Habibah Abdul Rahim | |
|---|---|
| 17th Director-General of Education | |
| In office 10 January 2020 –28 March 2021 | |
| Monarch | Abdullah |
| Prime Minister | Mahathir Mohamad (2020) Muhyiddin Yassin (2020–2021) |
| Minister | Mahathir Mohamad (Acting)(2020) Mohd Radzi Md Jidin (2020–2021) |
| Preceded by | Amin Senin |
| Succeeded by | Nor Zamani Abdol Hamid |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 5 April 1961 |
| Citizenship | Malaysian |
| Alma mater | Stanford University |
| Occupation | Educator |
Habibah binti Abdul Rahim (born 5 April 1961) is a Malaysian educator and the former Director-General of Education from January 2020 to March 2021 (but took compulsory retirement as she turned 60 years of age in April the same year). [1]
Habibah graduated with a Bachelor of Philosophy with Honors in Biology from the University of Salford in 1985. She then went on to study for a master's degree in education at the University of Bristol in 1993. Habibah earned a Doctor of Philosophy degree in education from Stanford University in 2001. [2] [3]