Current level of ICT access and use in education Malaysia ranks 17th in the top 25 countries of Internet users. The growth of ICT users in Malaysia over the last two years was over 50 per cent increasing the number from around 3.7 million to 5.7 million users. The percentage of the total number of Internet users to the total population (23,396,700 people) is around 24 per cent This is much higher than Internet penetration in other ASEAN countries such as Indonesia (two per cent) that ranks 21st and Thailand (5.7 per cent) that ranks 25th.2 One likely factor that contributes to the greater Internet use in Malaysia is the high fixed telephone connection with 66 per cent of Malaysian households having phones.3 As of 2001, Malaysia had the second-lowest dial-up Internet cost among the ASEAN countries: Singapore ranked first without any charge for an Internet service provider (ISP) subscription. According to the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the average cost for accessing 30 hours of Internet in Malaysia was less than US$ 20 (including costs for ISP subscription, telephone usage and rental). The cost for the ISP subscription itself was only around US$ 5, which was much lower than in Thailand and the Philippines with an average of around US$ 19, and Indonesia with an average of about US$ 25.4 According to Harvard (www.cid.harvard.edu), the annual cost of 20 hours of monthly Internet access in Malaysia is approximately 4.85 per cent of the country’s GDP per capita. As of 2000, 31 per cent of Malaysia’s 7,217 primary schools and 54 per cent of its 1,641 secondary schools had PC facilities: 10 per cent of primary schools and 34 per cent of secondary schools had Internet access.5 However, the distribution of Internet services among schools is still uneven. With 100 per cent Internet connectivity of schools in the Klang Valley (the region around Kuala Lumpur), but few schools in rural areas connected, a national digital divide definitely exists. Outside the Valley, it is estimated that around 1,000 schools
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Malaysia ranks 17th in the top 25 countries of Internet users.
The growth of ICT users in Malaysia over the last two years
was over 50 per cent increasing the number from around
3.7 million to 5.7 million users. The percentage of the total
number of Internet users to the total population (23,396,700
people) is around 24 per cent This is much higher than
Internet penetration in other ASEAN countries such as
Indonesia (two per cent) that ranks 21st and Thailand (5.7
per cent) that ranks 25th.2 One likely factor that contributes
to the greater Internet use in Malaysia is the high fixed
telephone connection with 66 per cent of Malaysian
households having phones.3
As of 2001, Malaysia had the second-lowest dial-up Internet
cost among the ASEAN countries: Singapore ranked first
without any charge for an Internet service provider (ISP)
subscription. According to the International
Telecommunication Union (ITU), the average cost for
accessing 30 hours of Internet in Malaysia was less than
US$ 20 (including costs for ISP subscription, telephone
usage and rental). The cost for the ISP subscription itself
was only around US$ 5, which was much lower than in
Thailand and the Philippines with an average of around US$
19, and Indonesia with an average of about US$ 25.4
According to Harvard (www.cid.harvard.edu), the annual
cost of 20 hours of monthly Internet access in Malaysia is
approximately 4.85 per cent of the country’s GDP per capita.
As of 2000, 31 per cent of Malaysia’s 7,217 primary schools
and 54 per cent of its 1,641 secondary schools had PC
facilities: 10 per cent of primary schools and 34 per cent of
secondary schools had Internet access.5 However, the
distribution of Internet services among schools is still
uneven. With 100 per cent Internet connectivity of schools
in the Klang Valley (the region around Kuala Lumpur), but
few schools in rural areas connected, a national digital divide
definitely exists. Outside the Valley, it is estimated that
around 1,000 schools
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