This paper gives an overview of the history of social work pre and post-colonization of Malaysia by the western. This paper highlights issues of social work which bring social work education to Malaysia. The issues and difficulties raised in this paper provide insights to implement further input to develop and improvise social work education programs in Malaysia. All of the relevant stakeholding bodies within the social work profession and the allied educational sectors need to demonstrate their commitment to the advancement of social work in Malaysia in order to steer social work and social work education in Malaysia in the right direction for the future. Both social work education and social work practise should embody a genuine and suitably tight-knit approach to the community that is suitable for Malaysian culture and its contemporary conditions.
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