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salary, student centered learning, development of new teaching/learning materials,
development of soft skills, more provisions for leadership training for school principals, building
more schools, more in-service (training) provision, improve counseling service, build more
classrooms, free provision of learning materials and free provision of after school extra tuition.
In the case of secondary, other perceived priority investment areas (in order of importance)
were more spending on school building, more scholarship targeting children frompoor families,
ICT facilities for rural schools, development of new teaching/learning materials, additional
funding for under-performing rural schools, more spending on school building, free provision of
after school extra tuition, increase in teacher salary, building more schools, student centered
learning, improve counseling service, development of soft skills, free provision of learning
materials, more provisions for leadership training for school principals, build more classrooms,
more in-service (training) provision and hire more female teachers.32
Figure 3.2.12: Main Priorities for Investment to Improve Quality Education at the Primary
and Secondary Level
Source: Authors’ calculation based on stakeholders survey data.
Lastly, the majority of the stakeholders interviewed said that Malaysia could learn or adopt
teaching and learning practices from other countries that have been successful in the field of
32 According to the Malaysia Education Blueprint (2013-2025), the government acknowledges that there are
still significant infrastructure gaps in the education system. A 2011 Physical Infrastructure Audit report found
that over 30% of all schools in Malaysia were in need of immediate repair.
0 0,05 0,1 0,15 0,2 0,25 0,3 0,35 0,4 0,45
More scholarship for poor children
More spending on school building
ICT facilities for rural school
Additional funding for low-performing/rural…
Develop new teaching/learning materials
Free provision of learning materials
Free provision of after-school extra tuition
Increase teacher salary
Hire more teachers to reduce class size
Hire more female teachers
Improve guidance and counseling service
Build more schools
Build more classroom
More in-service provision
Placement of teachers to overseas/high-…
Student centered learning
Soft skills
Leadership training program for head teachers
Secondary Primary