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Parents' challenges against the intention of the implementation of the 12-year compulsory education policy in Malaysia

Compulsory education policies supported by the law have been implemented throughout the world for centuries, including in Malaysia. However, the implementation of the law is only limited to 6 years of compulsory education at the primary level as opposed to at the international level, which reaches a...

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Main Authors: Juliana Mohd Janjang,, Mohamed Yusoff Mohd Nor,, Aida Hanim A. Hamid,
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Published: Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2023
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spelling my-ukm.journal.230422024-02-19T06:17:01Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/23042/ Parents' challenges against the intention of the implementation of the 12-year compulsory education policy in Malaysia Juliana Mohd Janjang, Mohamed Yusoff Mohd Nor, Aida Hanim A. Hamid, Compulsory education policies supported by the law have been implemented throughout the world for centuries, including in Malaysia. However, the implementation of the law is only limited to 6 years of compulsory education at the primary level as opposed to at the international level, which reaches a period of 8 to 12 years of compulsory schooling. Therefore, this study was conducted to explore the challenges faced by parents if Malaysia intends to implement compulsory education in Malaysia within a period of 12 years, starting from one year in preschool until the end of schooling at the secondary level. This study was conducted using a qualitative approach involving several participants selected through purposive sampling. The exploration results through open-ended questions, focus group discussions, and researcher notes were analysed using a thematic analysis, which then received expert consensus at an excellent level with a Cohen Kappa index value exceeding 0.81. The study discovered four themes of challenges faced by parents in implementing the 12-year compulsory education policy in Malaysia, namely parents' financial issues, school-related issues that are a challenge for parents, parents' difficulty in managing their children, and issues faced by children, all of which have resulted in challenges to parents. In this vein, these challenges should be emphasized because parents are the main implementers of the compulsory education policy, which also determines the success of the intended 12-year compulsory education policy. Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2023-11 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/23042/1/648792252371PB.pdf Juliana Mohd Janjang, and Mohamed Yusoff Mohd Nor, and Aida Hanim A. Hamid, (2023) Parents' challenges against the intention of the implementation of the 12-year compulsory education policy in Malaysia. e-Bangi Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities, 20 (4). pp. 116-128. ISSN 1823-884x https://ejournal.ukm.my/ebangi/index
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description Compulsory education policies supported by the law have been implemented throughout the world for centuries, including in Malaysia. However, the implementation of the law is only limited to 6 years of compulsory education at the primary level as opposed to at the international level, which reaches a period of 8 to 12 years of compulsory schooling. Therefore, this study was conducted to explore the challenges faced by parents if Malaysia intends to implement compulsory education in Malaysia within a period of 12 years, starting from one year in preschool until the end of schooling at the secondary level. This study was conducted using a qualitative approach involving several participants selected through purposive sampling. The exploration results through open-ended questions, focus group discussions, and researcher notes were analysed using a thematic analysis, which then received expert consensus at an excellent level with a Cohen Kappa index value exceeding 0.81. The study discovered four themes of challenges faced by parents in implementing the 12-year compulsory education policy in Malaysia, namely parents' financial issues, school-related issues that are a challenge for parents, parents' difficulty in managing their children, and issues faced by children, all of which have resulted in challenges to parents. In this vein, these challenges should be emphasized because parents are the main implementers of the compulsory education policy, which also determines the success of the intended 12-year compulsory education policy.
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author Juliana Mohd Janjang,
Mohamed Yusoff Mohd Nor,
Aida Hanim A. Hamid,
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Mohamed Yusoff Mohd Nor,
Aida Hanim A. Hamid,
Parents' challenges against the intention of the implementation of the 12-year compulsory education policy in Malaysia
author_facet Juliana Mohd Janjang,
Mohamed Yusoff Mohd Nor,
Aida Hanim A. Hamid,
author_sort Juliana Mohd Janjang,
title Parents' challenges against the intention of the implementation of the 12-year compulsory education policy in Malaysia
title_short Parents' challenges against the intention of the implementation of the 12-year compulsory education policy in Malaysia
title_full Parents' challenges against the intention of the implementation of the 12-year compulsory education policy in Malaysia
title_fullStr Parents' challenges against the intention of the implementation of the 12-year compulsory education policy in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Parents' challenges against the intention of the implementation of the 12-year compulsory education policy in Malaysia
title_sort parents' challenges against the intention of the implementation of the 12-year compulsory education policy in malaysia
publisher Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
publishDate 2023
url http://journalarticle.ukm.my/23042/1/648792252371PB.pdf
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