Kementerian Pelajaran Malaysia

Logo of the Ministry of Education 2004–2013

Kementerian Pelajaran Malaysia (German: Ministry of Education ) or Ministry of Education (MOE) referred to a former Ministry of the State of Malaysia from 2004 to 2013 . Its tasks lay in educational policy and in particular the supervision of school operations at primary and secondary levels.

After the elections to the Malaysian parliament, the ministry was merged with the ministry for higher education to form the new ministry for education and higher learning.

The ministry was located in the Putrajaya administrative center south of the capital Kuala Lumpur .

history

Before the Malaya Federation became independent , a Ministry of Education was set up in the first cabinet of Prime Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman on July 27, 1955, to which Tun Razak was appointed. The Malaysian name of the ministry was Kementerian Pendidikan Malaysia (German: Ministry of Education) and was extensively responsible for everything that had to do with education. It was not until 2004 that the interests of tertiary education were separated and outsourced to a separate ministry, the Ministry of Higher Education . While the English name remained the same, the renaming of the Malaysian name from (German) Ministry of Education to Ministry of Education clearly reflects the shift in focus.

When the new cabinet was formed after the parliamentary elections for the 13th Malaysian Parliament on May 5, 2013, the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Higher Education were merged to form the new Ministry of Education and Higher Learning. At the suggestion of the minister, however, the name for the joint ministry was renamed to Ministry of Education (Kementerian Pendidikan) a short time later.

tasks

The range of tasks encompassed all aspects of pre-school education, primary and secondary schools including class level Form 6 , the establishment of national curricula, the central implementation of final exams, the management of the matriculation courses ( matrikulasi ), the publication of textbooks and the further training of teachers. In order to carry out its tasks, the ministry was subordinate to a number of institutions and bodies, for example

• Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka - Institute for Language and Literature
• ITBM - Malaysian Institute for Translation and Books
• MEC - Malaysian Examination Council; is in charge of the organization of the STPM and STP final exams
• IPGM - Institute for Teacher Training

minister

From April 9, 2009 until the dissolution of parliament on April 3, 2013 , the responsible minister was Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin , who also holds the post of Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia. The position of Minister of Education in Malaysia is regarded as a candidate for the office of Prime Minister of Malaysia. Except for the first Prime Minister, Tunku Abdul Rahman, all Malaysian Prime Ministers held this office during their political careers.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ freemalaysiatoday.com: New cabinet list - who's in and who's out ( Memento of the original from November 22, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. dated May 15, 2013; Accessed May 16, 2013 
2. ↑ Chief Secretary to the Government of Malaysia: Education Ministry And Higher Education Ministry To Streamline Structure Within One Month , May 21, 2013; Accessed September 5, 2013
3. ↑ Profile Menteri ( Memento of the original from July 4, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. ; Accessed January 28, 2013