Loh Ken Ming

As a psychology graduate, Ken Ming started his corporate career doing graduate recruitment and university campus engagements for a big four accounting firm. Over a decade ago, through the Teach For Malaysia Fellowship Programme, he took a leap of faith to teach English in an underserved public secondary school which opened his eyes not only to the challenges of education inequity but also the possibilities for passionate leaders to come together to make a difference. His experiences as a public school teacher deeply challenged him as he encountered 15 year old students that struggled with foundational literacy, a school environment and system that was not conducive or adequately supporting lesser privileged students. Many of these students had developed limiting beliefs about themselves and their future potential.

Since then, He has leveraged his experience in both talent acquisition and as a teacher in an underserved community to develop and mobilise talent from a variety of backgrounds to get involved in tackling the issues of education inequity. Over the past 10 years, he has recruited hundreds of passionate young leaders into TFM Flagship Fellowship Programme as well as brought to life new programmes that support and develop students, teachers and communities across Malaysia such as the WeThinkDigital in partnership with Meta, Education Recovery Tutoring Initiative (ERTI), and many more providing opportunities and impacting thousands of students across Malaysia. His aspiration is that this movement of leaders continues to grow to a point where we can experience a transformation of our education system that enables all children regardless of their background to realise their potential through quality education.

Impact is when a student is empowered to be a leader of their own learning, their future, and the future of our nation