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Thursday, 25.12.2025
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Teachers in Sabah have been reminded to discard the old techniques of teaching and adopt the use of Information Communication Technology (ICT).

State education director Jame Alip made the call at the closing of the Third Technology Education Conference at the Federal Building here yesterday.

Jame appealed to teachers to adopt new techniques to improve and enhance teaching and learning.

Read more: MY: Teachers reminded to use ICT in teaching

The Malaysian government’s flagship e-procurement system called ePerolehan (eP) is to be replaced by a new eP system, NextGen eP, by 2015, as part of the country’s Government Transformation Programme.

The eP system has modernised the government-to-business procurement landscape, since its launch in 1999. Earlier this month, the portal reached RM60 billion (US $18.5 billion) with over 1.5 million transactions since its inception.

Read more: Malaysia to reform e-procurement system

MSC Malaysia’s momentum continues with its Shared Services and Outsourcing (SSO) Cluster recording RM10.4bil in revenue for 2012, a 14% jump from 2011.

The SSO cluster reinforced its strategy at a business update press conference recently.

This involves moving Malaysia’s SSO industry up the value chain by concentrating on high-value Knowledge Process Outsourcing (KPO) services, keeping in line with Malaysia’s transformation into a sustainable, highly competitive, high-value and high-income developed nation by 2020.

Read more: MSC Malaysia SSO Cluster rakes in RM10.4bil in revenue for 2012

The Election Commission (EC) will not go ahead with its proposal to use the biometric system instead of the indelible ink as long as the relevant laws were not amended.

Its chairman, Tan Sri Abdul Aziz Mohd Yusof, noted that while there were some flaws with the indelible ink during the 13th general election, the EC managed to overcome the problem during the Kuala Besut by-election recently.

"The public has to know that the indelible ink and the biometric system are two different things... it is not that easy to switch," he told The Malaysian Insider.

Read more: MY: Biometric system scrapped, indelible ink stays

Malaysia plans to introduce a biometric system to replace the age-old indelible ink applied on voters forefinger during elections.

"We are still scrutinising the matter internally," said Wira Wan Ahmad Wan Omar, an official of the country's Election Commission.

He said the law will have to be amended if the use of ink were to be scrapped.

Read more: Malaysia plans to introduce biometric system in elections

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