In order to develop the education system in the rural area of Sabah and
Sarawak, the government has provided schools with basic amenities like water
and electricity supply. Other than that the government has given assistance in
in many other ways such as the following:
Provide
Public Service
Department (PSD)
Treasury
Economic Planning Unit
(EPU)
Implementation
Adjustments Unit
State Government,
Local Government
District Office
Department of Land
Ministry of Public
Works
Ministry of Transport
Royal Police of
Malaysia
Fire Department
Department of
National Unity
Department of
Environment
National Anti-Drug
Agency
Ministry of Culture,
Arts and Heritage of
Infrastructure
Skills training
Religious development
For example:
If the community that they live in
comprises mainly with people who
practices a certain religion, they would
tend to practice that religion also.
Even if they do not practice the same
religion, they will learn to compromise
and respect the majority.
Literacy education
no Orang Asli child shall be precluded from
attending any school only by reason of being an
Orang Asli. It also states that no Orang Asli
child attending any school shall be obliged to
attend any religious instruction without the prior
consent of his parents or guardian. (The
Aboriginal Peoples Act 1954; Act 134, Article 17)
The orang asli is a minority group in Malaysia.
Eventhough they are a minority group, they
were not be left out of national educational
development.
References
Ministry of Education (2006). Education in Malaysia: To
develop excellence the National Education. Putrajaya:
Educational Planning and Research Division.
Nicholas, C. (2005) Integration and Modernization of the
Orang Asli:The impact on culture and identity,
Department of Museums & Antiquities and the
Department of Orang Asli Affairs, Kuala Lumpur.