Dear friends,
As I was reading news provided by various countries in the net, this one particular news caught my attention. For those who had questioned about what the Malaysian government has done to upgrade our educational level isn't good enough, well, here's one GOOD news that might change your mind...
RADIO PHILIPPINES
25.3.2009 – 1000 HRS
MALAYSIA, THAILAND TOPS IN EDUCATION EXPENDITURE
'Malaysia had the highest allocation of total public expenditure for education at 25%, and is making good progress towards the Education for All (EFA) goals, according to a report released by UNESCO Tuesday. The share of total government expenditure devoted to education ranged from 9% in Japan to 25% in Malaysia and Thailand, said the 2009 EFA Global Monitoring Report -- Overcoming Inequality: Why Governance Matters.
The median percentage of gross national product (GNP) devoted to education was 3.6% in East Asia in 2006, with Cambodia allocating 1.8%, compared with 6.6% in Malaysia and 4.7% in Australia. UNESCO director-general Koichiro Matsuura said when financial systems failed, the consequences were highly visible and governments acted, compared to the impact when education failed. Malaysia has also one of the highest teaching staff increase in the region, with an increase of more than 30% since 1999.
UNESCO said East Asia and the Pacific accounted for nearly 13% of the world’s out-of-school population in 2006 - equivalent to 9.5 million non-enrolled children, an increase of 3.5 million since 1999. It said 75 million children of primary school age were not in school throughout the world, including just under one-third of the relevant age group in sub-Saharan Africa.
25.3.2009 – 1000 HRS
MALAYSIA, THAILAND TOPS IN EDUCATION EXPENDITURE
'Malaysia had the highest allocation of total public expenditure for education at 25%, and is making good progress towards the Education for All (EFA) goals, according to a report released by UNESCO Tuesday. The share of total government expenditure devoted to education ranged from 9% in Japan to 25% in Malaysia and Thailand, said the 2009 EFA Global Monitoring Report -- Overcoming Inequality: Why Governance Matters.
The median percentage of gross national product (GNP) devoted to education was 3.6% in East Asia in 2006, with Cambodia allocating 1.8%, compared with 6.6% in Malaysia and 4.7% in Australia. UNESCO director-general Koichiro Matsuura said when financial systems failed, the consequences were highly visible and governments acted, compared to the impact when education failed. Malaysia has also one of the highest teaching staff increase in the region, with an increase of more than 30% since 1999.
UNESCO said East Asia and the Pacific accounted for nearly 13% of the world’s out-of-school population in 2006 - equivalent to 9.5 million non-enrolled children, an increase of 3.5 million since 1999. It said 75 million children of primary school age were not in school throughout the world, including just under one-third of the relevant age group in sub-Saharan Africa.
These children are being deprived of the opportunity to get their feet on the first rung of a ladder that could give them the skills and knowledge to climb out of poverty and break the transmission of disadvantage across generations. Malaysia, along with Cambodia, Myanmar and South Korea, made extraordinary progress in reducing the number of children not enrolled, but the number of out-of-school children increased in the Cook Islands, Fiji, the Philippines and Vanuatu.
The report also showed that almost all children reached the last grade of primary education in Malaysia, Brunei and Korea, as compared to Cambodia and Laos which had the survival rates of 55% and 62% respectively. On children who completed the primary education cycle, UNESCO said girls were at a disadvantage for entering secondary education, adding that the transition rate from primary to secondary education was about 90% in Malaysia, Fiji, the Philippines and Korea.
UNESCO said a recent monitoring work underlined the appalling and unequal state of education infrastructure and quality in 11 developing countries, including Malaysia and the Philippines. In terms of fundamental resources for learning, only 20% or less attending schools with no libraries in Malaysia, as compared to the Philippines where half of students attend schools with no libraries and about the same percentage, have no textbooks.'
The report also showed that almost all children reached the last grade of primary education in Malaysia, Brunei and Korea, as compared to Cambodia and Laos which had the survival rates of 55% and 62% respectively. On children who completed the primary education cycle, UNESCO said girls were at a disadvantage for entering secondary education, adding that the transition rate from primary to secondary education was about 90% in Malaysia, Fiji, the Philippines and Korea.
UNESCO said a recent monitoring work underlined the appalling and unequal state of education infrastructure and quality in 11 developing countries, including Malaysia and the Philippines. In terms of fundamental resources for learning, only 20% or less attending schools with no libraries in Malaysia, as compared to the Philippines where half of students attend schools with no libraries and about the same percentage, have no textbooks.'
So what do you think? Don`t you feel lucky enough that you're born in such country that cares so much about education?
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Wise man once said:
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~Robert Charles Whitehead
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