Policy Discourses in Malaysian Education A nation in the making

• Other Authors: Rengasamy, Nagappan C. (Editor), Malakolunthu, Suseela (Editor)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: New York Routledge 2017
• Series: Routledge critical studies in Asian education
• Subjects: Education and state > Malaysia; Education, Higher; Educational planning; Language and education
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Since independence in 1957, Malaysia has become a globally-recognised industrial trading partner. With a 60% Muslim population, it also enjoys the reputation of being a moderate and peaceful nation. However, with just a short time left to realising its Vision 2020 of developed nationhood, the pathwa...

Table of Contents:

• 1.Introduction(Suseela Malakolunthu and Nagappan Rengasamy) 2.Globalisation And The Politics Of Education In Malaysia: Some Past And Contemporary Policy Issues(K S Balakrishnan) 3.Education of Ethnic Minorities in Malaysia: Contesting Issues in a Multiethnic Society(R. Santhiram and Tan Yao Sua) 4.Access and Equity Issues in Malaysian Higher Education(Hena Mukherjee, Jasbir S. Singh, Rozilini M. Fernandez-Chung and T. Marimuthu) 5.English as a Malaysian and ASEAN language: Implications for Language Policy and Planning (Azirah Hashim and Gerhard Leitner) 6.Technical and vocational education and training in Malaysia: From policy to implementation(Kee-Cheok Cheong, Hwok-Aun Lee, Kuppusamy Singaravelloo and Abdillah Noh ) 7.Education Policy and Human Capital Transformation Strategy in Malaysia(Hussein Haji Ahmad) 8.Graduate employability in government discourse: A critical perspective(Zuraidah Mohd Don) 9.Going forward: The need to rethink education policies (SuseelaMalakolunthu and Nagappan Rengasamy)