Editing Sabah (section)

=== Education ===
{{main|List of schools in Sabah|List of universities in Malaysia}}
[[File:KotaKinabalu-Universiti-Malaysia-Sabah-LamanCanselori-1.jpg|thumb|right|[[Universiti Malaysia Sabah]] (UMS) chancellory building.]]
All primary and secondary schools are under the jurisdiction and observation of the Sabah State Education Department, under the guidance of the national [[Ministry of Education (Malaysia)|Ministry of Education]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://jpnsabah.moe.gov.my/ |title=Jabatan Pendidikan Negeri Sabah (Sabah State Education Department) |publisher=Sabah State Education Department |access-date=16 August 2016 |archive-date=3 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200203172942/http://jpnsabah.moe.gov.my/ }}</ref> The oldest schools in Sabah are: [[St. Michael's Secondary School|St. Michael's School Sandakan]] (1886), [[SM St. Michael, Penampang|St. Michael's School Penampang]] (1888), All Saints' School, Likas (1903) and St. Patrick's School Tawau (1917).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.theantdaily.com/Main/Can-you-blame-Sarawak-and-Sabah-for-feeling-left-out |title=Can you blame Sarawak and Sabah for feeling left out? |author=Edgar Ong |publisher=The Ant Daily |date=10 April 2015 |access-date=13 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150615085243/http://www.theantdaily.com/Main/Can-you-blame-Sarawak-and-Sabah-for-feeling-left-out |archive-date=15 June 2015 }}</ref> Based on 2013 statistics, Sabah has a total of 207 government secondary schools,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://emisportal.moe.gov.my/emis/emis2/emisportal2/doc/fckeditor/File/senarai_sek_09/menengah/SabahM.pdf |title=Senarai Sekolah Menengah di Negeri Sabah (List of Secondary Schools in Sabah) |publisher=Educational Management Information System |access-date=16 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150110144612/http://emisportal.moe.gov.my/emis/emis2/emisportal2/doc/fckeditor/File/senarai_sek_09/menengah/SabahM.pdf |archive-date=10 January 2015 }}</ref> five [[international school]]s (comprising Charis International School,<ref>{{cite journal |url=http://www.charis.edu.my/ |title=Main Page |journal=Scholarpedia |volume=1 |issue=2 |page=1 |publisher=Charis International School Borneo Tawau |access-date=17 August 2016|bibcode=2006SchpJ...1....1I |last1=Izhikevich |first1=Eugene |year=2006 |doi=10.4249/scholarpedia.1 |doi-access=free }}</ref> Kinabalu International School,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kis.edu.my/ |title=Welcome to KIS |publisher=Kinabalu International School |access-date=17 August 2016}}</ref> Sayfol International School,<ref>{{cite journal |title=Main Page |journal=Scholarpedia |volume=1 |issue=2 |page=1 |publisher=Sayfol International School Sabah |bibcode=2006SchpJ...1....1I |last1=Izhikevich |first1=Eugene |year=2006 |doi=10.4249/scholarpedia.1 |doi-access=free }}</ref> as well the Indonesian School of Kota Kinabalu<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sabah.edu.my/kjs/index.html |title=Kota Kinabalu Indonesian School |access-date=17 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150823043829/http://www.sikk.edu.my/ |archive-date=23 August 2015 }}</ref> and Japanese School of Kota Kinabalu).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sabah.edu.my/kjs/index.html |title=Kinabalu Japanese School |access-date=17 August 2016}}</ref> and nine [[Chinese independent high school|Chinese independent schools]]. Sabah has a considerable number of indigenous students enrolled in Chinese schools.<ref name="bcs">{{cite web |url=http://www.thesundaily.my/node/135077 |title=55,975 bumiputera pupils in Chinese schools |work=Bernama |publisher=The Sun |date=17 December 2010 |access-date=17 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160626080230/http://www.thesundaily.my/node/135077 |archive-date=26 June 2016 }}</ref>

