Malaysian Education System Development And Change

The main legislation governing education is the education act 1996.

Malaysian education system development and change. It provides a critical assessment of the extent to which development in education will be able to contribute towards achieving the goals of vision 2020. Current education the malaysian government reviewed the legislative provision and education policies which came into effect after our country achieved independence. Education in malaysia is overseen by the ministry of education kementerian pendidikan although education is the responsibility of the federal government each state and federal territory has an education department to co ordinate educational matters in its territory. 4 3 1996 saw the change when the education act 1961 replaced by the education act 1996 to regulate the expansion of education.

This paper discusses the state of education in malaysia. The education system is divided into preschool education. To enable malaysia make the quantum leap towards an industrialized nation status and eventually into a knowledge economy the country needs to build a world class education system. Development of the education system in malaysia edu3101 1.

On education can propel malaysia towards becoming not merely a high income economy but a truly developed nation. It is also through education that a country can develop global competitiveness build a k economy and maintain sustainable environmental development. According to the study of haji ahmad 1998 educational development and reforming in malaysia have always been characterized by the government s efforts to implement education to national. Will exams help a student to excel in his or her presentation skills stimulate a more mature thought process enhance critical thinking or train ones creative problem solving skills.

Key questions on malaysian education. The education in malaysia gives students the mind set that education means scoring the test papers acquiring more knowledge for the exam and of course aiming for higher number of as. Novembe r 18 22 consumers association of penang malay sia. The education system before independence 1400 1956 during british before britishcolonization 1400 colonization 1786 before world war ii 1786 1956 1786 1941 islamic after world war ii 1946 1956 education primary secondary education cheeseman plan 1946 national teacher training barnes report 1951 teacher s house.