Education and Globalization in Southeast Asia Issues and Challenges

150 Lorraine Pe Symaco refugees who have been in Malaysia for almost three decades. The Rohingya children are not given access t ...

Increasing Access to and Retention in Primary Education in Malaysia 151 of qualified professionals (e.g., occupational therapist ...

152 Lorraine Pe Symaco Other exams are administered to secondary students: (1) the PMR (Penilaian Menengah Rendah or Lower Secon ...

Increasing Access to and Retention in Primary Education in Malaysia 153 across subjects of over 80 per cent. As discussed above, ...

154 Lorraine Pe Symaco inter-ethnic group riots, was aimed at reducing inequalities especially between Malay and Chinese ethnic ...

Increasing Access to and Retention in Primary Education in Malaysia 155 from 4.3 per cent in 1971 to 6.9 per cent in 1982. From ...

156 Lorraine Pe Symaco Additionally, policies affecting access and retention such as the Razak Report of 1956 resulted in the in ...

Increasing Access to and Retention in Primary Education in Malaysia 157 More recently, the Government of Malaysia initiated the ...

158 Lorraine Pe Symaco In addition to other previously initiated programmes, the Sabah State Education Department began an initi ...

Increasing Access to and Retention in Primary Education in Malaysia 159 from interior Keningau who would otherwise have to walk ...

160 Lorraine Pe Symaco not attend these learning centres, mainly because they work (interview). The main challenge faced by Huma ...

Increasing Access to and Retention in Primary Education in Malaysia 161 (MDG) education goals — ensuring all children have acces ...

162 Lorraine Pe Symaco Private and international organizations will also continue to play a significant role in improving access ...

Increasing Access to and Retention in Primary Education in Malaysia 163 Investment in education remains to be a critical factor ...

164 Lorraine Pe Symaco In 2008, the Ministry of Education made a provision of providing free textbooks for children regardless ...

Increasing Access to and Retention in Primary Education in Malaysia 165 Nicholas, C. “The State of Orang Asli Education and Its ...

7 PRIMARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION IN MYANMAR Challenges Facing Current Reforms Brooke Zobrist and Patrick McCormick^1 INTRODUCTI ...

Primary and Secondary Education in Myanmar 167 Myanmar? Can decentralization be effective in addressing the deep-seated problems ...

168 Brooke Zobrist and Patrick McCormick between the central government and various armed Mon groups, whose goals have been grea ...

Primary and Secondary Education in Myanmar 169 1962, the political culture of government has been top-down, perhaps building upo ...