Miscellaneous
Education in Malaysia
- Ministry of Education (MOE)
- Compulsory Primary Education has been in force since amendments were made to the Education Act 1996 (Act 550), to include Section 29A. The amended section now reads:
- Post Secondary Education Options written by Bob Kee for Wikipedia outlines all qualifications obtainable in Malaysia into three sectors, roughly correlating with the type of institution offering the courses (which may or may not have a bearing on a Malaysian homeschooler).
- Malaysia Students: a team blog that covers major examinations, secondary, pre-university and tertiary education, scholarships, and student resources (again, which may or may not be relevant to homeschoolers).
(1) The Minister may, by order published in the education. Gazette, prescribe primary education to be compulsory education.
(2) Every parent who is a Malaysian citizen residing in Malaysia shall ensure that if his child has attained the age of six years on the first day of January of the current school year that child is enrolled as a pupil in a primary school in that year and remains a pupil in a primary school for the duration of the compulsory education.
(3) The Minister may, if he considers it desirable and in the interest of the pupils or the public to do so, by order published in the Gazette, exempt any pupil or any class of pupils from the requirement to attend compulsory education, either absolutely or subject to such conditions as he may think fit to impose, and may at any time in his discretion revoke the exemption or revoke or alter or add to such conditions.
(4) A parent who contravenes subsection (2) shall be guilty of an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding five thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to both.
(5) The Minister may make regulations for the carrying into effect of the provisions of this section.
Tertiary/College Admissions
- SAT Reasoning Test (formerly Scholastic Aptitude Test) is the standardized college entrance test for most American colleges. To learn more about SAT and where you can sit for it, visit CollegeBoard.
- The International General Certificate of Secondary Education (IGCSE) is developed by University of Cambridge International Examinations (CIE) to prepare students for further academic work, including A Level. For information on The London Examinations IGCSE, go to Edexcel International. For information on Cambridge IGCSE go to University of Cambridge International Examinations.
Homeschool Research
As more and more parents choose the route of alternative education such as homeschool, more research in support of these initiatives have surfaced in recent years. Some useful links: