KOTA KINABALU: A total of 23,873 teachers from 445 schools in Sabah have received their 2G monthly Individual Data Plan with a ‘Smart Phone Altitude’ device and 4G broadband.
State Education Director Datuk Maimunah Suhaibul said all schools are encouraged to optimize the 1BestariNet usage, especially in the implementation of teaching and learning.
“The first phase of 1BestariNet has ended, and now with the on-going of phase two, the Education Ministry is supplying the State Education Department and Education District Officer with the facility, to be responsible in implementing the distribution to all eight zones involved.
“The distribution starts today (April 25) until April 28, and two teachers from each school were invited to receive the facility,” she said during the first handing over ceremony at SMKA Tun Ahmadshah, Inanam.
Her speech was read by the department’s Head of Information Communication Technology Sector, Ruvia Sylvester.
Maimunah said there are five districts involved in the programme namely Kota Kinabalu (58 schools) Penampang (20 schools), Papar (34 schools), Tuaran (22 schools) and Kota Belud (21 schools).
“With the distribution of the new facility, I am hoping that it will improve the usage of cloud-based virtual learning called Frog VLE through FrogMobile Apps which has been downloaded on the ‘Smart Phone Altitude’
“Before this, every function in the Frog VLE was only accessible by teachers and students using computer, but with a 4G LTE phone, the capacity to access those functions are improved,” she added.