Overview
- Explores the issue of Malaysian national integration and ethnic relations
- Examines the structural challenges of the Malaysian Government's RIMUP: Student Integration Plan for Unity
- Provides key solutions to shape the future direction of education policies for the development of national integration in multi-ethnic countries
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
This book considers the impact of the Rancangan Integrasi Murid Untuk Parpaduan (RIMUP: Student Integration Plan for Unity), the program developed as a driver towards Malaysian national integration and intended to promote an ideal of ‘unity in diversity’ through enhancing ethnic interaction in primary schools. Based on interview research with government departments, NGOs, and stakeholders at primary schools, this book highlights three main structural challenges to success of the RIMUP: the government’s weak management; the short duration and low frequency of an activity; and low student participation rate. The book also provides concrete suggestions to develop the RIMUP, to improve ethnic relations and to shape the future direction of education policies for the development of national integration, making a significant contribution to Malaysian studies as well as education policy in multi-ethnic countries.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Noriyuki Segawa is a Professor in the Faculty of International Studies at Kindai University, Japan. He was previously a visiting researcher at the Institute of Ethnic Studies, the National University of Malaysia (2015-2017). He is an author of National Identity, Language and Education in Malaysia (2019).
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Ethnic Relations at School in Malaysia
Book Subtitle: Challenges and Prospects of the Student Integration Plan for Unity
Authors: Noriyuki Segawa
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-9857-5
Publisher: Palgrave Pivot Singapore
eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-13-9856-8Published: 24 August 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-981-13-9857-5Published: 08 August 2019
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 102
Number of Illustrations: 21 b/w illustrations
Topics: Ethnicity in Education, Ethnicity Studies, Educational Policy and Politics