By:

Muhamad Shukri bin Abdul Halim

Nurfarhanah binti Jafar Sedek
Qhailani Asymui binti Ruslan
Nuraini binti Madiaman
Siti Asyilah binti Kudus
RAZAK REPORT 1956
The report is named after the then Education
Minister, Allahyarham Tun Abdul Razak.

Build after the Parti Perikatan won the first election in
Malaya.

The minister established and led the Education
Committee to form the report.

Goal: to reform the education system in Malaya.

It formed the basis of the Education Ordinance of
1957, which laid the foundation for the national
education policy.

The Razak Report is a compromise between the
Barnes Report (favoured by the Malays) and the
Fenn Wu Report (favoured by the Chinese and
Indians)

Razak Report was formed to:
Put forwards the Malay Language as the main
medium of instruction and it allows the retention
of other language medium schools.
Strengthen the unity between Malays, Chinese
and Indians as a united Malaysians.
Expand the educational system to minimise the
gap between races.



Provide sufficient facilities to create a discipline
educated, liberal and progressive community.

Create a more organized and effective educational
system.

Meet the national needs as an independent country
and to develop the education system.
The Report provides for Malay, English, Chinese and
Tamil schools at the primary school level, and Malay
and English schools at the secondary school level.

Malay-medium schools are referred to as national
schools while other schools are referred to ass
national-type schools.

All schools are government-funded and use a
common national curriculum regardless of school
type.