The Impact of "Overseas Chinese Students’ Policy" of Taiwan on the Development of Malaysian Chinese Education during 1954 and 1974

「僑生回國升學」是中華民國建國至今一貫進行的政策，也是政府遷台後獲致成效的一項政策性工作。僑生政策之實施，使清寒的華人子女亦有機會獲得高等教育的機會，其意義尤值重視。臺灣與海外各國實質關係之中，馬來西亞華人社會與臺灣的關係最為密切。五十多年來，來台僑生數量以馬來西亞地區居全球之冠，渠等返回僑居地後多數成為馬來西亞社會各界之菁英，成為當地華人在政經文教上的有力資源；也是臺灣現今在當地最大的友我力量。因此，馬來西亞的華文教育殊為僑生政策中最為成功的一個例子。本研究聚焦於探討馬來西亞華文教育發展史中，臺灣在其中扮演的角色，以及所發揮的歷史影響。臺灣的華僑教育在相關研究中，多著重於政府政策的制定與形成，較少關注其影響或支援的對象──華僑華人所居國的華文教育；而馬來西亞國內的華文教育在研究上則面對主客觀環境限制之下，又多著重在華文教育在本土與當地政府之間的抗爭關係。這使得臺灣和馬來西亞華文教育之間在華僑或華文教育上的互動關係，鮮少被論述之。因此，本論文企圖補充臺灣在馬來西亞華文教育的關鍵聯繫（Vital Link）──僑生政策，期以填補雙方的歷史。“Overseas Chinese Students back to their homeland for studies” is the persistent policy carried out by the Taiwan authority, this is also a successful policy since the KMT government shifted to Taiwan. The implementation of this policy is to create opportunity for the underprivileged Chinese students pursuing their higher education, the significance is regarded. Among all the relationships with foreign nationalities, Malaysia Chinese society and Taiwan is intimately related. For the past fifty years, of all the numbers of overseas Chinese students, Malaysia ranked the first. After returning to their residing country, becoming the elites from all sectors and, also becoming the most powerful resources in the local Chinese community. Which implies that, they strengthen the friendship with Taiwan as well. Hence, the Malaysia Chinese education under this policy is the most successful example. This research mainly pinpoints on the role play and historical influence of Taiwan on the developing history of Malaysia Chinese education. The related study mainly emphasizes on the formulation of government policy and formation, sparsely concerns its impact or support of the residing local Chinese education. Under the subjective and objective environmental restrictions, the study focuses on the confrontation between the local Chinese education and local government. It is rarely been discussed the interaction in the overseas Chinese education between Malaysia and Taiwan. Therefore, this paper attempts to add the history of Taiwan‘s “overseas students policy” as a Vital Link for Malaysia Chinese education