IPG has a program called PPISMP or PISMP which stands for Program Ijazah Sarjana Muda Perguruan, the other extra P is for Persediaan, which will be the preparatory first-year pre-degree course. In this program, the government gives you free education with allowance every month for your living expenses, ranging from RM2500+ per semester for each semester in the first year to RM4000+ per semester for degree years. Each semester lasts for half a year. Students who are accepted will be required to live in the institution's hostel unless you have a good reason why you can't stay in the hostel.
As this is a government-funded course, you need to make sure you take it seriously. Being absent in classes is a serious matter and failing your exams 3 times will result you in expulsion, where your guarantor(s) will need to pay eleven thousand ringgit or thirteen thousand ringgit for breaking your contract/Perjanjian.
For those interested, here's a simple version to register: http://supergirl-kawaii.blogspot.my/2015/12/permohonan-online-maktab-perguruan-ipg_16.html
As a TESL student who managed to get into IPG, I would like to give some advice/tips on how to get into this institution.
Before I go into the actual details, it would be wise for you to
1. Be prepared to be posted to ANY IPG in Malaysia if you're selected, i.e. travel and live in a different place/different state. This is because different IPGs have different subjects available.
2. Make sure you're physically healthy and you have an average stamina.
3. Have a relative or someone your family is close to who is financially stable to be your guarantor. Because once you get accepted, you'll need to sign a contract where either or both of your guarantors will need to pay for you if you break that contract. (Refer to the text below if you need more info on this.)
4. Develop self-confidence and social skills. You'll definitely need it for your interview. Or if you don't, just wing it.
5. Have a BSN account. This is where your allowance comes in.
Okay so the general procedure goes like this and they are all in BM (Look out for deadlines too)
Feb 17-> Sign-ups and applications open
March 8-> Sign-ups close
March 23-29-> UKCG check (A physical test which includes a series of exercises to see whether you're physically healthy and test your stamina, main reason for #2 above) and Ujian INSAK(A test on your mental state and moralðics)
March 30 - April 3 -> UKCG (the actual physical test)
Mid or Late April-> Interview (The hardest part of getting into IPG because it differs for each interview. Some IPG interviews have individual interview, some have a group discussion interview.)
May-> 1st Intake
June -> 2nd Intake (For those who didn't register for the 1st intake/declined the offer)
August-> 3rd Intake (maximum is 3) (For those who didn't show up for 2nd intake)
SIGN-UPS and APPLICATIONS
- All applications for registering/signing up are in softcopy form, and you're going to apply for it online. Just google up 'ppismp ipg' online around February or March and you'll find it.
- The age limit to apply for the PPISMP program is below 20 years old by the date of 30 June 2016. If you didn't get accepted during your first time, you can try it again the year after as long as you haven't turned 20 by then.
- You're required to score at least 5A's in your SPM and pass in English and get a 'kepujian' grade in BM and Sejarah. My personal opinion on why this is required is because the country needs flexible teachers now, teachers who can teach multiple subjects and not just one. (Cut down manpower, increase flexibility)
- You'll have to choose 2 subjects and which type of primary school you're applying for. For example, I chose Bahasa Inggeris (SK) for my 1st choice and Pendidikan Seni Visual (SK) for my 2nd choice.
- You won't be accepted to go for SJK(c) if you didn't take Chinese for your SPM. Same thing goes for Tamil in SPM for those who want to apply for SJK(T).
- Make sure the subject you're applying for is what you got for an A in your SPM or whichever further government examinations you have taken.
- This goes without saying - you must be a Malaysian, i.e. you have a Malaysian identity card, your parents have a Malaysian identity card, your siblings have Malaysian identity cards.
- This will both be carried out on the same day. From my experience, I had my Ujian INSAK in the morning and UKCG around noon to afternoon.
- Read your offer letter carefully and abide by all the guidelines and rules they give you. If they want you to wear all black that day, wear it.
