What is SPM? SPM is the short form of Malaysian Certificate of Education (Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia) which is a national examination taken by all Form 5 students in Malaysia.  There are several options can be made by the school leaver. For example, some of them may further their next level of study. Or they can choose to give up their studies and step into community. There is also a possibility that the school leaver neither pause their studying nor go to find a job, so they want to take a temporary rest.

However, different options have different harvest. For furthering study, you will have the opportunity to gain extraordinary knowledge and your logical thinking will be more mature compare with other. The existence of a certificate can prove your personal quality and capability. Besides, if you do not want to pursue further studying, obtain a job can reduce the burden of the family especially single-parent family and the families with economic problems. Once people experience different things, they are able to gather experience, and know the needs and rules of the workplace. School leaver can built up their spirit of teamwork and communication skill in the time being. 

Rest is for longer journey. Rest also a meaning of taking a short vacation or short courses. During this period, school leaver have enough time to make their options clearly. Appropriate to relieve stress can calm down the mental and physical. So different options have different harvest based on your decision.

Purpose: Our objective is to explore  the better choice of  student's options after SPM or school leaver.

Method(s): Interview & Video Recording

Production Timeline: As attached.

Interviewees:
1. UPSI student 1( Sem 5)
2. UPSI student 2 (Sem 5)
3. UPSI student 3 (Sem 3)
4. Citizen 1 (Tanjung Malim)
5. Citizen 2 (Tanjung Malim)
6. Citizen 3 (Tanjung Malim)

Interview Questions:

1. What have you decided to do after SPM?

2. Are you satisfied with the field that you have choose?

 

3. Why did you make this decision? 

 

4. How do you get the information about the STPM/ foundation / diploma etc?

5. Will you change your decision by considering external factors?

6. What is your second choice if you didn’t get what you prefer to be / to do?

7. Do you have any advice for the students who have past get their SPM result ?

to enlighten Malaysians to adopt a healthy lifestyle such as diet.

Method(s): Interviews & Questionnaire, Video Recording

Production Timeline: As attached.

Interviewees:
1. Gym Trainer
2. Lecturer (FMSP)
3. Upsi Student A (SEM 3)
4. Upsi Student B (SEM 4)
5. Upsi Student C (SEM 4)
6. Upsi Student D (SEM 4)

Interview Questions: 
1. What do you understand about Diet?
2. Why are many people in Malaysia is fat?
3. How to prevent malaysian people from falling into obesity? 
4. How do you take care of your diet every day if you are on a diet?
5. What is the goodness of a diet if the malaysian people practice it?
6. What is the challenge of always adopting a diet?
7. What is a good way to practice a daily diet?

 MEMBERS :

 1. ATHNALIA CHYREL DOIMIN
 2. MAIZATUL MARDZIAH BINTI MAZLAN
 3. DIANA ADHA BINTI MOHD ABID
 4. NAJWA BINTI DAUD
 
 TOPIC :

-         Some parents disagree with the corporal punishment

-         Cause a big problem when parents and school fights about it

-         Some incident happened and cause death 

-         What is the difference of the situation on backdays and today when it comes to corporal punishment

 

 BACKGROUND :

-         Definition of corporal punishment

a. meaning

b. when it started

            

-         Caning in Malaysia

-         When it started

-         21^st century corporal punishment

-  meaning of corporal

- meaning of punishment

School corporal punishment refers to causing deliberate pain or discomfort in response to undesired behaviour by students in schools. It often involves striking the student either across the buttocks or on the hands,  with an implement such as a rattan cane, wooden paddle, slipper, leather strap or wooden yardstick. Less commonly, it could also include spanking or smacking the student with the open hand, especially at the elementary school level.

 

- when it started ?

Poland in 1783 was the first nation to outlaw corporal punishment in schools. School corporal punishment is no longer practised in any European country. As of 2015, most developed countries have abolished the practice, with the exception of some parts of the United States, some Australian states, and Singapore. It is still in common use in a number of countries in Africa and Asia. It was banned in state-funded schools, throughout the United Kingdom, in 1986. It was banned in UK Public and private schools that received no state funding, in 1999 in England and Wales, 2000 in Scotland, and 2003 in Northern Ireland.

Corporal punishment in the context of schools in the late 20th and early 21st centuries has been variously defined as: causing deliberate pain to a child in response to the child's undesired behaviour and/or language, "purposeful infliction of bodily pain or discomfort by an official in the educational system upon a student as a penalty for unacceptable behavior", and "intentional application of physical pain as a means of changing behavior" (not the occasional use of physical restraint to protect student or others from immediate harm).

