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Ethnic Tolerance Among Students in Malaysian Public Universities

Year: 2018

Type: conference-paper

Abstract: The main objective of this study is to determine the level of ethnic tolerance among students in Malaysian public universities.The study involved 378 respondents from three public research universities and represented by three major ethnics, the Malays, Chinese and Indians.The research utilized quantitative method and the data were collected through a set of questionnaire, based upon ethnic tolerance concept developed by past researchers.The data was analyzed using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) software version 22.The findings reveal that in general the level of tolerance among the students is satisfactorily high.Meanwhile, the Malay students were found to have the tolerant level of 83.0%, followed by the Indians with 71.4%, and the Chinese with 67.5%.

Source: International Conference on Contemporary Education and Economic Development (CEED)

DOI: 10.2991/ceed-18.2018.2

Authors: Zulkernain Nur Farahana, Wan Husin Wan Norhasniah, Wan Husin Wan Norhasniah

Institution: National Defence University of Malaysia

Language: English

Topic: Multicultural Education and Local Wisdom

Subfield: Cultural Studies

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Quality education, Reduced inequalities

Open Access status: hybrid

OpenAlex ID: W2907624640