Malaysian Social Entrepreneur, Kelvin Tan Represents APAC In A Panel With President Obama At Obama Foundation Convening In Athens, Greece

23rd June 2023

Disruptr MY featured Kelvin Tan, CEO of Project ID, among over 100 changemakers meeting with President Obama at the Obama Leaders Convening in Athens, Greece.

1 in 4 Students Indicate Decline In Emotional Well-Being In The Past 12 Months

19th June 2023

The Business Today featured our annual Student Voice Matters survey, highlighting the findings focused on students' learning experience in the past 12 months, the future of learning, and the well-being of students.

Connecting the worlds of learning and work

23rd March 2023

The Teach For All network featured our CEO, Kelvin Tan, discussing one of our capstone projects focused on youth employability and the Future of Work, called EduKerjaya.

Malaysian Social Entrepreneur, Kelvin Tan Named As Obama Leader Among 105 Emerging Leaders

22nd February 2023

The Business Today reached out to feature our co-founder, Kelvin Tan, who has been selected as one of the 105 emerging leaders for the Obama Foundation Leaders program's 2023 cohort.

M’sian social enterprise helps B40 students get mini-internships

19th July 2022

The Vulcan Post team reached out to feature our co-founder, Kelvin Tan and how Project ID evolved from a simple school-based initiative into a full fledged social enterprise.

The Impact Industry is ever-growing, and we hear more stories from changemakers who are contributing to it

26th June 2022

Wiki Impact has featured us in one of their posts where they have shared what we have to say on making an impact.

This Malaysian Social Entrepreneur Is Empowering Students To Dream Big

10th June 2022

Tatler Asia Group featured us in a write-up where we shared our model for student empowerment & leadership through nurturing good mindsets and creating space for student voice.

Students' feelings upon returning to physical classes

11th May 2022

Nanyang has also featured our nationwide student survey which showed 45% of respondents expressed positivity, trust, happiness and anticipation about returning to school.

Malaysian students have mixed feelings, but ‘generally comfortable’ to begin physical classes again

11th May 2022

KUALA LUMPUR, May 11 — Malaysian students are “generally comfortable” with returning to physical classes for the new school year, according to a nationwide survey, which showed students, on average, rating their comfort level of returning to school at 6.8 points out of 10.

Staying Afloat - Launch of the Malaysia Economic Monitor

21st December 2021

Our CEO, Kelvin Tan was invited to a World Bank panel discussion with Professor Datuk Dr. Madeline Berma, Associate Professor. Dr. Mohd Yusof Saari, and YB Nurul Izzah Anwar to discuss the impact of the pandemic, specifically on low-income households as well as vulnerable groups, such as informally employed workers.

The New Anti-Bullying Framework: Is It Enough?

15th December 2021

Following recent videos surfacing online of bullying cases in educational institutions, the Ministry is introducing a new initiative to make reporting easier. BFM first looked into how this would work, and how the current system has worked so far with discussion on the roles that institutions and parents play in curbing bullying in schools.

Network Leaders Discuss Building A More Conducive Learning Environment Post-COVID At UKFIET 2021

04th November 2021

Teach For All convened a diverse panel of practitioners from across the network and beyond at the 2021 UKFIET Conference last month, including Project ID Co-founder (and Teach For Malaysia alumnus) Kelvin Tan to consider the question of how we can build a more conducive learning environment post-COVID.

The discussion explored innovative approaches created in response to the pandemic, based on evidence from research and lessons from practice, which can also supplement and improve traditional instruction, and reimagine learning spaces.

With schools to close till Sept, education advocates urge govt to bridge internet access gap for students’ sake

23rd June 2021

KUALA LUMPUR, June 23 — Education advocates are calling on the government to focus efforts on dealing with the large number of school students left behind in their education due to a lack of internet access at home.

Low-spec phones will only deter students from online learning, tech experts and education group say

18th June 2021

KUALA LUMPUR, June 18 — Issuing low specification smartphones to students could do more harm than good to their efforts to adjust to the new norm of online learning, according to several tech experts and children's empowerment groups.

Students want more fun, engaging virtual lessons, survey shows

4th June 2021

A survey found that 70% of students would like their virtual learning experience to be more fun and engaging.

“This is higher than in the previous year’s survey, where only 37% of students reported the same,” social enterprise Project ID said in a report.

School closure takes toll on pupils, survey reveals

27th May 2021

A survey by social enterprise Project ID reveals that some pupils blame their decline in mental health on the time they spend on their devices, as increased workload translates to increased screen time.

Lebih separuh daripada pelajar negara ini pilih pembelajaran hibrid - Project ID

12th May 2021

Tinjauan 'Student Voice Matters' oleh project-id.org mendapati lebih separuh pelajar negara ini memilih pembelajaran hibrid sebagai cara belajar mereka.

Survey: Just 7pc of students want classes fully online, most prefer hybrid learning

11th May 2021

KUALA LUMPUR, May 11 — More than half of the student respondents indicated their desire in continuing hybrid learning methods with just over a third still preferring physical lessons, social enterprise Project ID (PI) revealed today.

Survey finds most students enjoy hybrid learning

8th May 2021

A survey has found that 58% of Malaysian students prefer to learn via a combination of online and brick-and-mortar classes during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Student Voice Matters 2021

May 2021

Student Voice Matters 2021 looks to study changes in the Malaysian students’ online learning experience after a year and how they want to learn moving forward. This year, we heard from 761 Malaysian students between ages 13-21.

