In a Facebook post, the ministry said the strong bilateral cooperation between Malaysia and Singapore would benefit the citizens of both countries in various ways, including in education.
“The pilot programme of the Malaysia-Singapore English Volunteers Programme (MSEVP), aimed at enhancing English proficiency among students, will begin in the middle of this year,” it said.
The document exchange ceremony for the MSEVP took place today between education minister Fadhlina Sidek and her Singapore counterpart Chan Chun Sing.
The ceremony, which took place as part of the Malaysia-Singapore leaders’ retreat in Putrajaya, was witnessed by Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim and his Singapore counterpart Lawrence Wong.
In June last year, Anwar said he had discussed with Wong the possibility of bringing in volunteers from the city-state to teach English and other subjects in rural parts of Malaysia.
The scheme, he had said, would be paid for by Singapore and involve sending volunteers to urban poor areas and the interior of Sabah and Sarawak to teach English.
The National Union of the Teaching Profession had earlier rejected the proposal, saying Malaysia had enough locals who could do the job, while former minister Rafidah Aziz said Putrajaya should instead hire retired English teachers for the role. - FMT
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