Rahman Talib Report

In 1960, the Rahman Talib Report was introduced and incorporated in the Education Act 1961. Among others, it called for:

• Stress on 3M basic education - Membaca, Menulis, dan Mengira (reading, writing and arithmetic)
• Stress on a strong spiritual education and the desired elements of discipline
• Stress on a Malayan curriculum
• Upper secondary education of two streams, academic and vocational
• Opportunity to continue education from 9 years to 11 years
• Facilitation of education management procedures to improve the overall quality of education

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Razak_Report