The Malay Community Response of Towards Malay School Education After the War Until 1957
Siti Fatimah Nur Ali1, Khairi Ariffin2.
The secular education introduced by the British colonialists had various reactions
among the Malays. Education provided by the British aims to maintain the status quo of the
Malays. The Malay school education curriculum introduced by the British only emphasizes
basic education such as 3R’s which is reading, writing and arithmetic. The Malay community
thinks education that introduced by the British were contrary to the Islamic religion and
worldly. As a result, the parents of Malay children refused to send their children to the Malay
school. Therefore, this study aims to examine the response of the Malay community towards
Malay school education after the War until 1957. This study was conducted using a qualitative
method that emphasized the analysis of documents obtained from the National Archives of
Malaysia such as colonial records and annual report on education (Annual Report on
Education 1949 by M.R Holgate). The findings showed that the Malay community was
welcomed Malay education after the Second World War. The awareness of the Malay
community is due to the encouragement of the government by providing the perfect education
facilities for Malay education, such as scholarship assistance, food aid, and complete school
facilities.
Affiliation:
- Sultan Idris Education University, Malaysia
- Sultan Idris Education University, Malaysia
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