Education Level amongst Natives in Malaysia

Abstract

Malaysia is a country consisting of various races including Malays, Chinese, Indians and others. Among the many races here in Malaysia, natives or Orang Asli what we call here in Malaysia, is one of them. The people of Orang Asli consist of various different sub ethnics. Officially there were three major group ethnics among Orang Asli which are Negrito, Senoi and Melayu Asli. Our objectives in this study were to investigate the difference in family income for education level and to determine the difference in Orang Asli’s attitude for the level of education. With this study we can access the quality of education level amongst Orang Asli considering their unique customs. Besides that, we can understand clearly the development of education amongst Orang Asli throughout years of programs offered by the government of Malaysia. Our population was Orang Asli located in Perak, a state in Malaysia. The target sample was 126 people of Orang Asli from Kampung Batu 5, Batu 6, Batu 8 and Batu 14 in Tapah, Perak. The research design used for this study was cross-sectional research. Convenience sampling was used for the sampling technique in this study. Questionnaires were distributed during the visit to the village. For the statistical technique Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) and Independent t-test we used. Next the difference between income family and education level and differences between education level and total scale of attitude were shown for the findings and results. Based on this study, with the low score levels in the three aspects studied upon the Orang Asli, we can conclude that Orang Asli in Malaysia were still lacking in the level of attitude, family social and family income.

Keywords: Education, Kruskall-Wallis, Natives, Tapah