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7. System structure
The Malaysian education system continuously strives to ensure every child receives
the right set of educational opportunities at the right time—from cradle to career.
In so doing, a number of structural shifts in the system structure will be required.
This chapter investigates structural considerations for the Malaysian education
system and how to match practices from high-performing education systems in order
to deliver better outcomes. It will discuss expanding access to preschool so all have
an equal head start to learning, along with other shifts to the phases of education.
The system will also develop the flexibility to provide students with the educational
pathways best-suited to their individual talents, interests, and learning styles. Finally,
it will shift from being school-based, to a learning system that incorporates parents
and the broader community in order to ensure that every student enjoys the most
conducive and effective learning environment possible.
The Ministry aims to help all children discover their own gifts, to
make the most of these talents, and to put these children on the path
towards achieving their full potential. This will require ensuring every
child receives an equal headstart regardless of their background, has
access to the right set of education opportunities, and learns in the
most conducive environment. These approaches in education will
help children develop the skills that they will need for the 21 st century.
This will help train young Malaysians who will ask questions and look
for answers, and who are willing to think in new ways, design new
solutions, and create new opportunities.
Phases and duration of
education
The Ministry will ensure that every child has an equal head start
to education, regardless of his or her ethnicity, socio-economic
status, or geographical location. The Ministry will achieve this
goal by increasing enrolments to ensure universal access in
the preschool, primary, lower secondary, and upper secondary
phases of education.
Measures undertaken will include:
▪ Ensuring phases and duration of education are in line with
practices in high-performing education systems;
▪ Expanding access and enrolment in preschools; and
▪ Adopting more targeted, needs-based financial aid and
other forms of assistance to address issue of unenrolled
children and students at-risk of dropping out.