The demographics of Malaysia are represented by the multiple ethnic groups that exist in the country. Malaysia's population, according to the 2010 census, is 28,334,000 including non-citizens, which makes it the 42nd most populated country in the world. Of these, 5.72 million live in East Malaysia and 22.5 million live in Peninsular Malaysia. The population distribution is uneven, with some 79% of its citizens concentrated in Peninsular Malaysia, which has an area of 131,598 square kilometres (50,810.27 sq mi), constituting under 40% of the total area of Malaysia.
Bumiputera or Bumiputra is a term used in Malaysia to describe Malays, the Orang Asli of Peninsular Malaysia, and various indigenous peoples of East Malaysia. The term is sometimes controversial, and has similar usage in the Malay world, used similarly in Indonesia and Brunei.
Education in Malaysia is overseen by the Ministry of Education. Although education is the responsibility of the Federal Government, each state and federal territory has an Education Department to co-ordinate educational matters in its territory. The main legislation governing education is the Education Act 1996.
The Malaysian Higher School Certificate, commonly abbreviated as STPM, is a pre-university examination in Malaysia. It was formerly known as the Higher School Certificate (HSC). Since 1982, STPM has been administered by the Malaysian Examinations Council (MEC), a statutory council under the Ministry of Education.
The Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM), or the Malaysian Certificate of Education, is a national examination sat for by all fifth-form secondary school students in Malaysia. It is the equivalent of the General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE) of England, Wales and Northern Ireland; the Nationals 4/5 of Scotland; and the GCE Ordinary Level of the Commonwealth of Nations. It is the leaving examination of the eleventh grade of schooling.
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The Majlis Amanah Rakyat is a Malaysian government agency. It was formed to aid, train, and guide Bumiputra in the areas of business and industry. MARA was formed on March 1, 1966 under the Rural and National Development Ministry.
Maktab Rendah Sains MARA Taiping, commonly known as MRSM Taiping, is a premier co-educational boarding school established in 1983 under Education and Training (Secondary) Division of MARA. The campus is located in Taiping, a town north-west of Perak, Malaysia.
This articles concerns the educational institutions of Penang. There are 271 primary schools and 125 secondary schools in Penang.
Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin is the 18th public institution of higher learning, located in the state of Terengganu, Malaysia. The university is a creature of the Act of Parliament known as the Universities and University Colleges Act 1971, with its constitution laid down under the Universities and University Colleges (Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin) Order 2010. It is the first full-fledged university in the east coast of Peninsular Malaysia and the first university to be based on the “cluster” concept. It is also the first university in Malaysia to be modelled after University of London, United Kingdom.
Maktab Rendah Sains Mara Kuching is a co-educational boarding school established in 1993 under the Education & Training (Secondary) Division of MARA. The campus is located in Petra Jaya, Kuching, the capital city of the Malaysian state of Sarawak.
Maktab Rendah Sains MARA Tun Ghafar Baba, commonly known as MRSM Tun Ghafar Baba is a co-educational boarding school in Jasin District, Melaka, Malaysia.
Maktab Rendah Sains MARA Pengkalan Chepa, commonly known as MRSM Pengkalan Chepa is one of the pioneer junior science colleges set up by Majlis Amanah Rakyat or MARA in Malaysia. The college was established in 1973 when it admitted its 149 pioneer students who completed their Malaysian Certificate of Examination in 1977. This college is now known as Maktab Rendah Sains Mara Pengkalan Chepa as the college was built on a 17 acres (69,000 m2) land in Pengkalan Chepa, a suburb located at the outskirt of Kota Bharu. MRSM Kota Bharu was inaugurated on 12 August 1975 by Sultan Yahya Petra.
The MARA Technological University is a public university based primarily in Shah Alam, Selangor. It was established to help rural Malays in 1956 as the RIDA Training Centre, and opened with around 50 students. It has since grown into the largest institution of higher education in Malaysia as measured by physical infrastructure, faculty and staff, and student enrollment.
The Malaysian Matriculation Programme is a one year pre-university preparatory programme offered by the Ministry of Education, Malaysia.
Maktab Rendah Sains MARA Terendak is a member school of a group of co-educational boarding schools known as MRSM or alternatively known as MARA Junior Science College or MJSC. It is in Terendak Camp, Malacca in Malaysia. The school is on a 19-acre area in Terendak Camp which is the largest military camp in Malaysia. MRSM Terendak can accommodate up to 700 students from the age of 13 to 17.
MRSM FELDA or MJSC FELDA is a college in Sungkai, Batang Padang District, Perak, Malaysia. It is one of the MARA Junior Science College group of co-educational boarding schools. The school was named Kampus Tun Abdul Razak after Tun Abdul Razak, the founder of FELDA. The school is built on an 86.06-acre area within Feldajaya Utara. The school is the most expensive and the second-largest MRSM school in Malaysia, and can currently can accommodate up to 1000 students from the age of 13 to 17. Some of the local refer the school as MRSM Trolak after the nearest township.
Maktab Rendah Sains MARA Gerik, commonly known as MRSM Gerik, is a co-educational boarding school established in 1994 under Education and Training (Secondary) Division of MARA. The campus is located in Gerik, Hulu Perak District, Perak, Malaysia.
Kolej MARA Seremban was established in 1972. The college can accommodate up to 550 students per academic year. It is one of the four pre-university colleges operated by Majlis Amanah Rakyat (MARA) and is state funded. It is one of the few institutions in Malaysia that provides the A-LevelsProgramme.
Mukah (muːkəh), historically known as Muka is a coastal town which serves as the capital and the administrative center of the Mukah Division since 1 March 2002.
