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3-27<br />
Higher spending has translated to better<br />
student outcomes in terms of access, but<br />
not necessarily in terms of quality<br />
In order to determine how to best utilise the Ministry’s resources, it is<br />
important to examine the return on investment (ROI) in the current<br />
education system, particularly in relation to other countries. As a<br />
developing country, Malaysia has invested significant resources into<br />
building additional infrastructure, particularly in rural areas and the<br />
interior of Sabah and Sarawak, and increasing the size of the teaching<br />
force to enable the expansion of access to education. This spending has<br />
successfully translated to almost universal access to primary education,<br />
and significant improvement in access to secondary education. However,<br />
there remain large areas for improvement in moving forward, particularly<br />
with regard to quality. Higher levels of spending are not necessarily<br />
correlated with better outcomes (Exhibit 3-16). The United States of<br />
America, for example, spends more than USD10,000 per student, but<br />
EXHIBIT 3-35<br />
Correlation between wealth and student performance on PISA 2009+<br />
Average result against GDP for participant countries PISA 2009+<br />
PISA reading 2009+<br />
Average score<br />
550<br />
525<br />
500<br />
475<br />
450<br />
425<br />
400<br />
Indonesia<br />
0 5<br />
Thailand<br />
10<br />
Australia<br />
New Zealand Belgium<br />
Iceland Netherlands<br />
Poland Estonia France Germany<br />
US<br />
Norway<br />
Ireland<br />
Hungary<br />
Taiwan UK Sweden<br />
Portugal Slovenia<br />
Italy<br />
Denmark Switzerland<br />
Slovak Republic<br />
Greece<br />
Austria<br />
Luxembourg<br />
Turkey<br />
Israel Spain<br />
Czech Republic<br />
Chile<br />
Countries in this region<br />
perform worse than<br />
expected, given GDP<br />
Mexico<br />
Malaysia 1<br />
1 GDP per capita PPP-adjusted (2005 constant prices) based on 2010 data<br />
SOURCE: PISA 2009+; Global Insight<br />
15<br />
20<br />
25<br />
Korea<br />
performs almost two bands lower than a system like Shanghai which<br />
only spends between USD4,000-5,000 per student.<br />
Malaysia’s performance lags behind other countries making similar<br />
or lower levels of expenditure. Education systems that are making<br />
lower investments per pupil, such as those of Thailand and Chile, are<br />
nonetheless achieving student outcomes that are either comparable<br />
to or better than Malaysia’s. This suggests that while a certain<br />
threshold of spending is required, it is more important that money is<br />
put towards the right factors in order to ensure success.<br />
Additionally, given the country’s wealth, Malaysia’s performance<br />
is lower than expected. International evidence indicates that there<br />
is a strong positive correlation between a country’s GDP per capita<br />
and PISA scores (Exhibit 3-35). However, Malaysia appears to be<br />
underperforming when compared against other countries with a<br />
similar GDP per capita.<br />
30<br />
Finland<br />
Japan<br />
Canada<br />
Countries in this region<br />
perform better than<br />
expected, given GDP<br />
Hong Kong<br />
Singapore<br />
35 40 45 50<br />
85<br />
GDP per capita<br />
Equivalent Thousands USD converted using PPPs