Group Members

 Mohsin Ali (bsf1703154)

 Hafiza Maha Asad (bsf1703150)
 Usman Abid (bsf1703153)
 Muhammad Mustafa (bsf1703236)
 Faizan Ahmed (bsf1703149)
 Asad Aziz shami (bsf1703151)
 Curriculum
development in Malaysia
 INTRODUCTION
Malaysia, country of Southeast Asia, lying just north of the Equator.
O  Composed of two non-contiguous regions:
1. Peninsular Malaysia (west Malaysia)
2. East Malaysia
O The capital city is Kuala Lumpur.
O Agriculture remains a major occupation.
 ABOUT MALAYSIA
 Federation of Malaysia consists of :
O peninsular Malaysia
O East Malaysia
 Location :
O South East Asia
O Borders Thailand, Singapore , Indonesia and Philippines
 Area:
O 336,700sq km(130,000sq miles)
 POPULATION
 TOTAL Population :
31,381,992
O Muslim 61.3 %
O Chinese 1.3%
O Buddhist 19.8%
O Indian 6.3%
O Christians9.2 % others 0.4%
 Education system and Curriculum
O The education sector or education system is a group of
institutions (ministries of education,
local educational authorities, teacher training institutions,
schools, universities, etc.) whose primary purpose is to
provide education to children and young people in educational
settings

O Education in Malaysia is overseen by the 

Ministry of Education.
 Way to monitor a student
OTest
OAssessments
ONational Assessments
Types of education in different levels:

O primary education
O secondary education
O post-secondary education
Level/Grade Typical age
Preschool
Pre-school playgroup 3–4
Kindergarten 4–6
Primary school
Standard 1 7–8
Standard 2 8–9
Standard 3 9–10
Standard 4 10–11
Standard 5 11–12
Standard 6 12–13
Secondary school
Form 1 13–14
Form 2 14–15
Form 3 15–16
Form 4 16–17
Form 5 17–18
Form 6 (Pre-University) 18–19 (Available in some schools
 Primary school education
Primary education is compulsion in Malaysia
• Private schools
• Home education
• Multilingual public schools
 Primary education

O Two different types of government-run primary schools

1. National
2. National-type
O Children enter primary schools at the age of 7 and ends at 12
 Secondary education
O Additional subjects can be opted for in the secondary
levels,which is again divided into two educational level
1. Lower education level
2. Upper education level
 Post-secondary education

O In the post-secondary level , which is also identified as the pre-

university education
Out of school training programms
O It includes:
O Board of National unity of the Prime ministers department
O Agriculture and community developing division
O Manpower department of the ministry f culture
Opportunities for rural population
 Role of curriculum development centre

O This centre plays an important role in the development of a

national curriculum
O It continuously evaluates schools curricula
 Curriculum Innovation

O Cabnit committee Report recommended two major curriculum

innovations
1. Primary
O It was implemented under a phased programme
O Focus on the basic subjects
2. General