SGDA2103-Language Policy

Malaya in Colonial Period (before 1957)

~Superiority of English language~

• Yes

• No

Colonial Period (before 1957)

No clear policy on education, allow ethnic-based, self funded vernacular schools

• Yes

• No

Colonial Period (before 1957)

English medium education was meant for ordinary people

• Yes

• No

Colonial Period (before 1957)

Other mediums of education merely provided basic knowledge in 3R (reading, writing, arithmetic) to suffice daily usage.

• Yes

• No

Malay medium School

mainly funded by the government

in rural area

• Yes

• No

Chinese medium School

mainly funded by Chinese clans

rural area

• Yes

• No

Indian medium  School 

mainly funded by  plantation company

Plantation/estate

• Yes

• No

English medium School

mainly funded by missionary

Rural area

• Yes

• No

Cheeseman Plan

is Policy to

Rebuild the education system after WWII

• Yes

• No

Fenn-Wu Report

is a

report on Chinese schools and the education of Chinese Malayans

• Yes

• No