MINISTRY OF HIGHER EDUCATION MALAYSIAN EDUCATION SYSTEM Education Reform: The Malaysian Experience

MINISTRY OF HIGHER EDUCATIONMINISTRY OF HIGHER EDUCATION

MALAYSIAN EDUCATION SYSTEM

Education Reform: The Malaysian Experience

Introduction

• The education and higher education system in Malaysia has come a long way

• Malaysian education system has had our fair share of critiques and challenges.

• Malaysians deserve the best education that the country can offer.

Meeting the challenge

Transform the Malaysian education landscape to prepare for

Malaysia’s future generation by DESIGN and no longer by

CHANCE

What kind of future generation do we want?

• Graduates that can meet the 21st century challenges• Critical thinking skills, entrepreneurial, holistic and

balanced• Balanced between character and knowledge

What kind of future generation do we want? • As we go global, Malaysians have the character of good

citizenry• Wealth creation (entrepreneurial and a job creator)• Enhance the social well-being of society (knowledge

acquired and transferred)

• In short bringing back soul to the Malaysian education system developing learned values-driven talent

• We want to move from the word human capital to human being (talent)

• End game is to make the Malaysian Education system to be referred, respected and relevant

How can we achieve this??

From Primary to Tertiary Education

SEAMLESS…

The MEB sets out clear system and student aspirations

Access

System aspirations

Quality Equity EfficiencyUnity

Studentaspirations

Malaysian Education System

10 Shifts to support the attainment of System and

Student Aspiration

20

Malaysian Higher Education System

Sept 2013

May/June 2014

BENCHMARKING

Feb 2014

STEM focussed schools- STEM Co-Curriculum

Young STEM researchers

STEM teacher s’ training

Science Conclave

Young Scientist Summer Program

EDUCATION

PHASE 1

2ToT & PILOT

3ToT & PILOT

4OUTREACH PROGRAM

PHASE 5WAY FORWARD

PHASE

PHASEPHASE

March 2013

2014-2020

STEM EDUCATION FRAMEWORK IN MALAYSIA

Pre-School Primary Secondary Pre-Tertiary

TVET: Degree Diploma Certificate

IHL: Degree Masters PhD

Nurture / inspire interest

Make connections/ build

foundations

Developing and building STEM skills

Enhancing STEM Skills

Challenge and

prepare

Nobelist Mindset program

STEM Teacher Training

with NYAS

Science Conclave

Young scientist Summer Camp

11

Nobelist Mindset Workshop

Summer Science Institute at NY

Laureate in Residence Program

410 SHIFTS

SHIFT 4: Quality TVET Graduates

Enrolment 2012 250K

Industry-led curriculum

New Collaborative Models

Increase capacity, quality and levels

Increase enrolment 2.5X

650KEnrolment 2025

1 2 3 5 6 7 8 9 10

TVET is a premier lane in Malaysia

Universities

10

Current Position

Target: 2 Universities in the top 100 by 2025

Universities we Surpassed

RANKING OF NATIONAL HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEMS in 2015

27 50 countries have been chosen

2014 : #28

No. 6:

Knowledge Transfer with Industry

WHAT IS THE IMPACT OF ALL

THESE ACHIEVEMENTS??

We are on our way to be among the top

international hub for education

IMPACT TO THE ECONOMY OF THE COUNTRY

We have come a long way and we still have a long way to go but what is important is our battle cry. The Malaysian Education system is soaring upwards!!

PRIMARY EDUCATION

HIGHER EDUCATION

asma@mohe.gov.my