Informative talk by TCLC

Dr Mohd delivers the speech

Tun Tan Cheng Lock Centre for Social and Policy Studies (TCLC) organised a talk titled “Amalan Pendemokrasian Pendidikan Dalam Pengelolaan Sekolah Agama Islam dan Sekolah Cina di Malaysia” with UiTM Perlis Branch on 9 June 2023 at UTAR Sungai Long Campus and via online.

Faculty of Creative Industries Department of General Studies academic Dr Mohd Syuja bin Saedin was invited to deliver the talk. A total of 53 participants attended the hybrid talk. TCLC Chairperson Assoc Prof Dr Chin Yee Mun joined the talk as well.

Dr Mohd Syuja began the talk by sharing the history of Islamic and Chinese schools. He explained that the Islamic school was referred to as ‘Pondok’ and ‘Madrasah’ in the 18^th and 19th centuries. Dr Mohd Syuja then moved on to explain the category and the current status of the Islamic and Chinese schools in Malaysia.

Speaking of education democratisation, Dr Mohd Syuja went on a great length to explain its definition and discuss his findings on it. He also provided some suggestions on effective school management, which included the freedom in achieving the main goal of the school establishment, the freedom of curriculum offering and school certification, the freedom to obtain rights in the constitution and legislation, independence of school management authority and the right to receive government financial assistance.

The talk ended with a Q&A session.

48 participants joined the online talk