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The development of the education system in Malaysia is regulated to a significant extent by the law. The development of the education system can be divided into four stages: (a) the pre-colonial period before 1824; (b) the education system under the British administration; (c) the pre-independence period 1951 to 1957; and (d) the period after independence in 1957.
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Tie, FH. (2024). The Law and the Development of the Education System in Malaysia. In: Russo, C.J., Ma, L. (eds) A Comparative Analysis of Systems of Education Law. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-97-1052-2_10
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