Sustainable Development in Malaysia- Planning and Initiatives
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چکیده
The United Nations General Assembly In the last month of 2002 proclaimed a programme namely the UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (ECD). EDC is scheduled from 2005 to 2014, to foster the concept of Sustainable Higher Education (SHE) through the medium of higher education institutions. Malaysia as a country which has ratified Kyoto Protocol and EDC is expected to be active in this realm by international Community. There is no study that shows the efforts and initiatives of sustainable development emphasizing on Malaysia policy, plan and assessment tools for the past 20 years. This paper tried to look at Malaysia policies, plans and assessment tools, employing archival method. It also proposed the lacking subject which might expedite achievement of the goals of Malaysia pertaining to sustainability. The result will be useful for the academicians and policy makers who are working on sustainability topics.
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