The PERMATApintar Centre has provided new opportunities for gifted students in Malaysia. Beginning in 2008, a camp for eight to 15-year-old children has taken place every summer. Last year, 15 and 16-year-olds were invited to a new gifted school, which was created in collaboration with Johns Hopkins’ Center for Talented Youths.
The Center hopes to cater to the diverse range of gifted learners. Classes will be balanced between left- and right-brain stimulation, while also keeping in mind that students can be gifted in a few areas or several.
Scholarship and citizenship have been offered as a means of allowing gifted children to enroll in the school. The school screens each student with two online tests and one face-to-face test to ensure that their potential will be met and that all gifted children receive an invitation to attend the school.
The creator of the program said, “It is our duty to provide the right environment for children to grow to their optimum potential…It is imperative that we do so because gifted and talented individuals are valuable assets of any country.”
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