SATU SEJARAH PENDIDIKAN MASYARAKAT BIDAYUH DI SARAWAK SEBELUM TAHUN 1963

AbstrakBidayuh merupakan salah satu kumpulan etnik minoriti di Malaysia. Di negeri Sarawak, Bidayuh adalah yang kumpulan etnik keempat terbesar selepas Iban, Cina dan Melayu. Perkembangan agama Kristian di perkampungan masyarakat Bidayuh adalah seiring dengan perkembangan pendidikan formal. Walau bagaimanapun, bukan semua penduduk Bidayuh berpeluang mendapat pendidikan formal. Kajian ini mendapati kegagalan perlaksanaan pendidikan formal sebelum merdeka adalah disebabkan wujudnya halangan dalam kalangan masyarakat Bidayuh, golongan mubaligh dan dasar pemerintah. Makalah ini akan menghuraikan dengan mendalam sejarah dan cabaran dalam pendidikan masyarakat Bidayuh sebelum merdeka berasaskan maklumat daripada sumber primer, sumber sekunder dan sumber lisan. Kajian ini penting kerana mendedahkan sejarah pendidikan masyarakat Bidayuh sebelum merdeka yang kurang mendapat perhatian. AbstractBidayuh is one of the minority ethnic groups in Malaysia. In Sarawak, Bidayuh is the fourth largest ethnic group after Iban, Chinese and Malay. The spreading of Christian faith to the villages of Bidayuh was simultaneous with the development of formal education. However, not all Bidayuh people have the opportunity to receive a formal education. This study found that the failure to implement formal education before independence was due to the existence of certain obstacles to the Bidayuh people, the mission group and the government policy. This article will describe in depth the history and challenges in education among the Bidayuh before independence based on information from primary, secondary and oral sources. This study is important because it revealed the history of education among the Bidayuh people before independence.