Is Malaysia's education system really on par with Singapore's?
For starters, it is essential to differentiate between curriculum and syllabus.
"If we want to judge the school system from the outside, we need to know the entire system. The curriculum is just a guide. How the curriculum is taught inside the classroom is more important as it translates to student learning."In 2018, the last time the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development's benchmarking Programme for International Student Assessment was conducted, Malaysia fared very poorly.
The problem is further compounded by shifting targets depending on who is in power and/or appointed to head the ministry. This fact is exemplified by the years-long kerfuffle over the teaching ofSee Ho, a parent who sent three of her four children to Singapore to study, is, unsurprisingly, frustrated.
Untuk Malaysia's Zul Fikri concurs with this assessment and also highlights how teachers in Malaysia do not receive proper training once they are in the system. He notes, too, how teachers are forced to juggle multiple duties, which do not have a significant impact on student learning. "Putrajaya has the sole say on the curriculum and teachers, which is a real problem. We have to bear in mind that Sabah, for example, has a different set of problems as compared to Putrajaya. This is why decentralisation is very important.
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