ANALYSIS OF DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES OF THE MALAYSIAN MINISTRY OF EDUCATION IN STUDENT DEVELOPMENT IN MALAYSIA

The education system based on the National Education Philosophy (FPK) is the backbone of national development that provides knowledge and skills to each generation to drive economic growth and prosper the country. Therefore, Malaysia needs to implement major changes in the education system to improve the holistic development of students. However, this desire is faced with the decline of discipline among school students which is a major challenge in the world of education in Malaysia. Hence, this study was carried out to examine the strategy or approach of the Malaysian Ministry of Education (KPM) in shaping the development of students to reduce discipline problems in schools. KPM as a ministry managing the education system in Malaysia has implemented several strategies such as the Specialized Circular Letter (SPI), Student Excellence Personality Program (SUMUR), Student Database Application (APDM) and so on to shape student development and curb student discipline problems. Nevertheless, the issue of disciplinary misconduct involving students continues to occur mandating this study to be carried out to identify the effectiveness of the strategy by KPM based on the findings of previous studies. In addition, this study also provides a new approach through the Student Development Model which is formulated based on the combination of two ideas, namely the idea of ​​IMS and the idea of ​​Flexible Education with Soul (FlexS) which is aligned with FPK.