The educational dilemma of the Malay youths in Singapore : the perception of the value of higher education.

• Main Author: Siti Zawiah Abdul Malek.
• Other Authors: Caroline Pluss
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences::Sociology::Communities, classes and races; DRNTU::Social sciences::Education
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/43822
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

To understand the educational marginality of the Malays in Singapore, this project examines the perceptions Malay youths have of higher education. This project aims at identifying how and why social and institutional factors, namely ethnicity, family, peers, education system and gender shape the per...