Prime Minister Mahathir Visited Sharp Booth in FESTIVAL GURU MALAYSIA 2019, and SEM Signed MOU with EDUSPEC for Producing Smart Education Solutions

May 20, 2019

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Sharp Electronics Malaysia (SEM) displayed smart solutions at FESTIVAL GURU MALAYSIA 2019, an event about education produced by Ministry of Education Malaysia in Penang from May 12nd to 16th. On May 16th, the last day of the event, Prime Minister Mahathir bin Mohamad visited SEM booth.

 

Prime Minister Mahathir signing his autograph as a symbol of visiting Sharp booth

Under the theme of smart solutions, and SEM displayed smart education, smart officen, and smart retail solutions. Also on the display were home appliance products suitable for educational institutions and offices, such as air purifiers.

 

Demonstration of smart classroom

 

Smart solutions for kindergarten

 

Smart office solution section

 

Smart retail solution section

 

During the event, SEM signed a MOU with EDUSPEC HOLDINGS BERHAD (EDUSPEC), a content and service provider for schools in Malaysia, aiming to create 21st century classrooms in the the country.

 

MOU signing ceremony

SEM Managing Director Mr. Robert Wu said, “The combination of smart solutions of Sharp composed by interactive whiteboards, and etc. and integrated education solutions of EDUSPEC will create a right synergy towards creating 21st century classrooms. We will work on a project to develop latest solutions with the Ministry of Education, and install them in over 100 classrooms.”

EDUSPEC CEO, Mr. Lim Een Hong said “This partnership is crucial to raise the benchmark in education especially in science, technology and mathematics, and will make teaching and learning experience more interesting for both teachers and students.”

Sharp in collabboration with Hon Hai Group have already installed smart education solutions in more than 100,000 classrooms as a new generation smart learning platforms in China, Taiwan, and Vietnam. This collaboration will be the 1st of such projects in Malaysia, and Sharp will leverage its solutions in classrooms in the country.