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Primary and secondary education

Wan Zahid Noordin

Malaysia offers a comprehensive, national education system at primary and secondary levels. With roots traceable to an amalgam of religious schools, missionary schools, secular British colonial schools and vernacular schools, Malaysian schools today cater to the needs of a diverse, multi-ethnic population.

  • Information in the full article includes
  • Before Independence
  • A national education system
  • Phasing out English
  • The Mahathir education policy
Penang Free School

Penang Free School, established in 1816, was the first English school in Southeast Asia.