The Ministry of Education is purchasing 1,240 of the desktop scanners for its primary and secondary schools. The iNSIGHT optical mark read (OMR) scanner’s built-in read modes allow educators to scan both pencil and pen marked responses from the same scanner, allowing them to use the same scanner for tests, surveys and other data.

John Harnett, president and CEO of the data management group of Pearson, said: With the iNSIGHT OMR scanner, the Malaysian Ministry of Education is giving its schools access to a versatile and efficient tool for automating the collection of student data. We look forward to working with the country’s education leaders as they implement their data collection and assessment programs.