Sabah state government also emphasises pre-school education in the state. This was followed with the aid from [[Sabah Foundation]] (Yayasan Sabah) and [[Nestlé]] who helped to establish pre-schools in the state.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.yayasansabahgroup.org.my/education.cfm |title=Education |publisher=[[Sabah Foundation|Yayasan Sabah]] |access-date=17 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160817102842/http://www.yayasansabahgroup.org.my/education.cfm |archive-date=17 August 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nestle.com.my/csv/CreatingSharedValueCaseStudies/AllCaseStudies/sabah_education |title=Nestlé Community Kindergarten (Malaysia) |publisher=[[Nestlé]] |date=17 August 2016 |access-date=17 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160817103244/http://www.nestle.com.my/csv/CreatingSharedValueCaseStudies/AllCaseStudies/sabah_education |archive-date=17 August 2016 }}</ref> Sabah has two public universities: [[Universiti Malaysia Sabah]] (UMS) and [[Universiti Teknologi MARA]] (UiTM). [[Universiti Tun Abdul Razak]] (UNIRAZAK) has set up their regional centre in Kota Kinabalu.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.etawau.com/edu/UniversitiesPrivate/UNIRAZAK.htm |title=Universiti Tun Abdul Razak (UNIRAZAK) Sabah Regional Centre |publisher=e-tawau |date=10 March 2016 |access-date=17 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160817105902/http://www.etawau.com/edu/UniversitiesPrivate/UNIRAZAK.htm |archive-date=17 August 2016 }}</ref> As of 2016, there is around 15 private colleges, two private university colleges together with other newly established colleges.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.etawau.com/edu/IndexCollegeSabah.htm |title=Colleges and Universities in Sabah |publisher=e-tawau |date=20 June 2016 |access-date=17 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160817111131/http://www.etawau.com/edu/IndexCollegeSabah.htm |archive-date=17 August 2016 }}</ref> In 1960, the overall literacy rate in North Borneo was only 24%.<ref>{{cite book |author=Thomas Henry Silcock |title=The Political Economy of Independent Malaya: A Case-study in Development |url=https://archive.org/details/politicaleconomy0000silc |url-access=registration |year=1963 |publisher=University of California Press |page=[https://archive.org/details/politicaleconomy0000silc/page/46 46] |id=GGKEY:LTF1ABP2J6P}}</ref> The recent findings in 2011 found the literacy rate have increase to 79%.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://asiafoundation.org/2012/09/05/in-remote-sabah-books-can-help-reduce-isolation/ |title=In Remote Sabah, Books Can Help Reduce Isolation |author1=Amir Shariff |author2=Wendy Rockett |publisher=[[The Asia Foundation]] |date=5 September 2012 |access-date=13 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160813082522/http://asiafoundation.org/2012/09/05/in-remote-sabah-books-can-help-reduce-isolation/ |archive-date=13 August 2016 }}</ref> Most of secondary schools leavers also did not continue their studies after completing their [[Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia]] (SPM) mainly due to financial burden as well because of the lack of interest and confidence to continue their studies in local higher learning institutes, with a survey in 2015 saw only 16,000 out of more than 20,000 secondary schools leavers continuing their studies.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.theborneopost.com/2015/08/28/most-sabah-spm-leavers-not-continuing-studies/ |title=Most Sabah SPM leavers not continuing studies |newspaper=The Borneo Post |date=28 August 2015 |access-date=16 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160816084140/http://www.theborneopost.com/2015/08/28/most-sabah-spm-leavers-not-continuing-studies/ |archive-date=16 August 2016 }}</ref>

[[File:Sandakan Sabah School-boys-in-their-school-uniform-01.jpg|thumb|left|Sabahan secondary school students in their [[School uniforms by country#Malaysia|uniform]].]]
In early 2016, Sabah had a total number of 42,047 teachers teaching in various pre-schools, primary and secondary schools.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.dailyexpress.com.my/news.cfm?NewsID=112062 |title=Teachers warned on verbal abuse |newspaper=Daily Express |date=16 August 2016 |access-date=22 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160822051255/http://www.dailyexpress.com.my/news.cfm?NewsID=112062 |archive-date=22 August 2016 }}</ref> Following the decentralisation of power from the federal government to state government as well to improve the education in the state, there has been a target to reach 90% of teachers from Sabahans itself.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.theborneopost.com/2015/09/17/sabah-sarawak-granted-more-autonomy-in-administration/ |title=Sabah, Sarawak granted more autonomy in administration |author=Nancy Lai |newspaper=The Borneo Post |date=17 September 2015 |access-date=22 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160822052610/http://www.theborneopost.com/2015/09/17/sabah-sarawak-granted-more-autonomy-in-administration/ |archive-date=22 August 2016 }}</ref> [[Sabah State Library]] are the main public library in the state.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ssl.sabah.gov.my/ |title=Home Page |publisher=Sabah State Library |access-date=22 August 2016 |archive-date=9 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161209124353/http://ssl.sabah.gov.my/ }}</ref> There is another 11 Indonesian schools (beside the main Indonesian school in the state capital) spreading across Sabah mainly for Indonesian migrants children residing in the state.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kemlu.go.id/kotakinabalu/id/arsip/lembar-informasi/Pages/DAFTAR-SEKOLAH-INDONESIA-DI-SABAH.aspx |title=Daftar Sekolah Indonesia di Sabah |trans-title=List of Indonesian Schools in Sabah |language=id |publisher=Konsulat Jenderal Republik Indonesia di Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia |date=27 April 2010 |access-date=17 August 2016 |archive-date=23 October 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171023063604/https://www.kemlu.go.id/kotakinabalu/id/arsip/lembar-informasi/Pages/DAFTAR-SEKOLAH-INDONESIA-DI-SABAH.aspx }}</ref> Since 2014, Filipino migrants children also have been enrolled to recently established Alternative Learning Centre (ALC) that was set-up by [[Filipinos in Malaysia|Filipino volunteers in Sabah]] with a collaboration with various local non-governmental organisations (NGO).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.deped.gov.ph/press-releases/deped-expands-educ-access-filipino-children-sabah |title=DepEd expands educ access for Filipino children in Sabah |publisher=[[Department of Education (Philippines)|Department of Education, Philippines]] |date=10 September 2014 |access-date=17 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160817090540/http://www.deped.gov.ph/press-releases/deped-expands-educ-access-filipino-children-sabah |archive-date=17 August 2016 }}</ref>