FROM GOOD TO GREAT: HOW CAN AUTONOMY AND ACCOUNTABILITY BE USED TO ALLOW HIGH PERFORMING SCHOOLS

UNSPECIFIED (2018) FROM GOOD TO GREAT: HOW CAN AUTONOMY AND ACCOUNTABILITY BE USED TO ALLOW HIGH PERFORMING SCHOOLS. Discussion Paper. Kementerian Pendidikan Malaysia. (Unpublished)

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Abstract

During the launch of the MEB Annual Report 2018, two fora were held to deliberate on pressing topics surrounding education. The topic of the second forum was ‘From Good to Great – How Can Autonomy and Accountability Be Used to Allow High Performing Schools / Higher Learning Institutions (HLIs) to Innovate’. The OECD’s PISA in Focus 2011 report had claimed that school autonomy and accountability, when done hand-in-hand, had resulted in greater student performance. This claim is backed by the World Bank Group, who had developed their SABER platform to highlight policies that matter to affected schools to facilitate the increase in school autonomy and accountability. Similarly, a report by IDEAS had outlined how Malaysia could benefit by learning from autonomy and accountability in Ghana and Mexico, through the devolution of bureaucratic control, the recognition and support of stakeholder groups, and the designing of new models of evaluation that are aligned with key aspirations. Zooming in on Malaysia, this forum explores what are our current efforts in fostering autonomy and accountability, the role of data and technology, as well as addressing the optimism gap in society.

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