Abstract: This paper is a sequel of the preceding research paper that was done to propose a conceptual solution for illiteracy problem that the rural community is facing. The proposed conceptual solution was to provide an e-program which is developed by IIUM, leveraging on the Quadruple Helix Model (QHM) collaboration and the potential capability of Network-of-Mosques (NoM). As a continuation from the proposed framework, data collection from the IIUM Community was deployed through a survey research in order to capture their level of interest to participate in voluntary projects, and at the same time promoting the project in-plan for the illiterates in rural area. As a result from the survey analysis, an improved framework for this project was developed whereby, basic practical Information Technology (IT) skills and basic mathematics knowledge will also be included in this program as well, so as to a relieve not only educational divide, but more apparently the digital divide among rural and urban community. The authors conclude with suggestions of future work for next paper.
Keywords: business model canvas (BMC), e-literacy, ICT, illiterate, knowledge, network-of-mosques (NoM), quadruple helix model (QHM), rural community, societal wellbeing, virtue.
Title: IIUM2World Program for Societal Wellbeing Transformation of the Illiterates in Rural Community: An Empirical Finding
Author: Khadijah Hanis Ahmad Firdaus, Nur Nadiah Md Hasim, Abdul Rahman Ahmad Dahlan
International Journal of Computer Science and Information Technology Research
ISSN 2348-1196 (print), ISSN 2348-120X (online)
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