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Elaborate clearly about

the changes and
development in the field
of education in our
country at present

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 Changes and development in
EDUCATION...
1. Education policies are; (1) to provide a competent workforce to meet the needs of a
growing nation, (2) to produce Malaysian citizens who are knowledgeable, God-fearing,
well behaved, competent.
2. The structure and organization of educational administration based on the political and
administrative system of the country. 
3. Centralized education system. There are 4 levels in the position of administrative
organization (federal, state, district, and school level) 
4. Education is the "tool" of national unity and poverty eradication.
5. Deemed to be a bureaucratic organization.

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Cont…
6. Appointment procedure does not involve any element of personality.
7. The education system in Malaysia is supervised by the Ministry of Education
Malaysia. 
8. Malaysian education can be obtained from government dependent schools, private
schools or on their own.
9. The education system is centralized mainly for primary and secondary schools. 
10. The state government does not have authority in the curriculum and other aspects of
primary and secondary school education, instead it is determined by the ministry. 

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11. Malaysian education consists of several levels: 
• Preschool 
• Primary education 
• Secondary education 
• Higher education

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Pre-school Primary Secondary Pre university
education  education education & Higher
 Children age 4 to
6
From age 6+ to From age 12+ to Education
11+ (Standard 1 to 16+ (Form 1 to 5
6 for six years) for five years) A lot of colleges
Pre-school
and universities
education to 1. The objective 1. Lower secondary established by the
children between is to provide from age 12+ to government and
the age of five and basic skills of 14+ (Form 1 to also private sector.
six in urban and reading, writing 3) Youngsters are also
rural area. and arithmetic, 2. Upper secondary encouraged to get
inculcating the from age 15+ to tertiary education.
thinking skills 16+ (Form 4 to
and values across 5) option to
the curriculum. choose either;
• Academic
• Technic
• Vocational
• Religious
Thank you
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