Malaysia Tertiary Education Statistics
Haji hamdan bin sheikh tahir chief education adviser ministry of education malaysia.
Malaysia tertiary education statistics. In this regard the malaysian higher education system is ranked 27th overall in 2015 universitas 21 n d. The education act 1996 covers pre tertiary levels of education under the national education system which comprises preschool primary and secondary education as well as post secondary education. Adult literacy rate total. Division of the ministry of education malaysia.
The second largest contributor was other education with rm3 5 billion 19 8 followed by secondary education with rm1 9 billion 11 1 and primary education with rm1 8 billion 10 1. Kuala lumpur 5th october. The second section covers the institute of technical education ite lasalle college of the arts nanyang academy of fine arts nafa polytechnics and universities. Adult literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15 and above who can with understanding read and write a short simple statement on their everyday life.
Progress and completion in education. Participation in education. Value added the total value added recorded in education services for 2017 is rm10 8 billion with annual growth rate of 7 5 per cent per annum within the period of two years. This act contains some provisions that apply to the ministry of higher education in the establishment of polytechnics and community colleges.
Today however that perception no longer rings true. 03 8885 7000 fax. National higher education systems. Ministry of higher education malaysia first edition 2011 all rights reserved.
Science technology and innovation. The first section contains statistics on primary secondary and pre university education. Average years of schooling of adults is the years of formal schooling received on average by adults over age 15. As one of the leading hubs for higher education in asia malaysia presents an attractive option to prepare students for the asian challenge even if they don t end up working in the region.
Department of statistics malaysia block c6 complex c federal government administrative centre 62514 putrajaya tel. It used to be a common belief in malaysia that the best tertiary education could only be found overseas. While malaysia is ranked 8th in terms of government expenditure on higher education as a share of gdp and 12th in terms of. The esd is divided into three sections.
It is intended to give those interested a general idea of the historical development and the present status of educational statistics of malaysia from 1935 to 1967.