With 15 rural schools recently added to the 88 smart schools in April this year, Multimedia Development Corporation (MDeC) along with the Education Ministry is looking at increasing the number of smart schools 100-fold by the end of next year.

National ICT Conference 2009 - Connected Government for OneMalaysia

Government says the NICT (June 9-11, 2009) is meant to foster greater collaboration between private and public sector organisations.

Multimedia Development Corporation (MDeC) approached FAMA with an innovative idea to compile the information of the farmers selling their produce at pasar tani in a database that consumers could access online thus enabling the farmers to connect with prospective buyers 24/7. Registration is done at the markets with a smart card application developed by MSC Malaysia that captures the relevant data of each farmer using his or her MyKad.

The Education Ministry is extending the smart school programme to another 15 rural schools, said Multimedia Development Corporation (MDeC) executive officer, Datuk Badlisham Ghazali.

After 88 schools have been chosen for the smart school programme, the Education Ministry is extending the programme to 15 rural schools nationwide.
The schools were expected to be announced at the project launching scheduled in April, said Multimedia Development Corporation (MDeC) chief executive officer, Datuk Badlisham Ghazali.

The Ministry of Health and the Multimedia Development Corporation (MDeC) are spearheading an initiative,the Integrating Health Enterprise (IHE), for the healthcare industry.

South Korea is interested in MSC Malaysia's smart school's content development.

New discoveries are always exciting especially when that discovery leads to bigger and better things.For eighteen-year-old Gopiraj Jegathisan, who went to school in the town of Dengkil, a town not far from the MSC Malaysia hub, things changed when he took part in the Global School Network (GSN) programme.

The Multimedia Development Corp (MDeC) is helping the Education Ministry to upgrade 50 rural and underserved schools into smart schools.