 

Caning is used as a form of legal corporal punishment in Malaysia. It can be divided into at least three contexts: judicial/prison, school, and Sharia (Syariah). Of these three, the first two are largely a legacy of, and are influenced by, British colonial rule in the territories that are now part of Malaysia, particularly Malaya.[1] Similar forms of corporal punishment are also used in some other former British colonies, including two of Malaysia's neighbouring countries, Singapore and Brunei.

The Criminal Procedure Code stipulates that juvenile offenders (below the age of 21) sentenced to caning shall receive the punishment "in the way of school discipline using a light rattan cane." The legal limit for juveniles is 10 strokes. According to press reports from between 2012 and 2014, the punishment is administered by a police officer inside the courtroom in full view of everyone present there, immediately after the judge announced the sentence. The offender keeps his clothes on and receives the punishment on the buttocks over clothing while bending over a table. A medical officer is also present to supervise the punishment and ensure safety.[6]

A lawyer who represented a juvenile offender who was sentenced to public caning in court defended the punishment by saying that it was part of a plea bargain with the prosecution to ensure that the offender would be punished "in the way of school discipline" instead of the manner in which adult offenders are caned in prison. She also added that such punishments are common in Malaysia and that she had witnessed six of such cases in her five years of legal practice. However, another lawyer pointed out there were errors in the way the sentence was ordered and carried out.

Corporal punishment is lawful in schools for boys only, and is regulated by the Education Regulations (Student Discipline) 2006.

 However, there are many reported cases suggesting the caning of schoolgirls, on their palms, is a common practice especially in primary schools. While serious infringements such as theft, smoking, gangsterism and bullying are among offences punishable by caning, minor transgressions such as incomplete homework have also been dealt with by physical punishment.

Government guidelines on school caning

•             Caning is permitted for boys only

•             In most circumstances the caning can only be conducted by the Headmaster

•             A teacher can only cane when the Headmaster delegates this power to him in writing, and he must be a permanent teacher of the school.

•             The student can only be caned on the buttocks (over clothing) or the palm. He cannot be caned on the bare buttocks.

•             The caning is to be conducted in a confined area.

•             The student's parents will be informed and invited to witness their son's punishment.[53]

•             Caning must only be for a repeated or very serious offence.

Public caning is banned in schools after the Education Regulations (Student Discipline) 2006 came into force. The Malaysian government does not encourage caning for primary school students, but caning is allowed in secondary schools, and may only be administered by the principal or a person to whom he delegates the power.

 

 

-         We’ll use this as information for this topic and documentary

KUALA LUMPUR, April 28 — The government does not plan to abolish corporal punishment in schools, a deputy minister said today amid uproar over the death of a student from alleged beating by a school staff.

Deputy Education Minister Chong Sin Woon also said it was beyond his ministry’s purview to investigate Madrasah Tahfiz Al-Jauhar over the death of 11-year-old Mohamad Thaqif Amin Mohd Gaddafi after the Johor Islamic Religious Department cleared the private Islamic school of wrongdoing, as the school was registered under the state government.

“The ministry cannot hold a special inquiry or probe the findings by the religious department that absolved the school from wrongdoings,” he told a news conference.

Chong also said corporal punishment was only adopted when all other attempts to discipline a student failed.

““There is advising and then counselling, and when all these fail, caning is adopted.

“But even that, it is done in a proper manner, which only the headmaster or principal is allowed to execute the punishment discreetly and on male students only,” he said.

 

-         Is actually to built a positive discipline.

-         is guiding and teaching;

-         teaches problem solving and builds a positive self-image;

-         develops long-term self-control and cooperation.

 

 METHODS : INTERVIEW & QUESTIONNAIRE, VIDEO RECORDING

1. RESEARCH

 

- Research is collecting information about the topic of our documentary and about people who might end up in it as participants. We believe that by doing a research it can gives us more than facts and background information. As to focus on our documentary, we are using this method to know the informational role that we want each of our interview subjects to play. In other words, we want to know what we want each of our interviewees to talk about before they sit down in front of the camera. This means we are really have to know what our documentary is about.

 

 

 

2. PRE-INTERVIEWS

 

- Research is also about knowing the participants but pre-interviews are critical. Pre-interviews is one of our plan so that we will get to know the participants background such as how they live and what they do. This means before our meeting with them, we use a phone or e-mail pre-interview and we schedule the time to meet all of our participants for our documentary. In pre-interviews, we will explain to our participants what our documentary is about and what aims that we want to explore.

