200 Years of Chinese Education in Malaysia : A Protean Saga

Author: Kua Kia Soong
Publisher: LLG Cultural Development Centre
ISBN: 9789671478912
Weight: 0.32 kg
Pages: 194 pp
Year: 2019
Price: RM40

200 Years of Chinese Education in Malaysia: A Protean Saga by Kua Kia Soong is the latest and fifth edition of his 1985 title. It was and still is, the first full-length book on the history and politics surrounding the chinese-medium schools in Malaysia. It has been in constant demand because of the interest in this unique community-run mother tongue education system.

With more than 1,280 primary schools, 60 Independent secondary schools and three tertiary-level colleges, the Malaysian Chinese education system has few comparisons in the world. THeir school-leaving Unified Examination Certificate is today recognized all over the world except in Malaysia.

From their birth more than 200 years ago, these school have been steeped in politics since they have had to struggle against state attempts to impose a mono-lingual education policy in the country. Thus, some aspect or other of the Chinese schools has featured in almost every general election since independence. Their survival to the present day is a veritable "protean saga" and a truly Malaysian echievement.