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A Review of the Educational Developments in the Federated Malay States to 1939

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 April 2011

Philip Loh Fook-Seng
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An educational system reflects the norms and needs of the society it serves. In the Federated Malay States, a plural society, there were four separate school systems, each with its own distinctive characteristics. This paper discusses the British role in their development. The period studied extends from around 1900 to the outbreak of World War Two.

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Journal of Southeast Asian Studies , Volume 5 , Special Issue 2: The Centenary of British Intervention in Malaya , September 1974 , pp. 225 - 238
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Copyright © The National University of Singapore 1974

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