Deadline: 31 May 2025
The Malaysia Toray Science Foundation has announced its Science Education Award for Malaysian science teachers/educators in secondary schools, technical schools, education centres and Pre-university colleges in recognition of their innovative and effective teaching methods in science education.
Objectives
- Guidance for better science education, e.g. ways which will help to kindle and deepen students’ interest in science.
- More effective methods for conducting experiments, ways to utilize equipment and means to urge spontaneity in learning.
- Designs for teaching materials/apparatus for experiments, observation and seminar (simple devices, easy-to-obtain materials, audio-visual education devices, etc) and actual examples of how they are used.
- Other related activities.
Funding Information
- Winner Prize: Certificate of Award and prize money of RM6,000 to RM10,000 per award (up to five awards).
- Runner-Up Prize: Certificate and prize money of RM4,000 (up to five awards).
- Consolation Prize: Certificate and prize money of RM2,000 (up to five awards).
- The presentation ceremony shall be held in November/December of each year.
Eligibility Criteria
- All Nomination and the Group must be Malaysian citizens and qualified teachers or educators who are involved in science education at the secondary school level (Form 1 up to Form 6) e.g. teachers of secondary schools or technical schools and teaching staff of educational research institutes, teachers’ training colleges, pre-university colleges (“A” Levels/Matriculation) and registered educational centres.
- General Criteria
- Creativity – innovative approach to improve or solve problem in science teaching and learning.
- Practicability – effective approach to promote understanding, interest, scientific thinking and self-improvement among students.
- Economy – the resources used are cost effective.
- Effectiveness – the intended educational purposes and objectives have been attained.
- Individual or Group effort.
- Nomination by the Principal.
- Not taxable in the hands of the winner.
Selection Criteria
- There are 3 stages in the selection process:
- 1st Stage: The nominee will be selected on the basis of information on the application forms.
- 2nd Stage: Those shortlisted in the first stage will be asked to attend an interview to explain their ideas using the teaching materials, apparatus, etc by September of each year. The Committee will then recommend the winners to the Board.
- 3rd Stage: Approval of the winners by the Board of the Foundation. Applicants will be informed of the results by October of every year.
For more information, visit MTSF.
