Education and Globalization in Southeast Asia ISBN: 9789814762915 Platform/Publisher: Project MUSE / ISEAS–Yusof Ishak Institute Digital rights:Users: Unlimited; Printing: Chapters; Download: Chapters Subjects: Globalization; Education; Education and state;
The chapters in this volume focus on a number of issues and challenges confronting the education sector in Southeast Asia, including: (i) the contrasting language in education policy in Singapore and Malaysia; (ii) the introduction of an English-medium private education sector in Malaysia; (iii) the internationalization of Thai higher education; (iv) access and quality issues in the massification of Malaysian higher education; (v) secondary school quality and higher education participation in Indonesia;(vi) equity, access and retention in primary school education in Malaysia; and(vii) reforms in the primary and secondary education in Myanmar.