Glimpses into Research on Literacy in Malaysia
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Abstract
Malaysia, formed in 1963, consists of Peninsular
Malaysia, Sabah, and Sarawak. With a gross domestic product growth
rate of more than 8.5% for the last 8 consecutive years, Malaysia
is developing very fast. Malaysia aspires to become a fully developed
industrialized nation by the year 2020. By then, Prime Minister
Dr. Mahathir Mohamad hopes that the country will be fully developed
not only economically, but also politically, socially, spiritually,
psychologically, and culturally. These aspirations, now popularly
known as Vision 2020, were voiced by Mohamad in his inaugural
speech at the Malaysian Business Council on February 28, 1991,
and envisaged a fully developed industrialized nation with an
information-rich society. This article describes literacy developments and
research in Malaysia that have taken place in an effort to reach this goal.
Contents
The article contains the following sections:Author Information
Halimah Badioze Zaman (e-mail: hbz@sun1.ftsm.ukm.my) is an associate professor on the Faculty of Information Science and Technology, Universiti Kabangsaan, Malaysia, 43600 Bangi, Selangor.
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