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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.

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