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Inequality In Education: Experience Of Eritical Pedagogy And Community Engagement With Orang Sungai In Paitan, Sabah, Mohd. Suhamimi Mohamad, Manisah Mohd. Ali

ASEAN Journal of Community Engagement

The level of literacy among rural communities is still relatively low in Malaysia even though the overall country’s literacy rate is considerably high. Literacy rates among indigenous people are lowest in remote community especially in Sabah and Sarawak. Reasons include low literacy of the parents and poor school attendance. Initiatives for the indigenous community like the Accelerated Literacy Program attempts to bring literacy to a similar level to that of their non-indigenous peers. This study aims to develop and implement a community engagement project through the Literacy Advocacy Program among Orang Sungai who dwells in remote area in Sabah. This …