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Cited by 38Socioeconomic Development in AsiaSchool Choice and PerformanceChina's Ethnic Minorities and Relations

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Ethnic segregation in Malaysia’s education system: enrolment choices, preferential policies and desegregation

Raman, Santhiram R., Sua, Tan Yao·2010·Paedagogica Historica
DOI 10.1080/00309230903528496
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Ethnic segregation has become an emerging feature in Malaysia’s education system even though the institutional role of education should have been a unifying force for the country’s multi‐ethnic society. The underlying problem is that, at all levels of education provision in Malaysia, alternative streams are allowed to coexist alongside mainstream education provided by the government. Alarmingly, these alternative streams are not reinforcing what mainstream education is trying to do: foster ethnic integration. Instead, the alternative streams have become divided along ethnic lines. This paper looks at the development of Malaysia’s education system and examines two main factors that have contributed to the current state of ethnic segregation: enrolment choices and preferential policies. These two factors have in one way or another helped to strengthen the coexistence of alternative streams alongside mainstream education from which ethnic segregation emerges. These alternative streams have become competing rather than supplementary/complementary forces capable of challenging mainstream education. This paper explains how these two factors contribute to ethnic segregation at all levels of education notwithstanding their causal relationships at certain levels of education. Second, it evaluates the strengths and weaknesses of the measures taken by the Malaysian government to desegregate the education system.

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Authors
Raman, S. R., & Sua, T. Y.
Affiliations
  • Universiti Brunei Darussalam (BN)
  • Universiti Sains Malaysia (MY)
Corresponding author
Raman, Santhiram R.
Venue
Paedagogica Historica
Publisher
Informa UK Limited
Published
2010-02
Volume
46
Issue
1-2
Pages
117-131
ISSN
  • 0030-9230 (ISSN-L)
  • 1477-674X
DOI
10.1080/00309230903528496
OpenAlex
W1972745069
Cited by
38
References
0
Citations by year
2026: 1 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 2 · 2022: 4 · 2021: 4 · 2020: 3 · 2019: 2 · 2018: 3 · 2017: 9 · 2016: 4 · 2015: 1 · 2014: 1 · 2012: 2
FWCI
2.07
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
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Paedagogica Historica (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Socioeconomic Development in Asia
  • Social Sciences › Education › School Choice and Performance
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › China's Ethnic Minorities and Relations
Keywords
ethnic segregation, education system, Malaysia, preferential policies, mainstream education, ethnic integration, multiethnic society, education policy

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