Education in Malaysia is overseen by the Ministry of Education (Kementerian Pendidikan), which handles matters pertaining to pre-school, primary school, secondary school, post-secondary school and tertiary education . Although education is the responsibility of the federal government, each state has an Education Department to coordinate educational matters in its territory. The main legislation governing education is the Education Act of 1996.
A quick search on the Internet would show that there are some 15 classifications of schools in Sarawak, namely:
- Chinese Independent High Schools
- Chinese National Primary Schools
- Islamic National Primary Schools
- National Primary Schools
- Chinese National High Schools
- Islamic National High Schools
- Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan
- Sekolah Berasrama Penuh
- Technical National High Schools
- International Schools
- Private Schools (Primary)
- Private Schools (Secondary)
- Kindergartens
- College Schools
- Maktab Rendah Sains Mara
