DENGAN NAMA ALLAH, MAHA PENGASIH, LAGI MAHA PENYAYANG AL-FATIHAH MOHD. ZAIN BIN ABU (1923-2009) PENGENALAN Haji Mohd. Zain Abu menjalani kehidupan yang cukup ringkas. Dari seorang kanak-kanak kampung biasa, beliau telah mempertingkatkan dan memperbaiki kehidupan beliau serta keluarga kepada sebuah keluarga berpendapatan kelas pertengahan. Kepercayaan kukuh beliau terhadap pentingnya pendidikan telah menjadi pemangkin utama dalam hal ini. Hingga ke detik-detik …

The latest report indicate Malaysia’s worst ranking in 10 YEARS! The Press Freedom Index is an annual ranking of countries compiled and published by Reporters Without Borders based upon the organization’s assessment of the countries’ press freedom records in the previous year. Malaysia is ranked no 145 out of 179 countries.

Education was institutionalized to formalize the process of knowledge acquisition and research in man’s quest for understanding. Earliest universities in the history of mankind namely Al-Azhar, Bologna, Oxford, Palencia, Cambridge and University of Naples (world’s first public university, 1224) have one thing in common; they were built by notable early world civilizations as institutions of research, discourse, learning, proliferation of …

Oleh Zul Fikri Zamir dan Anas Alam Faizli  DALAM bahagian pertama kami telah nyatakan analisis awal kami terhadap faktor-faktor yang mempengaruhi pencapaian Malaysia di dalam standard pendidikan antarabangsa. Kami sedar Kementerian Pelajaran Malaysia berusaha sedaya upaya untuk memperbaiki sistem sedia ada dengan pengenalan Penilaian Berasaskan Sekolah (PBS) menggantikan orientasi peperiksaan, pelaksanaan program iThink melalui Agensi Inovasi Malaysia di kalangan guru-guru …

By Zul Fikri Zamir and Anas Alam Faizli One Brazilian academician brought revival onto the critical pedagogy concept. That man was Paulo Freire. Freire persistently battled the prevailing concept of education where students were mere “empty bank accounts” for teachers to “deposit” into. This was the very education concept which saw students being forced upon with bulks of information. This …

Oleh Zul Fikri Zamir dan Anas Alam Faizli  SEORANG ahli akademik dari Brazil telah berjaya membawa satu pembaharuan kepada konsep pedagogi kritis. Paulo Freire gigih menyangkal konsep pendidikan ala-ala “simpanan di bank” yang menurutnya pelajar dilihat seperti akaun kosong yang akan di isi oleh cikgu. Pelajar cuba dipenuhi dengan maklumat. Ini bukan pendidikan tetapi storan maklumat! Freire mencadangkan hubungan dua …

Education forms the backbone of any society. The importance of education can never be overemphasized and the lack of it causes instability, rise in poverty and ignorance. It also plays a big role in income and wealth! FACTS:- Top 20% income earners in Malaysia are 63% Tertiary Educated. Middle 40% income earners in Malaysia are 25% Tertiary Educated. Bottom 40% …

MALAYSIA’s FOREIGN WORKERS SALARY We are number 11 out of 170 nations in the world! Current total Malaysian workforce is at 12.7 million. We are spending USD 6.5 Billion = RM20 Billion / annually for these workers and they will repatriate a portion of this money back home. Malaysia needs foreign labour to fill in gaps but do we risk …

Facts and Figures on Malaysia’s Petroleum Resources

Oleh Anas Alam Faizli Pada tanggal 6 April 1933, Jerman telah menyaksikan segolongan mahasiswa di bawah rejim Nazi melancarkan “Biblioclasm” bagi menghapuskan buku-buku yang kononnya disifatkan “anti-Jerman”. Kira-kira 2000 tahun yang lalu, pihak pemerintah China telah membakar buku-buku yang dianggap berbau Confuscian kerana tidak berpuas hati dengan pengaruh ajarannya yang semakin menular. Ketika penaklukan kota Baghdad pula, Perpustakaan Agung Baitul …

By Anas Alam Faizli To destroy an entire community and its idealism, the Nazis back in April 1933 conducted a Biblioclasm, or book burning, to “cleanse” Germany against “the Un-German Spirit’. Similarly, in 213 BC, and again when the communist movement found its grounds in what is now the People’s Republic of China, all Confucian books and writings were burnt. …

MALAYSIA: Jurang Pengagihan Pendapatan semakin melebar! KAYA MAKIN KAYA – MISKIN TETAP MISKIN? 4.5% isi rumah secara purata memperoleh pendapatan kurang daripada RM800/ sebulan ! 52.8% isi rumah secara purata memperoleh pendapatan kurang daripada RM3,000/ sebulan ! 75.9% isi rumah secara purata memperoleh pendapatan kurang daripada RM5,000/ sebulan ! 96% isi rumah secara purata memperoleh pendapatan kurang daripada RM10,000/ sebulan …

The REAL salary growth in Malaysia has been negative for 10 years! hence allowing the decreasing purchasing power and capability of its citizen. According to the World Bank, for the past 10 years, the salary increase in MALAYSIA on average is only 2.6% behind the inflation rate of 2.8%. This is also behind the increase of productivity in MALAYSIA at …

Seiring dengan peningkatan gaya hidup rakyat Malaysia menuju ke arah negara maju, ramai mula mencari sebab untuk menyumbang ke arah kebajikan. Immanuel Kant (1724-1804), ahli falsafah terunggul dalam bidang Etika, mengambil pendekatan etika kesukarelawan dalam banyak hasil kerjanya. Menurut beliau dan ramai tokoh pada era beliau, tunjang yang mendasari etika kesukarelawan ialah hasrat. Memetik kata-kata Ali Shariati dalam bukunya Ideology, …

As the standard of living of Malaysians improves towards the upper end of the developing status, we start to find cause for volunteerism. Immanuel Kant (1724-1804), renowned philosopher in the field of Ethics, approached ethical volunteerism in many of his works. According to him and many others of his time, the defining pillar behind ethical volunteerism is will. Quoting Ali …