Bilingual Education in Brunei: The Evolution of the Brunei Approach to Bilingual Education and the Role of CfBT in Promoting Educational Change. Research Briefing

During 2012/13 academics from the Department of Education, University of Oxford, were commissioned by CfBT to conduct an independent evaluation of the CfBT Brunei English teaching programme. The evaluation sought to document the various processes of change and improvement within the Bruneian education system between 1996 and 2012, in particular looking at the teaching of English as an additional language in the bilingual system, and the involvement of CfBT as an external education provider and change agent. This research briefing describes the six "evolutionary paths" identified by the evaluation. Core recommendations from the evaluation are also summarized. [For the full report, see ED546822. For the related summary, see ED546819.]