Online Learning & Student Empowerment with Kelvin of Project ID

18th January 2021

This podcast episode eatures the co-founder of Project ID, an education social enterprise that runs high-impact programs to empower students to lead themselves and others. Project ID does incredible work for an incredible amount of people so be sure to catch the next episode as Kelvin explains how he grew a school-based initiative into the impactful social enterprise it is now!

Youngsters know best

20th December 2020

Experts are not the only ones who know best. Sometimes, students know better especially if they are the ones who are facing the problem.

This was the basis of the Young Educators Challenge (YEC) which saw secondary school students pitch and showcase their ideas to improve the online learning experience.

‘Subang Kid’ Starts Uplifting & Empowering Project To Help Malaysian Students Achieve Their Dreams

16th December 2020

When Kelvin Tan first became a teacher, he first noticed that not all students were lucky enough to have the privilege of having a stable socioeconomic background. Being a ‘Subang kid’ himself, Kelvin acknowledges that he had a great childhood growing up. His parents exposed him to new avenues and instilled various life values in him – things that his students weren’t able to receive from their homes.

Thus, he decided to form a simple project called Project ID.

Lessons in a box

06th December 2020

The ‘Learning Box’ was designed to reach students in rural communities and schools to provide them with exciting and fun learning resources that can keep them engaged and allow them to learn at home.

The boxes were created with the help of hands-on subscription box provider Atom & the Dot and Project ID, a TFM alumni organisation.

Students the agent of change

25th November 2019

Forty teenagers took over the halls of Parliament to speak out against bullying in schools and share policy recommendations on the issue to several lawmakers.

Treat children as equal stakeholders

22nd November 2019

Wednesday was World Children’s Day. First established in 1954 as Universal Children’s Day, it is celebrated each year to promote international togetherness and awareness among children worldwide, and to improve children’s welfare.

Unicef commemorated the day with a #KidsTakeOver campaign, in which children took over roles in media, politics and business, among others, to speak on issues close to their hearts.

KidsTakeover Parliament for World Children’s Day

22nd November 2019

Forty children from across Malaysia, aged between 13 and 16 years old, staged a “Kita Peduli” (We Care) KidsTakeover at Parliamen Malaysia on World Children’s Day recently to demonstrate their concern for bullying in schools in Malaysia.

Teo: Schools should stop hiding bullying cases to protect image

20th November 2019

KUALA LUMPUR: Schools must not hide bullying cases just to protect their image, says Deputy Education Minister Teo Nie Ching. She stressed that schools should be taking more proactive measures to deal with bullying cases before the situation becomes worse.

Pihak sekolah, jangan sembunyikan kes buli - Teo Nie Ching

20th November 2019

Tindakan sebahagian sekolah yang menyembunyikan kes buli dengan tujuan menjaga reputasi mereka tidak akan membantu membendung gejala tersebut, kata Timbalan Menteri Pendidikan Teo Nie Ching.

Sebaliknya, beliau menasihatkan pihak sekolah termasuk pengetua dan guru agar segera membuat laporan sekiranya berlaku kes buli yang dilihat semakin buruk.

Children as equal stakeholders in Shared Prosperity Vision 2030

20th November 2019

November 20 marks World Children’s Day. Today, Unicef is celebrating with the #KidsTakeOver campaign, in which children take over roles in media, politics and business, among other fields, to speak on issues close to their hearts. Under Unicef Malaysia, Project ID and Undi18, 20 secondary school students from all over Malaysia presented policy ideas on bullying to MPs this afternoon in Parliament.

Changing the classroom and beyond

20th September 2019

Located in Klang, the locals used to regard SMK Pendamaran Jaya (SMKPJ) as a school for hoodlums until Teach for Malaysia (TFM), a nonprofit organisation aiming to help children in Malaysia attain an excellent education, started sending its “fellows” to this school.

The fellows are actually young graduates and professionals recruited to teach at highneed public schools for a period of two years. Since 2012, SMKPJ has hosted 11 TFM fellows. Currently, four fellows are working there with multiple TFM alumni programmes to empower the students.

Role Model Sharing Session in collaboration with Project ID: Impianku Destinasiku

12th October 2018

Skrine was recently invited by Project ID: Impianku Destinasiku (“Project ID”), a career aspiration and leadership programme for secondary school students, to participate in their Role Model Sharing Session. This is an annual activity organised by Project ID whereby individuals from different industries are invited to share their career experiences with Project ID students.

Empowering students

4th February 2018

Guiding students to discovering purpose in their careers is a community effort.

It is exactly this conviction that drove a team of individuals to collaborate and conduct a careers’ advice project for 40 students from SMK Pandamaran Jaya.

Visit by students of Klang school part of Teach for Malaysia project

17th February 2014

Students from SMK Pendamaran Jaya, Klang, got to visit the production plant of the world’s largest producer of nitrile gloves, Hartalega Holdings Bhd in Bestari Jaya recently.

The visit was in conjunction with Project ID: Impianku Destinasiku under Teach For Malaysia (TFM).

A hands-on experience

9th February 2014

A GROUP of 40 students from SMK Pendamaran Jaya, Klang visited a glove manufacturing factory in Bestari Jaya, Selangor recently.

The visit was part of a Teach For Malaysia (TFM) project known as Project ID: Impianku Destinasiku, to expose students on the glove production process at the factory, which is under Hartalega Holdings Bhd.