Music Education in Malaysian public school : implementation, issues and challenges
Mohd Hassan Abdullah1.
Music has been formally introdused in the curriculum of Malaysian Public since 1982. This new curriculum was only implemented in primary school. However, there was no formal music curriculum for secondary school. Only in 1996, the curriculum was introduced in a few selected secondary schools through out Malaysia. Since them, there are lots of issues and problems had been raised by various parties about the implementation of this subject in Malaysian public school. The question is, to what extend this subject meet the objectives of its implementation? This paper will briefly discuss about the background of so-called 'Malaysian Music in order to understand the musical culture of Malaysia'. In addition, it will also provide some rationales for the inclusion of Music Education in public school curriculum as well as reviewing the present state of Music Education in Malaysian Public schools. The ending part of this paper will discuss about the issues and problems that had arisen from the implementation of Music Education in Malaysian public schools.
Affiliation:
- Universiti Perguruan Sultan Idris, Malaysia
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