 

PRODUCTION TIMELINE : AS ATTACHED
 
Interviewees: ( just a draft and planning only by this time)
1. TEACHER
2. PARENTS
3. TEACHER
4. TEACHER
5. PARENTS
6. STUDENT

7. STUDENT

 

 

 
 Interview Questions: 
 1. What a purpose of corporal punishment in school?
 2. What kind of punishment is called corporal punishment?
 3. When should corporal punishment be rendered in school?
 4. What are the advantage and disadvantaged of corporal punishment in school?
 5. What are the advantages and disadvantages of zero corporal punishment in school Policy?

6. what do you think is the good reason to use corporal punishment?

7. Do you think corporal punishment is helpful to your motivation for tests?

8. what situation do you consider proper to use corporal punishment?

9. do you agree with corporal ppunishment in school?

10. do you support Zero Corporal Punishment in School Policy?

11. what do you think about todays corporal punishment?is it necessary for new generation today to received and use the corporal punishment in school?

12. what is the difference you see from backdays and todays about the case happened in our country? 

 

 

1. Muhammad Syazwan Bin Raim

2. Muhamad Syahiran Bin Wepin

3. Muhamad Aizat Bin Ruslan

4. Muhammad Haziq Bin Mohamad Asri

Issue/Topic : The problem of a wild dog in a residential area Taman Sri Tanjong and Taman Nusa.

Background :

In recent years, there have been many issues regarding wild dogs roaming in the residential areas and disrupting the peace of the people. therefore, this issue will explain how measures to address the problem of wild dogs around residential areas.

Purpose : Our objective is to explore to overcome the problems of wild dogs in residential areas.

Method (s) : Interviews & Questionnaire, Video Recording

Production Timeline : As attached

Interviewees :

1. Student A (Sem 3)

2. Student B (Sem 4)

3. Student C (Sem 5)

4. Residents (Taman Sri Tanjong)

5. Residents (Taman Nusa)

Interview Questions :

1. does your housing area have a wild dog?

2. are you bothered by wild dogs or did wild dogs disturb the tranquility of the people in your area of residence?

3. is your housing area filled with littered garbage because of a wild dog?

4. for your opinion, how do you deal with this dog problem?

5. for your opinion, do the government take action to address the problem of wild dogs and rubbish problems in your housing area?

Members :

1. Muhamad Azmier Bin Azhan

2. Mohd Taufiq Bin Palawangi

3. Mohamad Faris Na’im Bin Ahmad Puad 

4. Muhamad Arif Zaharien Bin Khairul Anuar
 
 

Issue/Topic : The Advantages and Disadvantages about being in love among students.
 
 

Background :

Love is the most wonderful feeling in the world. At the same time the love has the both advantages and disadvantages. Same situation happen in the campus life while students having a relationship during their studies.
 
 

Method (s) : Interviews & Questionnaire, Video Recording
 
 

Production Timeline : As attached
 
 

Interviewees :

1. Students A (Sem 1)

2. Students B (Sem 2)

3. Students C (Sem 3)

4. Students D (Sem 4)

5. Students E (Sem 5)
 
 

Interview Questions :

1. How did you meet?

2. Tell me three things you love about your partner. 

3. What values are important to you as a couple?

4. Where do you see yourselves in five years? What are you most looking forward to in your future as a couple?

5. In your opinion, what is the advantage and disadvantage about being in love in the university?

2. Izaidin Bin Zainudin

3. Cynthia Ulau Maxwill

4. Shaharin Bin Mohd Nor 

Issue / topic : What is the most important issues in music education today?

Purpose : To create positive awareness towards music education among the community.

Background : As we all know, the society had always looked down towards music education courses where they think that music courses does not give any benefits and they assumed that music does not guarantee a future but in reality there are a lot of gains from learning about the music course. 

Method (s) : Interviews, questionnaire & video recording.

Production timelime : as attached.

Interviewees :

1.       Music lecturer

2.       Non- music student

3.       Music student

4.       Community A
5.      Community B 

Interviews Questions :

 

1.What do you think / what is your opinion on music education?
 2. Do you think the music education course is a good to go / not good to pursue?
 3. Do you think music education has a wide perspective for a future career?
 4. If you were to be given a choice/chance, would you want to pursue in studying music education?
      Is music really that important?
 5. As a lecturer, do you have any suggestions/ways to attract people to get to know more or tryout    music?
 6. As we all know, music education has its’ negative opinions from public views. Do you think it is still relevant to have that kind of thinking?
 7. As for parents, do they think music education is a way to go for them and their children to learn?