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Tan, Yao Sua; Teoh, Hooi See – History of Education, 2015
This paper examines the development of Chinese education in Malaysia from 1952 to 1975, focusing on the political collaboration between the Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA) and the Chinese educationists to advance the cause of Chinese education instead of the usual macro policy analysis. This collaboration was compounded by the different stand…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Asians, Educational History, Political Influences
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Yao Sua, Tan; Hooi See, Teoh – History of Education, 2014
The Chinese language movement was launched by the Chinese educationists to demand the recognition of Chinese as an official language to legitimise the status of Chinese education in the national education system in Malaysia. It began in 1952 as a response to the British attempt to establish national primary schools teaching in English and Malay to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Language of Instruction, Educational Policy, Language Planning