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A-3<br />
educatIon develoPment<br />
durIng the era of natIonal<br />
develoPment PolIcy (1991 to<br />
2000)<br />
Drastic changes in education took place in the last decade of the 20th<br />
century. The vast development of ICT hasten the globalisation era. In<br />
concurrence with the demands of globalisation and the information<br />
and technology era, Vision 2020 was launched by Dato’ Seri Dr.<br />
Mahathir Mohamad in 1991 to aspire Malaysians towards achieving<br />
the status of a developed nation by the year 2020. Accordingly, the<br />
Ministry outlined an education system to realise the vision. Education<br />
legislation was amended in order to be relevant to current needs.<br />
The Education Act 1961 was replaced with the Education Act 1996.<br />
One of the major amendments made was to include preschool into<br />
the National Education System. The enactment of the Private Higher<br />
Education Act 1996 was also amended to allow the establishments<br />
of more private higher education institutes. The Ministry formulated<br />
four new acts to encourage a more systematic development of higher<br />
education. The acts are:<br />
▪ National Council on Higher Education Act 1996 - to allow<br />
the establishment of a council that will determine the policy and<br />
manage development of higher education.<br />
▪ Universities and College Act (Amendment) 1996 - grants<br />
more financial and management autonomy to public universities.<br />
▪ National Accreditation Board Act 1996 - quality assurance,<br />
especially for the private higher education programmes.<br />
▪ National Higher Education Fund Corporation Act 1996<br />
- provides student loans and funds in order to increase access to<br />
higher education.<br />
One of the major moves at this time was to increase access to higher<br />
education by setting up more public universities, college universities,<br />
matriculation colleges, community colleges, private colleges and<br />
universities as well as branch campus of overseas universities. Maktab<br />
Perguruan Sultan Idris was upgraded to Universiti Pendidikan Sultan<br />
Idris (UPSI) in 1997. The Malaysian Teaching Diploma Programme<br />
was also introduced to replace the Teaching Certificate Programme for<br />
pre-service teachers at Teachers Colleges.<br />
Measures were also taken to improve leadership qualities amongst<br />
school heads. Institut Aminuddin Baki (IAB) was entrusted with the<br />
task to provide leadership and management training to school leaders<br />
and administrators. Another significant change was the introduction of<br />
the open concept for Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) and Sijil Tinggi<br />
Persekolahan Malaysia (STPM) examinations in 2000.<br />
educatIon develoPment<br />
durIng the era of natIonal<br />
vIsIon PolIcy (2001 to 2010)<br />
Globalisation, liberalisation and the vast development of ICT continued<br />
to influenced the development of the national education system. The<br />
challenge for the nation was to produce knowledgeable, competent and<br />
globally competitive human capital.<br />
The National Education Policy was formulated based on the Education<br />
Ordinance of 1957 which was later amended through the Razak Report<br />
(1956), the Rahman Talib Report (1960) and the Cabinet Committee<br />
Report (1979). The education policy was further strengtened through<br />
the legislation and amendment of the following acts (See Exhibit I-2).<br />
Exhibit i-2<br />
1<br />
2<br />
3<br />
4<br />
5<br />
Education Ordinance, 1952<br />
Education Ordinance, 1957<br />
Education Act, 1961<br />
National Language Act 1963 / 67<br />
(Revised - 1971)<br />
Education Act, 1996<br />
Education Acts<br />
Steps were taken to provide quality infrastructure as well as to increase<br />
the number of education facilities in all education institutions,<br />
as an effort to accommodate the increase in student enrolment.<br />
Developing competency and efficiency amongst leaders, teachers and<br />
education officers was also an important agenda during this period<br />
of time. Empowerment and learning organisation concepts were<br />
widely instilled and encouraged. Allocations were made to promote<br />
continuous human resource development. Programmes such as in<br />
service training on developing management, leadership and research<br />
skills were carried out at all levels of the Ministry as an effort to<br />
implement a competent and efficient education management system<br />
capable of providing quality and relevant education to the nation.