Validity and Reliability Implementation Programme Empowercer Academic @ Perak Toward Indigenous Students at Perak State in 2024

This study is an assessment of the effectiveness of implementing the EmpowerNCER Academic @ Perak program for Indigenous students in the state of Perak. To determine the effectiveness of implementing the EmpowerNCER Academic @ Perak program for Indigenous students, an assessment instrument has been developed. This developed instrument covers all the modules that have been implemented for students (academic), teachers (enrichment), and also parents (enrichment). To determine the validity of the developed instrument, a total of 5 experts in the field have been identified. Correlation coefficient values are used to determine the validity of the experts in the field. Furthermore, for determining the reliability of the instrument, a pilot study was conducted. A total of 30 teachers from the Sabak Bernam district were used as pilot study samples. Cronbach's Alpha coefficient values are used to determine the reliability of the instrument. The study found that the validity of the field experts shows correlation coefficient values for the questionnaire instrument for each module of the EmpowerNCER Academic @ Perak program for Indigenous students in the state of Perak as follows: The Parenting Module obtained a correlation coefficient value of 0.90, the Edu Steam module with 0.92, the Semai Bakti module with 0.90, the art appreciation module with 0.91, the cabana module with 0.92, the career destination module with 0.90, and finally the theramind module with 0.90, while the Cronbach's Alpha coefficient values also show values for the enrichment parenting module as 0.92, the value for the Edu Steam enrichment module is 0.86, the value for the Semai Bakti enrichment module is 0.88, for the Art Appreciation module is 0.92, while for the Cabana module is 0.96, the Career Destination module is 0.93, and finally for the Theramind module is 0.90. According to Said et.al (2021), a good and acceptable validity value is .60 and above. Meanwhile, according to Hashim and Raj (2018), a good instrument reliability value is .70 and above.