MALAYSIA
By: KAYLA SHELTON
•Minister of Education- Mahdzir Khalid
•Budget- $17 Billion
•Literacy- 95% of everyone over 15 years old is literate
•Primary school is required by law
•Types of schooling- public, private, and homeschool
•Assessments- standardized testing
PRESCHOOL:
Kindergarten4–6
PRIMARY SCHOOL:
Year 1: 7
Year 2: 8
Year 3: 9
Year 4: 10
Year 5: 11
Year 6: 12
SECONDARY SCHOOL:
Form 1: 13
Form 2: 14
Form 3: 15
Form 4: 16
Form 5: 17
Form 6/Pre-University18–19 (Available in some schools)
TERTIARY EDUCATION
(College or University) ages vary
•Currency- ringgit
• Internationalized
•Main Industries:
~Electronics (moblie & storage devices)
~Solar Equiptment
~Automotives
~Constructions
•physical exercise of all sorts
•Football (soccer)
•Hockey
•Netball
•Rugby
FOOTBALL
HOCKEY
NETBALL
Rivers- Perlis River & Golok River
Mountains- Mount Api (part of Gunning Mulu National Park) & Mount Kinabalu (tallest mountain in Malaysia).
Tourist attractions- Cameron Highlands (extensive hill stations), Taman Negara Natuonal Park (rainforest), Pertona's Twin Towers, and Legoland (first theme park in Asia).
LEGOLAND
CAMERON HIGHLANDS
Taman Negara National Park
The everyday life of Malaysians doesn't differ too much from our lives here.
Some are farmers, so they spend their days working on harvesting the abundance of tropical fruit or raising livestock.
Others work jobs such as teachers or factory workers.
Children and adolescents attend school.
A family's class depends on their political connections, skill, ability to speak English very well, and the amount of money.
Federal Constituional Elective Monarchy
Najib Razak is the Prime Minister
Yang Di Pertuan Agong is the "king"
The leader is elected to serve a five year term, by and amoung the 9 hereditary rulers of the Malay Stages
Divided by the federal and state legislatures.
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