Tracking the Pathways of Education in Malaysia: Roots and Routes
Education and the schooling system in Malaysia are constant agenda in the discourse of nation-building. This is because education is regarded as an important avenue to inculcate national consciousness and social cohesion among the people. This article attempts to track the various school systems in...
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| author | Ong, Puay Liu Sivapalan, Selvadurai Badariah, Saibeh Marsitah, Mohd Radzi Shazlin, Amir Hamzah Ong, Puay Hoon |
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| description | Education and the schooling system in Malaysia are constant agenda in the discourse of nation-building. This is because education is regarded as an important avenue to inculcate national consciousness and social cohesion among the people. This article attempts to track the various school systems in Malaysia, with the purpose to highlight the different routes of educational choices in Malaysia. These different routes have their roots in the education policies formulated through time and the growth of a multi-ethnic population in the country. It is argued that these different routes of educational choices display 'inclusiveness', catering to the needs of the diverse population of Malaysia - ethnic, language, religion, regional, disability, vocation, public or private. The Malaysian education scenario represents a complexity of choices, each colouring the pathways of educational experience, expertise and engagement. The guiding question is to what extent this complexity of educational routes influence social cohesion?. |
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| spelling | unimas-159322023-10-02T06:38:59Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/15932/ Tracking the Pathways of Education in Malaysia: Roots and Routes Ong, Puay Liu Sivapalan, Selvadurai Badariah, Saibeh Marsitah, Mohd Radzi Shazlin, Amir Hamzah Ong, Puay Hoon LB Theory and practice of education Education and the schooling system in Malaysia are constant agenda in the discourse of nation-building. This is because education is regarded as an important avenue to inculcate national consciousness and social cohesion among the people. This article attempts to track the various school systems in Malaysia, with the purpose to highlight the different routes of educational choices in Malaysia. These different routes have their roots in the education policies formulated through time and the growth of a multi-ethnic population in the country. It is argued that these different routes of educational choices display 'inclusiveness', catering to the needs of the diverse population of Malaysia - ethnic, language, religion, regional, disability, vocation, public or private. The Malaysian education scenario represents a complexity of choices, each colouring the pathways of educational experience, expertise and engagement. The guiding question is to what extent this complexity of educational routes influence social cohesion?. Canadian Center of Science and Education 2013 Article PeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/15932/1/Tracking%20the%20pathways%20of%20education%20in%20Malaysia%20%28abstrak%29.pdf Ong, Puay Liu and Sivapalan, Selvadurai and Badariah, Saibeh and Marsitah, Mohd Radzi and Shazlin, Amir Hamzah and Ong, Puay Hoon (2013) Tracking the Pathways of Education in Malaysia: Roots and Routes. Asian Social Science, 9 (10). pp. 93-104. ISSN 1911-2017 http://www.ccsenet.org/journal/index.php/ass/article/view/29407 DOI: 10.5539/ass.v9n10p93 |
| spellingShingle | LB Theory and practice of education Ong, Puay Liu Sivapalan, Selvadurai Badariah, Saibeh Marsitah, Mohd Radzi Shazlin, Amir Hamzah Ong, Puay Hoon Tracking the Pathways of Education in Malaysia: Roots and Routes |
| title | Tracking the Pathways of Education in Malaysia: Roots and Routes |
| title_full | Tracking the Pathways of Education in Malaysia: Roots and Routes |
| title_fullStr | Tracking the Pathways of Education in Malaysia: Roots and Routes |
| title_full_unstemmed | Tracking the Pathways of Education in Malaysia: Roots and Routes |
| title_short | Tracking the Pathways of Education in Malaysia: Roots and Routes |
| title_sort | tracking the pathways of education in malaysia: roots and routes |
| topic | LB Theory and practice of education |
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