The Razak Report 1956

What is The Razak

Report and what
assessment was
used at that time?

the Barnes Report,
favored by the
Malays, which was
formerly passed into
law as the Education
Ordinance of 1952.
the Fenn-Wu Report,
favored by the
Chinese and Indians.
TRR is the compromise
between:
What is The Razak Report?
Written in 1956.
Introduced by Tun
Abdul Razak as an
educational
framework.
All schools are
government-funded
and use a common
national curriculum
regardless of school
type.
Malay language as
the main medium of
instruction but allows
the retention of other
language medium
schools.
Malay, English,
Chinese and Tamil
schools at the
primary school level,
and Malay and
English schools at
the secondary school
level.
Malay-medium
schools are referred
to as "national"
schools while other
schools are referred
to as "national-type"
schools.
Formation of a
single system of
national education.
Commencement of a Malayan-
orientated curriculum.
- Common syllabuses and timetables
Conception of a
single system of
evaluation for all.
The national language and the English
Language to be compulsory subjects
for all primary and secondary schools.
Teachers at that
time should have
Sijil Sekolah
Menengah
Rendah and
trained for 1 to 1
and a half years to
be qualified.
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Students have to sit for secondary school entrance
examination before entering it.
Assessment system was divided into two:
1-Lower secondary
2-Upper secondary
Lower secondary:
Students have to pass Sijil Rendah Pelajaran
(SRP/LCE) to proceed to the upper secondary.
Upper secondary:
Sijil Persekutuan Tanah Melayu which is of the
same level with Cambridge Overseas Certificate.
Pra-U:
Pra-U examination on the second year is held to
get Sjil Tinggi Pelajaran (STP/HSC) to enter
university.