THE MALAY COMMUNITY RESPONSE OF TOWARDS MALAY SCHOOL EDUCATION AFTER THE WAR UNTIL 1957

Abstract

The secular education introduced by the British colonialists had various reactions among the Malays. Education provided by the British aims to maintain the status quo of the Malays. The Malay school education curriculum introduced by the British only emphasizes basic education such as 3R’s which is reading, writing and arithmetic. The Malay community thinks education that introduced by the British were contrary to the Islamic religion and worldly. As a result, the parents of Malay children refused to send their children to the Malay school. Therefore, this study aims to examine the response of the Malay community towards Malay school education after the War until 1957. This study was conducted using a qualitative method that emphasized the analysis of documents obtained from the National Archives of Malaysia such as colonial records and annual report on education (Annual Report on Education 1949 by M.R Holgate). The findings showed that the Malay community was welcomed Malay education after the Second World War. The awareness of the Malay community is due to the encouragement of the government by providing the perfect education facilities for Malay education, such as scholarship assistance, food aid, and complete school facilities.