TY - BOOK AU - Ting Hui,Lee AU - Hui,Lee Ting TI - Chinese Schools in Peninsular Malaysia: The Struggle for Survival SN - 9789814279215 AV - LC3089.M4 L44 2011 U1 - 371.8299510595 22 PY - 2011///] CY - Singapore : PB - ISEAS Publishing, KW - Chinese KW - Education KW - Malaysia KW - History KW - Chinese--Education--Malaysia--History KW - Education and state KW - Education and state--Malaysia--History KW - Education--Malaysia--History KW - Schools, Chinese KW - Government policy KW - Schools, Chinese--Government policy--Malaysia KW - Schools, Chinese--Malaysia--History KW - EDUCATION / Organizations & Institutions KW - bisacsh N1 - Frontmatter --; CONTENTS --; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS --; ABBREVIATIONS --; NOTES ON COVERAGE AND NAMES --; INTRODUCTION --; 1. The Years before the Pacific War --; 2. From the Japanese Occupation to Self-Government --; 3. Towards the “Ultimate Objective” of One-medium Education --; 4. One-medium Education under Rukun Negara and the New Economic Policy --; 5. The 1980s: A Decade of Continuing Challenges for the Chinese Schools --; 6. Vision 2020 and the Chinese Schools --; 7. Conclusion: Challenges and Responses --; Glossary --; Bibliography --; INDEX --; ABOUT THE AUTHOR; restricted access N2 - The history of modern Chinese schools in Peninsular Malaysia is a story of conflicts between Chinese domiciled there and different governments that happened or happen to rule the land. Before the days of the Pacific War, the British found the Chinese schools troublesome because of their pro-China political activities. They established measures to control them. When the Japanese ruled the Malay Peninsula, they closed down all the Chinese schools. After the Pacific War, for a decade, the British sought to convert the Chinese schools into English schools. The Chinese schools decoupled themselves from China and survived. A Malay-dominated government of independent Peninsular Malaysia allowed Chinese primary schools to continue, but finally changed many Chinese secondary schools into National Type Secondary Schools using Malay as the main medium of instruction. Those that remained independent, along with Chinese colleges, continued without government assistance. The Chinese community today continues to safeguard its educational institutions to ensure they survive UR - https://doi.org/10.1355/9789814279222 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9789814279222 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9789814279222/original ER -