Vision:

To improve the status of education in Malaysia for a better tomorrow

Objective: To impart relevant skills to students that will help them improve their studies and build condence

PROBLEM STATEMENT

Malaysia boasts over 5 million primary and secondary school students. Unfortunately, many students lack
important problem solving skills crucial for a productive work force. Malaysia ranked 39 out of 44 countries in the
problem-solving test for 15-year olds on the Programme International Students Assessment 2012. As such, eorts
are needed to improve skills in critical thinking, problem solving, and higher order thinking for children, if the
country expects to produce better education results and a more productive work force.
VALUE PROPOSITION

To address the educational skills gap in Malaysia, Turbo Charge Learning runs the Turbo Charge Learning School
Program. The organization conducts training workshops for students to develop skills in creative, critical, and
higher order thinking. Through these activities, students experience positive impact from new learning skills that
have lasting benets in their daily lives. After the trainings, students have shown increased motivation to study and
produce better educational test scores. In the long run, students will be better placed to get into good colleges and
be gainfully employed.
THE BOTTOM LINE

38

IMPACT HIGHLIGHTS

# of students from Form 3

trained in higher order
thinking

87%

25

# of students from Form 5

trained in higher order
thinking

~RM 67,000

Of students from both grades

Social Value created (net)
experience an increase in
knowledge

I have learned a lot! Finally I have the motivation to work on my studies. The master

formulas is really inspiring and motivating.

Mr. Lim Go Soon, student of learning workshop

PROGRAM SCOPE AND MODEL

Turbo Charge Learning focuses on students from all economic backgrounds. Currently, for students from
disadvantaged communities, the organization oers a variety of learning programs. Turbo Charge prioritizes
students from Form 3 (lower secondary) and Form 5 (higher secondary), which both undertake major public exams
at the end of their respective academic years. The program trains students to be more critical, resourceful, and
creative. The program components emphasize speed reading, note taking, and memorization.

In the second half of 2015, Turbo Charge Learning also expects to introduce a program on nancial literacy and
entrepreneurship geared towards younger students.

KEY BENEFICIARIES AND IMPACT AREAS

Key beneciaries, students from Form 3 and Form 5 encounter material change through increased knowledge as
students develop skills in problem solving and critical thinking, while motivating and building their condence.

This workshop has given me hope to score well in the Sijil Pelajaran (secondary) level education. I have learnt a
lot. Making notes is easy now and saves time
Mr. Venisri Jeyaraman, student of learning workshop

38 students from Form 3 have been trained in
higher order thinking

Social Value Created, by Impact Area, 2015 (to date)

IMPACT CREATED (FY 2015, to date)

25 students from Form 5 have been trained in

higher order thinking
87% of students from both grades experience an
increase in knowledge
~ RM 67, 209 of net social value created

TARGETED IMPACT (FY 2015)

250 students from Form 3 will be trained in

higher order thinking, nancial literacy and
entrepreneurship
100 students from Form 5 will be trained in
higher order thinking, nancial literacy and
entrepreneurship
80% of students from both grades project to
experience an increase in knowledge
~ RM 211,149 of net social value projected

2.06

Increased
Knowledge
100%

SROI

Social Value Created, by Impact Area, 2015 (targeted)

Increased
Knowledge -
Financial
literacy and
Entrepreneu
rship
7%

4.01
SROI

Increased
Knowledge -
Higher order
thinking
93%

SROI (Social Return on Investment): A measure of how much social and environmental impact (in dollar gures) is created for every dollar
invested into this program.

My studies were dropping day by day; and I was getting poor grades. But because of this
workshop, I am gaining condence that I will be able to study and score better

Ms. Yogitha, student of learning workshop

GOING FORWARD
As Turbo Charge Learning introduces more programs and expands its outreach to the students in need, it is expected
that their social returns (as measured by SROI) will improve in the future. The team at Turbo Charge Learning is driven
by passion and commitment to create real impact for students across age groups and economic backgrounds - with
an optimism to create a better future for students like Yogitha and the country.

*All analyses are performed based on data collected and provided by Turbo Charge Learning
Impact Assessment completed by Shujog on May 2015