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Home>Tag: school autonomy

Too much autonomy in schools promotes self-serving interests, says educationist

NewsNewspaper By admin|October 25, 2015 |0
The Malaysian Insider 25 October 2015 Too much autonomy in education can exacerbate inequality between segments of society, and could lead to schools looking after their own interests without serving the needs of the society, said an educationist. [...]

Parents choose private religious schools to build early Islamic identity, forum told

NewsNewspaper By admin|October 24, 2015 |0
by The Malaysian Insider 24 October 2015 Concerns about declining standards in public schools not only extend to academic performance but to religious identity, and more Muslim parents opt to send their children to private Islamic schools hoping t [...]

24 Oct 2015 – A peek into private school in Malaysia – are they really better than government schools?

EventsPrevious Events By admin|October 9, 2015 |0
Date: Saturday 24th October 2015 Time: 9.30 am – 12.30pm Venue: University of Nottingham KLTC, Level 2, Chulan Tower, Jalan Conlay, Kuala Lumpur Hosts: IDEAS We’ve spoken about school autonomy and schools having more independence to decide their o [...]

Think tank backs education autonomy in East Malaysia after English subject flip-flop

NewsNewspaper By admin|August 21, 2015 |0
The Malay Mail Online 21 August 2015 KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 20 — The Institute for Democracy and Economic Affairs (IDEAS) has supported proposals for education policies to be decentralised in Sabah and Sarawak after Putrajaya postponed the implementati [...]

IDEAS Event Report – “School Autonomy: Are Malaysian Schools and School Leaders Ready?”

Event ReportsEvents By admin|August 18, 2015 |1
  IDEAS Event Report “School Autonomy: Are Malaysian Schools and School Leaders Ready?” Saturday, 15th August 2015 The University of Nottingham, KL Teaching Center.   “School Autonomy: Are Malaysian Schools and School Leaders Ready [...]

IDEAS Press Release: Sorry State of School Points to a Need for School Autonomy

NewsPress Statements By admin|August 7, 2015 |0
For Immediate Release Kuala Lumpur, 7 August 2015 Sorry State of School Points to a Need for School Autonomy Kuala Lumpur, 7 August 2015 – The Borneo Post article (3rd August) on the dilapidated state of SK Bengoh is shocking if not worrying [...]

School’s sorry state is MOE’s failure, says think tank

NewsNewspaper By admin|August 7, 2015 |0
Free Malaysia Today 7 August 2015 [...]

Event report – Should Putrajaya control education?: Decentralising education in Malaysia

Event ReportsEvents By admin|June 17, 2015 |1
Date: 13 June 2015 Time: 10.00 am – 12.30 pm “Should Putrajaya control education? Decentralising education in Malaysia” was IDEAS’ panel discussion on whether or not greater autonomy should be given to the state or even schools themselves. S [...]

Quality teachers, not budget important for education

NewsNewspaper By admin|May 15, 2015 |0
by Free Malaysia Today 15 May 2015 KUALA LUMPUR: The recent OECD report on Malaysia’s standard of educat [...]