- Ujian INSAK tests on your morals and how you react to different situations and your mental stability. There are 130+ or 160+ questions in the test and all of them are in objective form. You'll be given a time limit of about 1 hour+ to answer all of the questions/blackening the objective answer sheet. In the first part of the test, the section about morals and reactions, you're likely to see questions like "If your neighbour living in the room above you in your apartment pours down excess laundry water downstairs and wets your clothes, how would you react?" and in the second part, it will ask about "Have you been experiencing paranormal things recently?" or "Do you hear someone calling for you when you're alone?". Again, the second part is actually to test your mental heath, whether you're schizophrenic or mentally unstable.
- As for UKCG, there are five checkpoints which you'll have to go. It's better for you to read this blog for further info about UKCG because it has pictures!: http://hanashiraa.blogspot.my/2015/04/ujian-kelayakan-calon-guru-ukcg-2015.html
- The bleep test is the hardest part of this physical test, so make sure you build up your stamina beforehand, or if you're already active enough then you'll be alright.
Interview
- If you pass the UKCG, you'll see "Sesi 1(A)" or "Sesi 2(B)" on your form/offer letter. The Sesi is for the time and the alphabet is for which interview room you'll be in/which subject you'll be interviewed for. For example, mine was Sesi 1(C), so I was in the first group to be interviewed, which was in the morning.
- Math and Science subject interviews will be conducted in Malay
- For language subjects, the interview will be conducted in whichever language you applied for. For example, I chose English, so my interview was fully in English. No Bahasa 'rojak' unless it's a name or a specific term for something. Same goes for Chinese, French, Iban, Kadazandusun, Japanese, Portuguese, etc.
- Make sure ALL your documents are ready and photocopied. This includes your IC, birth certificate, SPM certificate, school leaving certificate, co-curriculum certificates, language oral certificate, volunteering certificates, every document you have needs to be photocopied because your interviewer will be taking those photocopied documents back to Putrajaya where their higher-ups will decide who to choose from. Organise them in separate files/bunches. Photocopied version and Original version are separated. (A lot of applicants didn't get chosen in their interviews because of this confusion with documents. SO make sure you're ready)
- Note that your interviewers are not the ones choosing who gets to go into IPG or not. They're there to evaluate you.
- If you're in a group discussion, don't be a bully and hoard all the chances of talking to yourself. Do show that you're humble enough and caring enough to help others. One of the interviewees with me was willing to say "What about you,_____? What do you think about this?" to another interviewee and the interviewer was happy about it.
- In the interview, especially if it's a group discussion, you'll be given a video to watch and talk about it as the topic. It would be wise to relate it to current or recent issues too, as well as personal experience.
- In your introduction, you can add in your reason on why you choose teaching as your profession.
- You might want to look up and study about the Falsafah Pendidikan, names of the education ministers, Malaysian Education Blueprint, such and such. They might be useful in your interview. I wasn't asked for the names of the ministers, however my roommate was.
- As mentioned above, wherever you're posted to study in, you're required to register there if you want to study in IPG, near or far. For me, I was living in Sabah but I got posted to Sarawak.
- Get all your documents approved according to the guide you'll see on the site.
- There are 3 intakes, so if you didn't get in the first intake, wait for the second one and third one.
- More importantly, get your guarantors and get them to sign the Perjanjian, which will be your contract of studying for 5 years and working for government primary schools for another 5 years. So if you get into IPG as a student at the age of 18, by the time you finish your contract, you'll be 28 years old.
- There's the whole issue about senior-junior conflict. People have different cultures and come from different walks of life. You'll be facing difficulties with not just time constraint or possibly studies, but also people. Communication skills will benefit you greatly for this problem. Don't be afraid to speak out problems you feel need to be solved. You're going to have to be independent and take care of yourself, especially if you've never lived by yourself without parents before. (like me when I first got in)
- If you intend to accept the offer to study in IPG, know that you won't be able to cook in your IPG's premises because it is simply not allowed due to electric power restrictions.
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