suitable for EDUP 3013 philosophy and education in Malaysia

1. RAZAK’S REPORT
AND
RAHMAN TALIB’S REPORT
PRESENTED BY:
GAN POH XIAN
MUHAMMAD HAZIM BIN MISWAN

2. RAZAK REPORT 1956
 A new educational policy was set up led by Tun Abdul
Razak made a recommendation.
 The objective of this committee
 to establish a national education system that would
promote the cultural, social, economic and political
development accepted by the nation as a whole,
having regard that the Malay language would be the
national language.
 It should be the main medium of instruction in the
education system.
 Razak’s Report became the basis of the education
system as enshrined in the Education Ordinance 1957.

3.  The report proposed:
 One common school system for all:
 Malay language as the medium of instruction for all stages of
schooling.
 Centralized curriculum and school examination.
 Both types of primary school should enforce Malay as a
compulsory subject.
 All national secondary schools should use a common syllabus
and examination and enforce Malay and English as their
compulsory subjects.
 All teachers should be trained with a common syllabus in
teachers’ training colleges.

4. RAHMAN TALIB REPORT 1960
 To speed up the process of national integration and
unity, the Rahman Talib’s Report was made to review
the education policy in 1960 and became a basis to
establish the Education Act 1961.
 Rahman Talib’s report support the Razak Report and
became the basic to the formation of National
Educational foundation like stated in Educational Act.

5. The report proposed:
 1. Malay language as main language in
schools.
 2. Free secondary school education.
 3. Automatic promotion until form 3.
 4. Emphasis on religious and moral education.
 5. Stress on 3M basic education - Membaca,
Menulis, dan Mengira (reading, writing and
arithmetic)

6.  6. Stress on a strong spiritual education and the
desired elements of discipline
 7. Stress on a Malayan curriculum
 8. Upper secondary education of two streams,
academic and vocational
 9. Opportunity to continue education from 9
years to 11 years
 10. Facilitation of education management
procedures to improve the overall quality of
education

7. RAZAK AND RAHMAN TALIB
EDUCATION REPORT
SIMILARITIES DIFFERENCES
• Both use Malay language as a
medium of instruction in education
system.
• Rahman Talib
- Emphasis on religious and moral
education
- Upper secondary education of two
streams, academic and vocational.
• Malay and English language are the
compulsory subject that need to be
taught in all types of schools.
• Razak
- All teachers should be trained with a
common syllabus in teachers’ training
colleges.
• Types of schools in primary level
(national school and national type
school).
• Use of common national curriculum in
all schools.

8. Reference
http://education.stateuniversity.com/pages/924/M
alaysia-EDUCATIONAL-SYSTEM-OVERVIEW.html
http://www.scribd.com/doc/47187668/Razak-
Report-1956#scribd
http://teachersprofessionalism.blogspot.com/2007/1
1/chapter-8-development-of-education.html
Mok soon sang (2004), penghantar pendidikan
teras, Ipoh Perak.