Enhancing students cognitive and soft skills through the online exchange internationalisation programme in collaboration between Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) and University of Toyama, Japan

School of Civil Engineering, UITM and the Faculty of Education, University of Toyama, Japan, have started this initiative since 2021. The emergence of COVID-19 is the reason for the start of online international exchange programs between several schools in Malaysia and Japan. This international exchange program is implemented with the theme of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Using SDG-based education, also known as Education for Sustainable Development Goals (ESD), provides opportunities for students to interact by finding solutions. Both parties were collaborated as mentors and facilitators who helped apply the elements of the SDGs in education and were introduced to seven (7) selected and interested elementary schools.