PERMATApintar

Last Friday there was a conference in my uni about the steps that have been taken by the Center for Talented Youth by Johns Hopkins University to track the so called "geniuses" in the US. My country is trying to do the same so two professors - Dr. Julian Jones and Dr. Patricia Wallace came here and be the speakers of the conference and they worked with the lecturers and professors in my uni to create this PERMATApintar program with the template from CTY but with a local twist to it.

Actually we teachers-to-be were forced to go there but surprisingly I find the conference interesting enough to keep me from falling asleep... with the educational games (called the descartes' cove) that they create make it interesting for these gifted students to explore the world of mathematics and science..

These geniuses are scattered in the community but unknowingly to our eyes, they sometimes viewed as troubled children because they are bored in school learning the same thing as their not-so-genius peers.. so, hopefully with this program, the government are able to detect these gifted young people because they are the assests that need to be nurtured so they will become a successful person later in life and give back to the country..

So in you are Malaysian and young (ages 9-15), please feel free to go to this website www.permatapintar.com.my and take the IQ test (part of the 3 steps screening program).. who knows maybe you have the genius in you?.. for parents, ask your child to take it.. this is one of the way to help them..

Good luck!! ^_^