This article is a case study on the education of Orang Asli in Malaysia. Indigenous people or “orang asli” are the oldest inhabitants of Peninsular Malaysia but they are the minority among the total population in Malaysia.  A study showed that around 50 percent of the students from the Orang Asli community do not further their study in secondary school after finishing their primary school and only 30 percent of students of Orang Asli finish their secondary school, which is less than half of the national average. The statistics of the education progress of Orang Asli are quite worrisome for a lot of parties especially the government and there are a lot of factors that contribute to those, not good-looking results. In order to improve the quality of education, studies on the challenges faced by the Orang Asli are a must. There are a lot of factors causing that specific problem. One of the factors is would be the awareness amongst the Orang Asli community towards education and another factor is would be the Orang Asli accessibility to their nearest education institution. In a nutshell, the Orang Asli are the minority communities that had been marginalized for decades and to achieve the aim to reduce poverty and uplift quality of life them, education is the main key to success.

is article is a case study on health issues in the Orang Asli community. After the outbreak of measles among Orang Asli in Kelantan, the health issue in this community has been questioned. Compared to non-aboriginal communities, the health of the aboriginal people is lagging, health disparity is still obvious. Since the 1950s, the Malaysian Government has tried to carry development and improve the quality of life in Orang Asli communities, along with non-government agencies, but the health status compared to other aboriginal people groups are still lower. There are a lot of factors as to why the health quality for Orang Asli does not meet the recommended standard including poor education environment, superstitions from their ancestors, and limited facilities to receive health information and medical check-ups. As an impact, they were 14 Orang Asli known as Batek tribe died in Kampung Kuala Koh, Gua Musang from the early of May until 6th June. On 17th June 2019, the Health Ministry has confirmed that there was an outbreak of measles among the Orang Asli Batek tribe at Kampung Kuala Koh, Gua Musang.

Kajian berkaitan COVID-19 merupakan kajian yang baharu dan mula dikaji oleh para penyelidik pelbagai bidang di seluruh dunia bermula pada tahun 2020. Sehubungan itu, bidang sosiologi yang merangkumi aspek kemasyarakatan menjadi masalah kajian dalam penulisan ini. Kaedah kuantitatif digunakan untuk membincangkan dan menganalisis isu penularan wabak pandemik COVID-19 dalam lingkungan sosiologi masyarakat Malaysia yang mementingkan aktiviti sosial manusia. Penularan wabak pandemik COVID-19 ini mengakibatkan masyarakat terbatas untuk melakukan aktiviti sosial dan menjadi norma baharu dalam menjalani kehidupan seharian. Sehubungan itu, kajian ini adalah untuk menganalisis kesan COVID-19 dan membincangkan kes COVID-19 dari sudut aktiviti sosial dalam sosiologi masyarakat Malaysia yang serba baharu ini. Hasil dapatan ini jelas menunjukkan penurunan kadar kes COVID-19 di Malaysia dipengaruhi oleh tingkah laku sosial masyarakat Malaysia terhadap pematuhan sepanjang PKP ini dilaksanakan oleh kerajaan Malaysia. Sehubungan itu, kajian ini bertujuan untuk mengkaji kesan norma baharu masyarakat dari segi aktiviti sosial. Kajian ini dijalankan melalui pengedaran borang soal selidik secara atas talian kepada masyarakat setempat. Hasil dapatan kajian yang ditunjukkan membuktikan kesan yang dihadapi oleh masyarakat dalam menghadapi norma baru untuk melakukan aktiviti sosial seperti biasa.

The development of Malaysia's social and economic capital depends on the younger generation as a result of the country's education system. Education is also the trigger for creativity and the generator of innovation that equips the younger generation with the skills needed to compete in the job market and enable overall economic development. In this regard, in the national education system, teachers play a role as human builders to produce a younger generation in meeting the needs of the ethical industry revolution 4.0 (IR 4.0). Thus, a quantitative study was conducted on final year students who took TVET education programs at IPTAs in Malaysia to review the readiness and knowledge of the soft skills of future TVET teachers to meet the challenges of the Industrial Revolution 4.0. A set of questionnaires containing 62 items including demographics of respondents using 5 Likert scales was constructed using the Google Form application and distributed to a total of 175 respondents. The findings of the study were analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) Version 20 software to identify the mean, standard deviation, and Pearson’s correlation coefficient. Overall, it was found that the level of readiness and acceptance of students towards IR 4.0 is still at a moderate level and there is a significant relationship between the level of students' knowledge of soft skills with the readiness of prospective TVET teachers to face the challenges of the Industrial Revolution 4.0.

Taxonomy is a set of hierarchical models that is applied to classify educational learning goals or objectives into a certain level of complexity. Many models have been developed and implemented to suit the educational settings of schools or educational institutions around the world. Realising the importance of educational taxonomy, the purpose of this paper is to explore the function and role of the taxonomy framework used in education, especially through the lens of Bloom, Anderson and SOLO’s (Structure of the Observed Learning Outcome) framework. In addition, this concept paper also aims to formulate a more holistic alternative taxonomy based on the concept of Syed Muhammad Naquib Al-Attas. Research on Bloom, Anderson and SOLO’s taxonomies is not intended to deny the role and contribution of existing taxonomies, but to provide an alternative and space in creating a balanced system of cognitive classification of students through teaching and learning as well as in the evaluation system.