Some experimentation is already under way such as the aforementioned Trust Schools model. Another is the Teach for Malaysia (TfM) program, which was initiated by two passionate and motivated young men, supported by Khazanah, and then later adopted, a little grudgingly at first, by the Ministry. But these kinds of experimentations are too limited in scope. The TfM program only places 100 ‘fellows’ or teachers a year, with an average of 3 fellows per school. For grand experimentation to have a greater chance of success, entire schools or programs should be turned over at the local level to allow for genuine transformation to take place. The Institute of Democracy and Economic Affairs, for example, has proposed a model for affordable private education funded by vouchers for new and also existing schools (http://ideas.org.my/wp-
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