1st Edition
Malaysian Indians and Education Reimagined Development Opportunities
1. Malaysian Indians and Education: Realities Revisited, Opportunities Reimagined
Hena Mukherjee and Rajendran Nagappan
2. Malaysian Indians: History, Contributions, Achievements, Problems and Challenges
K. S. Nathan
3. Tamil Primary Education in Malaysia: Current Status, Challenges and Prospects
Rajendran Nagappan
4. Secondary Education and the Future of Malaysian Indians
Santhiram Raman
5. Tertiary Education of Malaysian Indians: Challenges and Prospects
Saratha Sithamparam and Moses Samuel
6. Malaysian Indian Women’s Education and Their Marginalisation: An Intersectional Analysis
Nithiya Guna Saigaran and Shanthi Thambiah
7. Future-Proofing the Talent of Malaysia's Indian B40 Community for the New Economy: A Multi-Stakeholder Partnership Framework
Mahendhiran Nair, Santha Vaithilingam, Pervaiz Ahmed, Li-Ann Hwang, and Jason Wei Jian Ng
8. Education of Malaysian Indians: The Need for Government Intervention
Palaniappan Ramanathan Chettiar
9. Malaysian Indians and Education: Reimagined Development Opportunities
Rajendran Nagappan and Hena Mukherjee
Biography
Rajendran Nagappan (PhD – Michigan State University, MEd and BAHons (Malaya)) was formerly Professor of Pedagogy and Thinking Skills; Assistant Director of the Ministry of Education; Member of the Independent Review Panel of the Malaysian Education Blueprint (2013–2025); and the first Director General of the Unit for the Socio-Economic Development of Indian Community, Prime Minister’s Department. He is currently serving as an Adjunct Professor of Education.
Hena Mukherjee (EdD Harvard, MEd DipEd Malaya, BAHons Singapore) was formerly Lead Education Specialist of the South Asia Human Development Unit, World Bank; Chief Education Programme Officer of the Commonwealth Secretariat, London; and founding Head of the Department of Social Foundations, Faculty of Education, University of Malaya.
