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GET EDUCATED! IT’S YOUR RIGHT You have the right to education because you need to have knowledge and skills to help you use and develop your talents and abilities. Secondary school and university must be made accessible to you too! The law says primary schooling is free and compulsory for all. HOW MUCH DO WE SPEND ON EDUCATION? HOW DO WE SCORE? 2007 0 10 20 30 40 33.4 30 2008 2009 2010 2011 30 29.3 31 RM billion TEACHER-STUDENT RATIO SCHOOLS Primary Secondary Total 7,714 2,282 9,996 * As of 30 June 2011 KIDS IN SCHOOL Preschool 178,622 Primary 2,860,340 Secondary 2,327,427 Total 5,366,389 * As of 30 June 2011 INDONESIA PRIMARY INDONESIA SECONDARY KOREA, REP. PRIMARY KOREA, REP. SECONDARY SINGAPORE PRIMARY SINGAPORE SECONDARY THAILAND PRIMARY THAILAND SECONDARY MALAYSIA PRIMARY MALAYSIA SECONDARY 50.683 35.591 30.629 39.3694 21.001 24.6552 45.1396 14.2605 39.0648 28.2341 TEACHERS Primary 71,393 163,261 Secondary 55,455 121,933 Total 126,848 285,194 * As of 30 June 2011 MALE FEMALE 99% CAN READ AND WRITE 18% OF LOCAL GRADUATES STILL JOBLESS 18 MONTHS OF GRADUATION 70% OF WORKERS HOLD AN SPM CERT OR LESS 23% OF WORKERS HAVE ATTENDED COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY MACAM MANA NI? CLAIM YOUR RIGHT TO EDUCATION HIGHEST LEVEL OF EDUCATION ATTAINED Country Average Score Taiwan 598 Korea 597 Singapore 593 Malaysia 474 * Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study WE SUCK AT MATH U.S. NEWS WORLD’S BEST UNIVERSITY RANKINGS 2011 #28 National University of Singapore #42 Seoul National University #167 Universiti Malaya #171 Chulalongkorn University #279 #335 Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Universiti Sains Malaysia #358 Universiti Putra Malaysia • Are we spending too much or too little on education? Why? • How could we spend our education budget more effectively? • Why aren’t there more Malaysians holding degrees? • What if there were more vocational schools and colleges? • What if critical thinking was emphasised instead of memorising? • Should scholarships be awarded based on merit or need? Or both? • If you’re a student, pin this poster in your classroom. • If you’re a teacher, use this poster as a teaching aid. • If you’re a parent, raise your concerns to your Member of Parliament. • If you’d like to discuss this, meet us at #undichats. • It’s on every Saturday 11am – 12pm @ PusatRakyat LB, 3-4, 4th Floor, Jalan Bangsar Utama 3, Bangsar, 59000 Kuala Lumpur. MEN Singapore Republic Of Korea Indonesia Thailand Malaysia 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 WOMEN Singapore Republic Of Korea Indonesia Thailand Malaysia 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 4260496 9231145 ANNUAL BUDGET 60% OF TEACHERS SATISFIED WITH THEIR SALARIES No schooling Any primary Any secondary Any tertiary No schooling Any primary Any secondary Any tertiary Compiled by the United Nations Statistics Division from UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2009a) and United Nations, Demographic Yearbook data collections (2009). Data refer to educational attainment of population aged 25 and over. The population whose education level is unknown has been proportionately distributed over the four categories of educational attainment. MOVE WITH US! [email protected] ACTION COMMUNITIES • KOMUNITI BERTINDAK WWW.UNDIMSIA.COM UNDIMSIA UNDIMSIA

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GET EDUCATED!IT’S YOUR RIGHTYou have the right to education because youneed to have knowledge and skills to helpyou use and develop your talents and abilities.

Secondary schooland universitymust be madeaccessible to you too!

The law saysprimary schoolingis free andcompulsory for all.

HOW MUCH DO WE SPEND ON EDUCATION?

HOW DO WE SCORE?

20070

10

20

30

4033.4

30

2008 2009 2010 2011

30 29.331

RM billion

TEACHER-STUDENT RATIO

SCHOOLSPrimary Secondary Total7,714 2,282 9,996* As of 30 June 2011

KIDS IN SCHOOL

Preschool 178,622Primary 2,860,340Secondary 2,327,427Total 5,366,389

* As of 30 June 2011

INDONESIA PRIMARYINDONESIA SECONDARY

KOREA, REP. PRIMARYKOREA, REP. SECONDARY

SINGAPORE PRIMARYSINGAPORE SECONDARY

THAILAND PRIMARYTHAILAND SECONDARY

MALAYSIA PRIMARYMALAYSIA SECONDARY

50.683 35.591

30.62939.3694

21.00124.6552

45.139614.2605

39.064828.2341

TEACHERS

Primary 71,393 163,261Secondary 55,455 121,933Total 126,848 285,194* As of 30 June 2011

MALE FEMALE

99% CAN READ AND WRITE 18% OF LOCAL GRADUATES STILLJOBLESS 18 MONTHS OF GRADUATION

70% OF WORKERSHOLD AN SPM CERT OR LESS

23% OF WORKERSHAVE ATTENDED COLLEGEOR UNIVERSITY

MACAM MANA NI?

CLAIM YOUR RIGHT TO EDUCATION

HIGHEST LEVEL OFEDUCATION ATTAINED

Country Average ScoreTaiwan 598Korea 597Singapore 593Malaysia 474

* Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study

WE SUCK AT MATHU.S. NEWS WORLD’S BESTUNIVERSITY RANKINGS 2011

#28 National University of Singapore

#42 Seoul NationalUniversity

#167 Universiti Malaya

#171 ChulalongkornUniversity

#279

#335

Universiti KebangsaanMalaysia

Universiti SainsMalaysia

#358 Universiti PutraMalaysia

• Are we spending too much or too little on education? Why?

• How could we spend our education budget more effectively?

• Why aren’t there more Malaysians holding degrees?

• What if there were more vocational schools and colleges?

• What if critical thinking was emphasised instead of memorising?

• Should scholarships be awarded based on merit or need? Or both?

• If you’re a student, pin this poster in your classroom. • If you’re a teacher, use this poster as a teaching aid. • If you’re a parent, raise your concerns to your Member of

Parliament.• If you’d like to discuss this, meet us at #undichats. • It’s on every Saturday 11am – 12pm @ PusatRakyat LB, 3-4, 4th

Floor, Jalan Bangsar Utama 3, Bangsar, 59000 Kuala Lumpur.

MEN

Singapore

Republic Of Korea

Indonesia

Thailand

Malaysia0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100

WOMEN

Singapore

Republic Of Korea

Indonesia

Thailand

Malaysia0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100

42604969231145

ANNUAL BUDGET

60% OF TEACHERS SATISFIEDWITH THEIR SALARIES

No schooling Any primary Any secondary Any tertiary

No schooling Any primary Any secondary Any tertiary

Compiled by the United Nations Statistics Division from UNESCO Institute for Statistics(2009a) and United Nations, Demographic Yearbook data collections (2009).

Data refer to educational attainment of population aged 25 and over. The populationwhose education level is unknown has been proportionately distributed over the fourcategories of educational attainment.

MOVE WITH US!

[email protected]

ACTION COMMUNITIES • KOMUNITI BERTINDAK WWW.UNDIMSIA.COM

UNDIMSIA UNDIMSIA