via the StoryMakers League
(SML) Challenge!
Open to Malaysian children between
the ages of 10 to 14 years-old, SML
Challenge is an innovative project
by Agensi Inovasi Malaysia (AIM)
and publisher Shakespot Sdn Bhd to
unearth and nurture potential young
Malaysian writers, ultimately guiding
and supporting them to successfully
commercialise their creative work.
SML Challenge combines a
public short-story writing contest
with a round-robin story-writing
(co-creating) challenge, as well as a
series of free bi-monthly classes on
story-crafting, creative-writing, oral
presentation, publishing and
research. This project will eventually
result in a publication of a novel,

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set to be launched at the end

of the year.
The SML Challenge is hosted on
UReka (www.ureka.my), a
crowdsourcing competition
platform driven by Agensi Inovasi
Malaysia, a statutory body in the
Prime Ministers Department tasked
with encouraging innovation in the
country.
Our objective at AIM is to increase
the level of innovation and
creativity in the different sectors in
Malaysia, and to ensure ideas are
commercialised to bring about
economic and social impact. One
of the ways to achieve this is to
encourage private companies to
post challenges for the public,
especially youths, to contribute
ideas that address these
challenges.

The crowdsourcing challenge

applied in the StoryMakers League
not only would unearth and polish
raw talents in story-writing among
the young, but also provide a
vehicle to turn their ideas and
literary works into an actual product
on the shelves, said AIM CEO Mark
Rozario.

StoryMakers League will be on

exhibit at the KL International
Book Fair 2014 in April. As
Malaysia has been chosen as
Theme Nation for the Tokyo
International Book Fair 2014 in
July, it will be showcasing the
StoryMakers League concept as an

innovative approach to creating

content and developing new writers.
Aspiring writers interested in joining
the StoryMakers League can start
their journey by registering at
www.ureka.my. Teachers can contact
AIM to arrange a mini-workshop at
your school.

Shakespot Sdn Bhd Managing

Director Sheikh Faisal Sheikh
Mansor elaborated that the passion
for story telling and writing need to
be encouraged with guidance and
inspiration.
That is why we are providing the
free writing workshops to help these
budding writers to hone their skill.
At the end of the day, we hope to
groom a group of young writers
StoryMakers who
would continue
creating more
literary works and
see writing as a
great career
choice, he said.

For more info, please visit

http://ureka.my/challenge/storymakers-2/

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NEWS

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providing all the right answers is is the
a slogan in Peraduan HOTS. Th
interview HOTS did with him.

What do you think of the i-THINK

programme?
The i-THINK programme is a fantastic
learning tool for me and it is fun.
What do you do during your free time?
I read story books, listen to music,
watch TV programmes and play
computer games.
What games do you play?
I play squash.
Give a brief description
of your weekday?
Besides learning in school and doing
homework, I go for my squash training
every afternoon.
What do you enjoy doing
during the weekend?
Having squash training and sparring
with my coaches and friends.

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What is your ambition and

how do you plan to achieve it?
I wish to be a professional squash
player by training hard and win more
tournaments.

Who is the biggest inspiration in your

life and why?
My parents because they are very
supportive and they are always there for
me.

Do you love music and

who are your favourites?
Yes, I do, very much. Christina Perri and
Taylor Swift.

If there is one good thing you want to

do for the people of Malaysia, What
will it be?
To get them united and live in peace
and harmony just as I can see in the
squash family.

What is your favourite food and why?

Nasi lemak because it is spicy and
delicious.
What made you patiently answer all
the questions in the contest?
The grand prize, of course!

What inspired you to

write the slogan?
The words i-THINK and how
I practise it.
Who is your role model who you
would like to follow and succeed?
Nicol David the world number 1
women squash champion.

Do you think education is important for

young people and why is it important?
Yes, education is important for young
people because without education
there is no better future.

The slogan he wrote:

i-THINK makes me think
i-THINK teaches me skills
i-THINK makes lessons fun
i-THINK organises my thinking
i-THINK arranges my thoughts
Everything is easy with i-THIN
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Antara pelajar lepasan SPM yang menerima surat tawaran Biasiswa Nasional
daripada Muhyiddin pada Majlis Citra Kencana Penyampaian Surat Tawaran
Biasiswa Nasional 2014.

Kuala Lumpur: Lima puluh pelajar paling cemerlang Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM)
tahun lalu, menerima surat tawaran Biasiswa Nasional 2014 untuk melanjutkan
pengajian ke universiti terkemuka di dalam dan luar negara.
Surat tawaran pembiayaan pengajian berdasarkan merit akademik meliputi
pelbagai bidang diiktiraf kerajaan mulai peringkat persediaan sehingga ijazah
pertama itu, disampaikan oleh Timbalan Perdana Menteri merangkap Menteri
Pendidikan, Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin pada satu majlis di Bukit Kiara, di sini
semalam.

Lahir modal insan terbaik

Berucap pada majlis berkenaan, Muhyiddin berkata, penajaan dan inisiatif seperti
Biasiswa Nasional adalah pelaburan jangka panjang kerajaan bagi mencapai
agenda pembangunan modal insan negara dan menghasilkan kumpulan
berbakat untuk masa depan.
Matlamat akhir pelaburan itu adalah melahirkan modal insan terbaik yang dapat
menyumbang kepada usaha menjadikan Malaysia negara maju dan berdaya
saing, katanya.

