- Razak Report
The Razak Report was a Malaysian educational proposal created in the year 1956 with the national education system based on the concept of
Malay (the national language) being the main medium of instruction. The Razak Report suggested two types of high schools, one using Malay as the medium of instruction to be called "national schools" while those using Chinese, Tamil or English to be called "national-type schools" and with both schools being "national" the government should give financial aid to both.A key paragraph from it was reproduced in Section 3 of the Education Ordinance of 1957:
* Formation of a single system of national education
* Recognition of the eventual objective of making Bahasa Malaysia the main medium of instruction
* Commencement of a Malaysia-orientated curriculum
* Conception of a single system of evaluation for allRahman Talib Report
A few years later, another proposal was introduced, the Rahman Talib Report and Education Act 1961:
* Stress on 3R basic education - reading, writing and arithmetic
* Stress on a strong spiritual education and the desired elements of discipline
* Stress on a Malaysian curriculum
* Upper secondary education of two streams, academic and vocational
* Opportunity to continue education from 9 years to 11 years
* Facilitation of education management procedures to improve the overall quality of educationee also
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Barnes Report References
* [http://www.undp.org.my/uploads/mdg2.pdf EDUCATION POLICY IN MALAYSIA]
* [http://books.google.com.my/books?id=cFZQOpRwurYC&pg=PA111&lpg=PA111&dq=%22Razak+Report+is%22&source=web&ots=bah-n-Nqw3&sig=45nmTr3z6x9WlDob8_HPLglrix0&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=2&ct=result Language and Language-in-education Planning in the Pacific Basin ]
* [http://apps2.emoe.gov.my/tayang.php?laman=imbasan_sejarah&bhs=en MINISTRY OF EDUCATION MALAYSIA]
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