Chinese National School in Malaysia

Noor Ashiqin bt Jusoff Albar 4123012131Effarizan Hassan 4123012121

Nadira Mohammed 4123012121Afiq Yusuf b. Ahmad Zamani 4123012121

Historical Background of

Chinese National Schools in Malaysia.

19th Century.

Language and Culture preserve.

• Curriculum

• Teaching personel

•Buildings.

“National School”

“National Type Schools”

<-Primary school

Secondary school ->

•Mandarin Medium

•English Medium

Types of Chinese Schools in Malaysia.

• One seventh to one fifth of their time dedicating it to Mandarin language.

• Private independent schools.

• 1960s , 1970s – reopened independent school branch.

•Foon yew High School over 7000 students.•Malaysian Independent Chinese Secondary Schools (MICSS) which came into being after the Education Act 1961.

•1973, Dong Jiao Zong formed the MICSS Working Committee,• examination and syllabus of the 60 Independent Schools in

Malaysia. “Unified Examination started in 1975 and has continued to be run every year since.

Implementation

Requiring students to stay back after school

Chinese comprehension and written Chinese are compulsory in Chinese school

A year-long transition class

Changes in Curriculum in

Chinese National School

All student in Chinese National School is

compulsory to learn 3 languages which is

Chinese, English and Malay.

At the Senior Middle level, students are

categorize into Science, Arts, Commerce and Vocational streamed.

The Chinese National School Working

Committee compiles and prepares standardized

textbooks for the use of students at both Junior

and Senior level.

Technical and Vocational Education

A Technical and Vocational Education Department was set up in 1987 to promote technical and vocational education in Chinese National School

Out of 60 Chinese National School, 23 of them are conducting different technical and vocational courses according to the prevailing conditions.

Students in the Technical and Vocational stream sit for the Vocational Unified Examination which was first held in 1993.

Unified Examination Certificate (UEC)

Conducted by the Working Committee.

Working together with United Chinese School Committees'

Association of Malaysia (UCSCAM), the United Chinese School Teachers' Association of

Malaysia (UCSTAM) and the Chinese Schools Alumni

Association.

Compulsory to all Chinese National School students.

Chinese National School known as non-

vernacular school

Mandarin is use as the medium interaction.

Student has the opportunity to master

three languages

Progress of Chinese National Type School.

- Lack of permanent teachers who really

can master the medium language that is require in

this type of school.

- Racist issues are related to this type of school especially among the Chinese

community.

Problems that occur in Chinese

National School are: