Salient Features of India constitution especially power and functions
Educational reform
1. EDU 701
Education & Human Development
EDUCATIONAL REFORM
WORLD CLASS
EDUCATION TRANSFORMATION
Prepared for:
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Gurnam Kaur Sidhu
Prepared by:
Rahmawati Othman – 2008705137
Noorliza Mohd Noor - 2008340024
2. Educational Reform
- World Class
A plan or movement which
attempts to bring about a
systematic change in educational
theory or practice across a
community or society
3. Malaysia
1957
Inherited British Education System & Curriculum
1960s
National building & social change.
Improve access and gender equity.
Move towards Industrialisation – emphasis on
science.
1970s
National language as medium of instruction
4. 1980s
New primary school curriculum-
st-centred, activity-based
New secondary school curriculum-
values-oriented, thinking skills, applctn
1990s
IT literacy introduced-rural areas
Using ICT as a tool in TL , Smart schools
2000s (2003)
Introduction of bilingual education- science
& mathematics in English
5. The need for Educational Reform
- Future economic competitiveness
depends on the ability of education
system to produce students –
compete globally www.education-world.com
- Important that there be Malaysian
human resources with English
proficiency and ICT literate to face
the era of globalisation Kamogawa, 2003
6. 1996 – New legislations passed by the
Parliament to strengthen the Higher
Education Sector in view of challenging
global & regional development
Started with:
Educ. Act & University and Universities
Colleges Act(Ammendment)
Purpose:
-Enhance the development of private
Higher Education through establishment
of local private universities & colleges &
branches of foreign universities
7. *May 1997 – Nat. Accreditation Board
-to assure the quality of all programmes
& qualifications offered by private HEd.
-develops standards/criteria for the
conferment of awards & accredit
courses
*Dec 2005 – NAB and Quality Assurance
Division merged (approvd by the Gov.)
*Nov 1,2007 – Malaysian Qualification
Agency (MAQ)- the maturing of quality
assurance in M’sia HEd.
8. Malaysia Qualifications Framework
-develops and classifies qualifications
-based on a set of criteria - approved
nationally
-benchmarked against international best
practices.
(1996) Private Higher Education Act-
allowed private inst. & foreign universities
establish franchises and degree courses.
-encourage to offer sc & tech courses
9. MMU—est as the core inst. of the MSC
- 1st
private U accredited by Gvt.
- e-learning campus
UKM-K-Campus
- special ICT comm & est the
faculty of Information Sc & Tech
10. Government--raise education in
Malaysia to world standards.
100 percent of teachers in secondary
schools be degree holders- year 2010
at least 70 percent of teachers in
primary schools be degree holders
In 2006, teacher training colleges-
upgraded to the status of institutes
Lecturers in ITEs-at least a master’s
degree
11. Support Materials-Tr. Preparation
Collaboration with private sectors
Teachers are trained for proficiency
building
Schools are provided with PC,
Notebooks LCD etc.
Progress monitoring
12. Conclusion
Reform for the sake of reform would
not be bringing our standard of
education anywhere but be pretty on
paper
New implementations will either make
no difference, help improve the
situation or make it worse
Fullan, 1998