Improving the income of the poor especially in rural areas, bridging disparities between races and location, increasing production and creating Source: Educational Statistics of Malaysia 1938, 1967, 1977, 1987, 1997, 2000 to 2008 more opportunities for Bumiputera in the commercial, industrial and Graph 1.
The textbooks and teachers were brought in from India while the curriculum was adapted from the Indian curriculum.
Whilst Malay was the medium of instruction in national schools, English and the vernacular languages were the medium of instruction in national-type schools.