Education in Malaysia : Post Independence

After being freed from the British colonial, education in Malaysia (also known as Malaya before) have gone through a few changes that changed the world of education itself. Spoke by Abdul Rahman Talib, Federation of Malaya in June 1960 to consolidate the education system of the country. Taken from one of his speeches, "...all primary schools using the mother tongue language be abolished and replaced with national and national-type schools...for the purpose of national unity."

Some of the changes were:

i) free primary school education

ii) automatic promotion until Form Three

iii) introduction of Standard Five assessment examination

iv) emphasis on Moral education

v) enhancement of vocational and technical education

vi) teaching of Islamic Education (pre-requisite at least 15 pupils)

vii) monitoring of primary schools by School Inspectorate to ensure teaching quality

viii) emphasis on teacher training program

The committee was headed by the late Tun Hussein Onn. He would like to provide a better education for all students. During this time, the medium of instructions are in Malay and English language. According to him, "“the national system of education is designed to meet the country’s needs and to promote cultural, social, economical and political development. Beginning 1968, the Malay language will progressively replace the English language as the medium of instruction in all English-medium schools.”

This is where the progressions of a better education has started throughout the year.

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