KUALA TERENGGANU – The Terengganu state government has allocated RM50,000 to Institut Kajian Darul Iman (Idaman) of Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin to conduct a study on the effectiveness of e-Book usage since last September.<\/p>\n
State Education, Science and Technology and Special Functions Committee chairman, Ghazali Taib said the decision on whether to continue with the usage of e-Book will be finalised in January next year after the four-month study has been completed.<\/p>\n
“The study conducted by a group of researchers headed by Prof Dr Ibrahim Mamat covers all aspects including its effects on students, teachers and academic achievement since it was introduced six years ago.<\/p>\n
“On the average, the state government spends between RM18 million to RM20 million each year to distribute e-Books to Year Four pupils throughout the state,” he said when replying to a question by Bazlan Abdul Rahman (BN-Batu Rakit) at the Terengganu State Legislative Assembly sitting today.<\/p>\n
According to him, e-Book is a mini laptop which has the softcopy syllabus for lessons according to Education Ministry completed with 30 juzuk of al-Quran.<\/p>\n
Replying to a supplementary question by Mohd Mahdi Musa (BN-Kota Putera) on the fate of 566 Information Technology Officers (EIO) and Computer Technicians (TSO) who might be terminated if e-Book usage is discontinued, Ghazali said the state government assured they would be given other suitable employment based on their skills in information technology.<\/p>\n
Currently, all EIO and TSO are placed in each school to resolve technical problems on e-Book.<\/p>\n
“The salary of EIO and TSO are subjected to the scheme of service contract with the state government, in which an EIO is paid a basic salary of RM1,700 a month, while a TSO gets RM1,200 a month.<\/p>\n
“The salary is dependent on the qualification, as EIO is offered to degree holders while the TSO is for those with diploma or relevant computer certificates,” he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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