Minister of Higher Education (MOHE) Datuk Seri Dr Zambry Abd Kadir revealed that Malaysia has been recognised by fellow Commonwealth nations as a model country in developing Artificial Intelligence (AI) and digital transformation. Zambry said that this was one of the issues raised in the 22nd Conference of Commonwealth Education Ministers (CCEM) at Marlborough House, London in the UK recently.
According to Bernama, the MOHE Minister said that the meeting agreed to take Malaysia as one of the model countries that has the best practices to ensure digital and AI aspirations are successful. He added that among the recommendations agreed upon is that the Commonwealth needs to be an important entity in the field of education and among the recommendations is to create a Commonwealth AI Coordinating Programme as a step to help the 56 member countries of the Commonwealth, most of which are still dealing with infra problems and basic Internet facilities
In case you’re not familiar, CCEM is a meeting between the Ministers of the Commonwealth of Nations to discuss the current education and also a joint partnership to improve the quality of education among Commonwealth countries. During the same meeting, Zambry also raised the best approach to attract interest in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Education and more effective pedagogic learning methods in addition to raising the issue of Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) which is the focus of many.
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