The Malaysian government should look to civil society for support in strengthening the nation’s education system.
Evidence can be seen in the 2014 UNESCO Global Monitoring Report on teaching and learning. According to this report, there is an ongoing global education crisis that is costing governments US$129 billion a year. For Malaysia, which has consistently allocated a very large proportion of its national budget to education, this finding is worrying. Results from recent assessments such as the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) and the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) confirm that Malaysia remains stuck at the bottom third of the international league table of schools