Malaysian Education System Development And Change

Under the malaysia education blueprint 2013 2025 the education system will focus on making changes to structural elements that are in line with international best practices of high performing.

Malaysian education system development and change. Novembe r 18 22 consumers association of penang malay sia. For malaysia the emergent education system acquired a special significance as an instrument for and expression of po liticallydeterminedgoals. 4 3 1996 saw the change when the education act 1961 replaced by the education act 1996 to regulate the expansion of 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.

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. 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. This resulted in the education act 1996 and the new education policy 1999 which is the basis of our present education system. The main legislation governing education is the education act 1996.

It is also through education that a country can develop global competitiveness build a k economy and maintain sustainable environmental development. Current education the malaysian government reviewed the legislative provision and education policies which came into effect after our country achieved independence. 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. Development of the education system in malaysia edu3101 1.

Key questions on malaysian education. During the 1960s education was to become in effect a policy surrogate for issues of high strategy concerning the direction ofnational development. 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. On education can propel malaysia towards becoming not merely a high income economy but a truly developed nation.

This paper discusses the state of education in malaysia.