EDUP3013 PHILOSOPHY IN EDUCATION

EDUCATION ACT 1961BY: NUR FAZLIN BINTI MOHD NAIM

PISMP TESL JUNE 2015LECTURER: SUMITRA KAN FONG

KUEN

INTRODUCTION

• The Education Act (EA) 1961 was enacted, pursuant to the Rahman

Talib’s Report of 1960, in turn, was based on the Razak Report of

1956

•Razak Report 1956 was suited in education system by Rahman

Talib’s Report 1960 and next become the Education Act 1961

• Thus, the contents and points of Education Act 1961 is similar as

the Rahman Talib’s Report 1960

CONTENTS OF EDUCATION ACT 1961

• No fees for lesson in primary school

• Primary school become Sekolah Kebangsaan (SK) and Sekolah Jenis

Kebangsaan (SJK)

• Schooling until age 15 years old for continuation school

• Where there are 15 or more Muslim pupils, religious class will be

provided. Similarly, the Education Act provides that at the request of at

least 15 pupils, a Tamil or Mandarin teacher would be provided from

Standard III upwards to secondary schools (Clause 36)

• Emphasis on moral values

• Provided trained teachers and education aids

• Empowering the national language

• The establishment of common curriculum

CHALLENGES OF EDUCATION ACT 1961

• Although the purpose and wish of the Education Act is to integrate all races in

Malaysia but because of different polar home places, it was difficult to achieve

• Malay lives in the villages, Chinese living in mine area and Indians living in the

rubber estate and plantations

• Other reports have been published and reported such as Hussein Onn Report

1971 and Mahathir Report 1976 in order to review and examine again the Dasar

Pendidikan Negara based on Razak Report and Rahman Talib’s Report