Education and Globalization in Southeast Asia Issues and Challenges

INDEX

Note: Page numbers followed by “n” denote endnotes.

A

Abdul Razak bin Hussain, 21

“academic oligarchs”, 61–62

administration level, 170–71, 180–81

All-Party Report (1956), 15–16

Asmah Hj. Omar, 39

B

Bahasa Malaysia, 31

see also Malay language

Barnes Report (1951), 21

Basic Education Law (1973), 171,

190n7

bilingual educational policy, 6, 17–18,

29, 77

bimbingan belajar, 115

Blinder-Oaxaca Decomposition, 112,

113, 118

Borneo Child Aid Society, 159

Bumiputra Economic Empowerment

Plan (BEEP), 86, 92, 106

Bumiputra students, 3, 85, 86, 94

enrolment of, 91, 92

JPA scholarship, 95–96

labour force impact, 94–95

meritocracy policy, 94

primary school access, 11

“racial quota” policy, 24

C

Catholic schools, 111–12

centralized education system, 2, 4,

177

Chalapati, S., 68

China, foreign language in, 37

Chinese educationists, 46

Chinese-medium schools, 18

Christian (private) schools, 10, 124–26

Client Interface Day, 158

cognitive-academic language

proficiency, 47

common language policy, 37, 40–42

Comprehensive Development Plan,

178

compulsory education, in Indonesia,

114

Cumulative Grade Point Average

(CGPA), 92

D

decentralization policy, 4–5, 12, 166

benefit of, 188

definition of, 188

Framework for Social and

Economic Reform, 178–80

models and debates, 176–78

Democratic Action Party, 46

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