Development of a networking education portal for secondary education communities in Malaysia

Education portals have been in existence for quite sometime. However, many people are not aware of the different types of education portals. Some do not even know how to differentiate between a Web portal and a Web site. This paper proves this point by reviewing existing education portals for secondary education communities in Malaysia. The focus is on the networking education portals type. Finally, a prototype is developed based on six important elements that are outlined, as an effort to introduce a standard framework for building networking education portals.