The purpose of the study is to identify the HOTs elements in writing daily lesson plan, the presence of HOTs in teaching and learning preschool teachers, the problems faced by preschool teachers in implementing TnL through HOTs integration in preschool as well as identifying the preschool teacher's readiness to integrate HOTs in preschool TnL. The sample of the study involved fifteen preschool teachers served under Ministry of Education Malaysia from Larut, Selama and Matang District and managed to use National Preschool Standard Curriculum Revision 2017 as a reference in implementing TnL in preschool. The research method was qualitative using the instruments such as observation checklist, interview form and document analysis for data collection. The data was analyzed using the Hermeneutics Method which is interpretation of text to metatext. The findings show that teachers' readiness to integrate HOTs especially in terms of skills, knowledge and application of HOTs is still less particularly the teachers who teach in rural schools. The implication of the study is that the Ministry of Education Malaysia / State Education Department / District Education Office / Principals should provide periodic courses and workshops as well as monitoring the TnL activities provided by the teachers.
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