The Razak Report is a
Malayan educational proposal written in the 1956.
[http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0000/000090/009059eb.pdf ] Named after the then Education Minister,
Tun Abdul Razak
Tun Haji Abdul Razak bin Dato' Hussein ( ms, عبد الرزاق بن حسين, label= Jawi, script=arab, italic=unset; 11 March 1922 – 14 January 1976) was a Malaysian lawyer and politician who served as the 2nd Prime Minister of Malaysia f ...
, its goal was to reform the
education system in Malaya.
The report was incorporated into the Section 3 of the Education Ordinance of 1957 and served the basis of the educational framework for independent Malaya and eventually
Malaysia
Malaysia ( ; ) is a country in Southeast Asia. The federation, federal constitutional monarchy consists of States and federal territories of Malaysia, thirteen states and three federal territories, separated by the South China Sea into two r ...
. Private schools were nationalized, education was expanded at all levels and was heavily subsidized, and indeed the growth in enrollment rate again accelerated.
The Razak Report is a compromise between the
Barnes Report
The Barnes Report was a British proposal put forward in 1951Page 17. Pelan Induk Pembangunan Pendidikan. Ministry of Education of Malaysia. to develop a national education system in British Malaya. The Fenn-Wu Report, favoured by the Chinese, di ...
(favoured by the Malays) and the
Fenn-Wu Report (favoured by the Chinese and Indians). The Barnes Report was formerly passed into law as the Education Ordinance of 1952. While the Razak Report forwards the
Malay language
Malay (; ms, Bahasa Melayu, links=no, Jawi alphabet, Jawi: , Rejang script, Rencong: ) is an Austronesian languages, Austronesian language that is an official language of Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore, and that is also spo ...
as the main medium of instruction, it allows the retention of other language medium schools.
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 as "national-type" schools. All schools are government-funded and use a common national curriculum regardless of school type.
Other provisions include:
* Formation of a single system of national education
* Commencement of a Malayan-orientated curriculum
* Conception of a single system of evaluation for all
* Recognition of the eventual objective of making
Bahasa Melayu
Malay (; ms, Bahasa Melayu, links=no, Jawi: , Rencong: ) is an Austronesian language that is an official language of Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore, and that is also spoken in East Timor and parts of the Philippines and T ...
the main medium of instruction
Rahman Talib Report
In 1960, the Rahman Talib Report was introduced and incorporated in the Education Act 1961.
Among others, it called for:
* Stress on 3M basic education - ''Membaca, Menulis, dan Mengira'' (reading, writing and arithmetic)
* Stress on a strong spiritual education and the desired elements of discipline
* Stress on a Malayan curriculum
* Upper secondary education of two streams, academic and vocational
* Opportunity to continue education from 9 years to 11 years
* Facilitation of education management procedures to improve the overall quality of education
See also
*
Barnes Report
The Barnes Report was a British proposal put forward in 1951Page 17. Pelan Induk Pembangunan Pendidikan. Ministry of Education of Malaysia. to develop a national education system in British Malaya. The Fenn-Wu Report, favoured by the Chinese, di ...
References
External links
EDUCATION POLICY IN MALAYSIALanguage and Language-in-education Planning in the Pacific Basin MINISTRY OF EDUCATION MALAYSIA
Malaysian commissions and inquiries
Education in Malaysia
Racial and religious quotas in Malaysia
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