PEmbentukan akta pendidikan 1996 :
".... to increase the effectiveness of the education system and to strengthen the regulatory framework, a new Act called the Education Act, 1996 was enacted. Among others, the Act will strengthen the concept of a national system of education by including all levels and types of education and bringing within its ambit, pre-school, post-secondary and special education. At the primary and secondary levels, public and private educational institutions will be required to use the national curriculum."