Polemik Kandungan Buku Teks Sejarah KSSM Tingkatan Empat (Polemic On The Contents Of KSSM Form 4 History Textbook)

Abstract

This article analyses the contents of the KSSM history Level 4 textbook between 2018 and 2021. The focus is on the polemics on the contents of the Form 4 history textbook, which are broken down into three main issues, namely issues relating to historical facts, the second is related to legal issues, and the third is on the question of how only the right-wing fought for independence, while the left-wing were considered freedom fighters. Directly, the main objective of this article is to analyse issues relating to historical subjects. As a historical study, this study is carried out with the use of various primary and secondary sources. This study was carried out using qualitative research method. The study was conducted using historical research methods that focus on primary sources obtained from the National Archives of Malaysia, including files in the Ministry of Education of Malaysia, Parliament of Malaysia, namely from the House of Representatives. Secondary sources were derived from journals, books and articles related to the polemic of the contents of history textbooks. The results of the study found that the contents of the Form 4 history textbook with reference to the contents of the history curriculum were reviewed and certified by a history curriculum reference expert in April 2018. The publication of the KSSM History Form 4 textbook contents was based on the KSSM History Form 4 curriculum and Assessment Standards (DSKP) and in accordance with the Ministry of Education (MOE) textbook publication standard operating procedures which were updated in 2018.