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Brief IDEAS № 4: The Potential of Independent Religious Schools

Brief IDEASEducationPublications By admin|June 8, 2016 |0
  Download the policy paper here. Private religious schools have gained popularity in Malaysia over the past few years, but are they a viable alternative to the mainstream school system? Author Atlaf Deviyati analyses whether Islamic private  [...]

Policy IDEAS No 24: School Autonomy Case Studies of Private School Chains in Malaysia

EducationPolicy IdeasPublications By admin|March 25, 2016 |0
Click here to download The author of this policy paper is Nina Adian Disney. She is a Malaysian with a transnational educational background (the US, Australia, Switzerland, Korea and the UK). She studied Law at the London School of Economics and i [...]

Policy IDEAS No 18 – ICT in Classroom Learning: Exploring the Discrepancies Between Ideal Conditions and Current Malaysian Policy

EducationPolicy IdeasPublications By admin|February 26, 2015 |0
In 2011, the Ministry of Education launched the 1BestariNet programme – an ambitious initiative to equip all government schools in Malaysia with high-speed internet connectivity, Chromebooks and, a Virtual Learning Environment. This programme was  [...]

CALL FOR PAPERS: IDEAS’ Giving Voice to the Poor: Malaysian Education and Low Income Households

EducationPublications By admin|August 28, 2014 |1
The Institute for Democracy and Economic Affairs (IDEAS) is a Malaysian think tank dedicated to promoting market-based solutions to public policy challenges. We publish research papers to shape the opinions of policy makers, parliament members, re [...]

Policy IDEAS No 14: Dropping out of school in Malaysia: What we know and what needs to be done

EducationPolicy IdeasPublications By admin|August 4, 2014 |0
In 2013, IDEAS conducted a survey on education, also known as Giving Voice to the Poor, to uncover the needs and aspirations of parents from low-income households around Malaysia. The survey covered over 1,200 respondents of which 150 respondents  [...]

From average to excellent: What constitute a successful school transformation

EducationOther PublicationsPublications By admin|June 9, 2014 |0
In 2012, IDEAS embarked on a research to assess a successful school transformation programme. This project was funded by Yayasan Sime Darby (YSD). The school assessed was SMK Ahmad Maher in Kelantan. Attached is the report published by the YSD. Th [...]

Policy IDEAS No 12: Malaysian education: What do the poor really want?

EducationPolicy IdeasPublications By admin|April 15, 2014 |0
This paper is an overview of the results of IDEAS’ nationwide education survey of households in the bottom 40 percent. The average household income of the respondents was RM 919 per month. With over 1,200 households surveyed in six states across M [...]

Policy IDEAS No 11: The Malaysian Trust School Model: It’s good but is it sustainable?

EducationPolicy IdeasPublications By admin|February 13, 2014 |1
In 2010 Yayasan AMIR and the Ministry of Education (MOE) embarked on the Trust School Programme, which was billed as a pioneering public-private partnership in education for Malaysia. This involved both organisations working together to improve th [...]

Policy IDEAS No 5: Private education for the poor?

EducationPolicy IdeasPublications By admin|July 4, 2013 |3
Private schools are usually associated with better quality but the cost is usually beyond the reach of the common citizen. However, this study shows that it is possible to introduce key elements of the private system – accountability, parental cho [...]

Escaping “middle class capture” in education policy

EducationPolicy IdeasPublications By admin|February 5, 2013 |0
Children who belong to the lowest income groups suffer the worst consequences of lower quality education. They do not have the advantage of being able to opt for a private education system or a better school outside of the area that they live in,  [...]

A Review of the National Education Dialogues

EducationPolicy IdeasPublications By admin|May 31, 2012 |1
This Policy Ideas evaluates the National Education Dialogue Series that have been organised by the Ministry of Education to review of our national education policy. IDEAS attended the dialogue series in five first dialogues to observe the proceedi [...]

Civil service and change of government

EducationPolicy IdeasPublications By admin|March 22, 2012 |0
This Policy Ideas briefing paper argues that a smooth transition is more than just a peaceful transfer of power. It is also about ensuring that the effective functioning of government does not become too disrupted during the transition period. It  [...]
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