A degree of success: education overhaul creates Malay professional class

Article Abstract:

The Malaysian New Economic Policy (NEP) sought to create a professional class of Malays through education in the Malay language rather than English and has had marked success. However, new policies to liberalize the education system and prepare students for the global marketplace by introducing more English classes may discriminate between rural and urban Malays by returning to the pre-NEP situation of poor rural and good urban schools. Should the current economic growth slow or recess, rural Malays would be significantly disadvantaged in the labor market.

EDUCATIONAL SERVICES, Education, Social aspects, Malays (Asian people)

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Lessons of education

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Malaysia has become interested in establishing local higher education in the hope of reducing its chronic services deficit. Education, insurance, freight, and remittances of profits are the largest portions of the shortfall, while only tourism turns a net profit. In 1994, however, the services deficit rose only M$700 million to M$15.7 billion. Datuk Francis Yeoh Sock Ping, head of YTL Corp, would like to build a local campus for the University of London, which until recently would have been a heretical idea.

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Young minds, old tool: Chinese abacus to aid maths education

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Malaysia's willingness to consider using the abacus in general mathematics education indicates greater confidence among ethnic Malays formerly suspicious of anything created by foreigners. Political leaders now show an interest in non-Islamic thoughts and quotations, notably Chinese ones. Datuk Fon Chan Onn, the deputy education minister, hopes to use abacuses to help children visualize numbers and math concepts.

Ethnic relations, Abacus

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