LeapEd's Activity Report 2023 is now available for download!
This report highlights our efforts over the past year, showcasing our key achievements, challenges, and lessons learned. We invite you to read it and discover more about how we're striving to make a difference.
Senior Leadership Team's Foreword
We are delighted to present LeapEd's Activity Report for 2023, outlining our vision for a better Malaysia through education. Our journey this year has been one of remarkable resilience, thanks to the unwavering dedication of our team, partners, and the communities we serve.
Reflecting on Our Mission
Since inception, our mission has been clear: to provide high-quality education to bridge the gap between potential and opportunity. We have made significant strides in advancing this mission, despite the unprecedented challenges posed by the global pandemic and other socio-economic and political hurdles. We are proud to showcase yet another year of success in our key focus areas.
- Whole School Transformation: our flagship Trust Schools Programme recorded impressive outcomes in Tapah, Perak and Bahau, Negeri Sembilan. We also amplified our whole school approach with the launch of the innovative A-STAR programme in Bentong, Pahang.
- Health and Wellbeing: we forged ahead with projects on Health Promoting Schools, Child Protection and Safeguarding, and Mental Health Literacy for Teachers.
- Teaching & Learning: we supported teachers with professional development to improve literacy and pedagogy, including contextualised approaches for indigenous education in Orang Asli schools.
- Student Voice: we provided platforms and programmes to enhance communication skills, global and digital citizenship, climate action, financial literacy, alumni relations and community engagement.
This report contains real stories of transformation, hope and empowerment. Each student we support, each teacher we train, and each community we uplift stands as a testament to the power of education.
Innovation in Education
Innovation has been a cornerstone of our work and a core value underpinning our drive to continuously improve. In 2023, we pushed the boundaries further. The rapid shift to digital learning necessitated by the pandemic was met with our swift and strategic response.
Spurred by the findings of our Post COVID Recovery Research Study, we resolved to find alternative pathways to close the gap, thus laying the foundations for Sekolah Anak Malaysia (SAM), Malaysia's first digital school. The Research findings were sadly validated by the disappointing 2023 PISA (Program for International Student Assessment) scores. On the plus side, however, we were encouraged by the announcement in Oct 2023 of a special Budget allocation to address the effects of pandemic learning disruptions, leading to the formation of a coalition of educational CSOs (civil society organisations), collectively applying their efforts to achieve a common goal.
Looking to the Future
As we look ahead, LeapEd's commitment to educational equity and quality remains unshaken. Despite the difficult landscape and systemic challenges, we take pride in pockets of excellence, such as the achievement of SK Kanchong Darat, Selangor and SK Seri Permai, Penang, in making the global Top Ten and Top Three shortlist respectively, for the 2023 World's Best School Prizes.
The coming year will be focused on scaling our impact, exploring new models, enhancing sustainability and strengthening our strategic partnerships. We extend our deepest gratitude to our formidable team, generous sponsors, supportive partners, parents, school leaders, teachers, students, schools and communities. Your belief in our mission has been the bedrock of our success. Together, we will continue to make a difference. Because every child deserves a great future.
