What role can universities play in achieving greater regionalisation amongst ASEAN countries?
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Interviews & Viewpoints | OBG talks to David Willetts, UK Minister for Universities and Science from The Report: Malaysia 2012
Interviews & Viewpoints | OBG talks to Lim Kok Wing, Founder and President, Limkokwing University of Creative Technology from The Report: Malaysia 2012
Is Malaysia’s education system competitive in comparison to other countries in the ASEAN region?
Articles & Analysis | A place for learning: Efforts are under way to better integrate schooling facilities from The Report: Malaysia 2012
Continuing on its decade-long trend of GDP growth (6.8% per year on average from 2000 to 2009), the education sector of Malaysia has been the subject of a renewed focus for the government, as well as from private investors both in Malaysia and abroad. The government has identified the sector within its Economic Transformation Programme (ETP) as the...
Malaysia is a multi-ethnic society of 29m split between the Malay Peninsula and the island of Borneo. With a per-capita GDP that has hovered around $10,000 for the past decade, the country is struggling to escape a “middle-income trap”
Education is a renewed area of focus for the Malaysian government, which has increased its spending on the sector by 60% over the past two years as part of its commitment to building a high-income economy. The current system enjoys relatively high grades in global reports but suffers from low enrolment across primary, secondary, and tertiary levels. Private schools have emerged to fill this gap,...
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