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MAYBANKSustainabilityREPORT2013
drivingeducationatalllevels
Our schools programme is also beginning to deliver results. Through our schools
outreach programme, Promoting Educational Excellence inRural Schools (PEERS),
we have to date reached out to 4,800 students and 360 teachers.
In our efforts to build the capacity of various schools across Malaysia, we have partnered with the British Council to develop a three-year programme. We have organised
engagement sessions with parents and school teachers, provided remedial and extra tuition classes, literacy projects, motivational talks, educational clinics and skills
building workshops. The Teacher Development project in particular has introduced new and innovative teaching methodologies to teachers in rural schools. Our employees
support PEERS through volunteering in the various programmes.
In terms of student results, the programme has shown an improvement in overall pass rates for the past three years. English results have also improved.
In line with the Malaysian Ministry of Education’s District Transformation Programme, which aims by 2015 to increase student attendance to 95% under the Ministry of
Education Blueprint 2013-2015, attendance rates under the PEERS programme has been most encouraging. Over 67% of schools were able to show 100% attendance rates
at UPSR level. PEERS students appear to be motivated and interested in school. Keeping students in school is a key indicator that we would like to work on and we plan to
commission a survey on PEERS students and teachers in the coming year to evaluate how to motivate students further.
For Maybank Foundation, this is an opportunity not just to enhance national educational aspirations but also nurture a select group of young people who will become ethical
leaders of the future. We will continue our education and scholarship programme as we are beginning to see the results of the various programmes and key partnerships.
“The Maybank Foundation
Teacher Development Project
is bringing real and sustainable
change to rural schools across
Malaysia. A development
solution providing integrated
training and mentoring, it goes
beyond traditional training
approaches to develop teachers
into reflective practitioners and
create change.”
Caspar Mays
British Council
Programmes Manager
OurCommitment
2011
2012
2013
Progress
PEERS is our school
outreach programme
aimed at improving the
educational performance
of students in rural areas.
48.64%
pass rate
52.1%
pass rate
51.87%
pass rate
• PEERS will continue
to lead our school-
based educational
empowerment
programme.
• In 2014, we will expand
PEERS to more schools
in Malaysia and, moving
forward, across our key
markets.
COMMUNITyANDCITIZENSHIP
Students of a PEERS school paying attention to a computer lesson given by our programme partner, Learning Vista Sdn. Bhd.