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Beliau berharap penerima biasiswa berkenaan yang memilih universiti di luar

negara, pulang berkhidmat di tanah air selepas selesai pengajian, seterusnya
menjadi ejen misi mentransformasi Malaysia menjadi negara maju dan gemilang.
Selain Biasiswa Nasional, dua inisiatif lain yang memainkan peranan penting
dalam agenda pembangunan negara, disediakan kepada pemegang biasiswa
Jabatan Perkhidmatan Awam (JPA), iaitu Akselerasi Bakat Dalam Perkhidmatan
Awam (TAPS) serta Program Penarikan dan Pengekalan Bakat (STAR).

Sedia peluang
Katanya, kedua-dua inisiatif khas itu dirangka untuk menyediakan peluang
kepada pelajar tajaan JPA memajukan kerjaya masing-masing dalam bidang
utama menerusi Program Transformasi Kerajaan (GTP) dan Program Transformasi
Ekonomi (ETP) terutama membabitkan 12 bidang di bawah Bidang Ekonomi
Utama Negara (NKEA).
TAPS adalah inisiatif JPA dengan Razak School of Government bagi memberi
peluang pelajar cemerlang tajaan JPA menyertai perkhidmatan awam. STAR pula
inisiatif JPA dan Talent Corporation (TalentCorp) dalam membuka peluang pelajar
tajaan jabatan itu untuk berkhidmat dengan syarikat berkaitan kerajaan (GLC)
atau organisasi swasta terpilih.
Saya difahamkan sehingga kini, hampir 400 GLC serta swasta meliputi pelbagai
bidang industri menyertai program ini, antaranya PETRONAS, Bank Negara, Maxis
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yang juga platform untuk memastikan bakat terbaik tajaan kerajaan, kekal
menyumbang khidmat kepada negara.
Inisiatif ini adalah usaha kerajaan untuk melahirkan perkhidmatan awam yang
berprestasi tinggi, inklusif dan berjiwa rakyat. Ia selari dengan dasar kerajaan
untuk merakyatkan perkhidmatan awam, katanya.

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CONTEST

MAIN MIND

PERADUAN HOTS
Murid-murid mempunyai peluang untuk memenangi sebuah
Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 dalam peraduan ini. Hantarkan jawapan
dan maklum balas ke HOTS@innovation.my

Lengkapkan Peta Alir yang memberikan jawapan kepada soalan di bawah. Pelajar
dikehendaki menghantar jawapan yang betul untuk soalan pertama bagi mendapatkan
soalan seterusnya. Setiap jawapan yang betul akan dibalas dengan soalan susulan
sehingga Peta Alir selesai. Pelajar yang telah melengkapkan Peta Alir perlu menulis
slogan tidak lebih daripada 30 patah perkataan mengenai apa pendapat anda
tentang program i-THINK. Tarikh tutup peraduan ini adalah pada 31 Mei 2014.

Soalan 1

Tahun 2014 adalah

Tahun Melawat
Malaysia, pada tahun
bila kali terkahir acara
ini diadakan?

Soalan 2

Soalan 3

Soalan 4

Soalan 5

Soalan 6

Soalan 7

Soalan 8

Soalan 9

Soalan 10

Soalan 11

Soalan 12

Soalan 13

Soalan 14

SLOGAN
Tulis slogan tidak lebih daripada 30 patah perkataan mengenai
apa pendapat anda tentang program i-THINK.

Tarikh tutup peraduan ini dilanjutkan kepada 31 Mei, 2014. Murid-murid yang mengambil bahagian dalam Peraduan
HOTS ini dikehendaki menghantar semua jawapan dan slogan sebelum akhir tarikh ini dan seorang murid akan
memenangi satu Samsung Galaxy Tab 3.

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Questions to make your brains go on overdrive? Answer them correctly and

creatively to stand a chance of winning a 4G thumb drive.
Soalan-soalan ini mungkin mengelirukan. Fikirkanlah sedalamnya sebelum memberi jawapan
yang betul atau menarik dan anda berpeluang untuk memenangi sebuah Pemacu Kilat 4GB.

Soalan 1

Soalan 2

Berapakah jumlah
pada ruang yang kedua?

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Why is it that people

say they slept like a
baby when babies
wake up like every
few hours?

Soalan 3
Sekiranya anda diberi
peluang, apakah
perkara yang anda ingin
tukar di dunia ini?

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Soalan 4
If you sneezed on a
computer, would it get
a virus? Why Not?

Soalan 5
Siapakah yang menjadi
inspirasi anda untuk
menjadi orang yang
lebih baik?

Sila hantarkan sebarang komen dan jawapan anda ke HOTS@innovation.my.

Penerbit HOTS: Agensi Inovasi Malaysia (AIM)
3501, Level 3, Quill Building 3, Jalan Teknokrat 5, 63000 Cyberjaya, Selangor.
Tel: +603 8319 3116 Faks: +603 8319 3499 Emel: i-THINK@innovation.my

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