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The educational sector of Malaysia is one of the areas of the nation that require sustainable development. The rank of the sector is 57th in the whole world. The Educational Ministry of the country is spending a lot on the development of the sector. The sustainable development of the educational sector is the main objective of the sector, the government need to focus on improving the educational sector to motivate the students and encourage them to have higher education to develop themselves and the whole country. Methodology has described the application of interpretivism philosophy, exploratory design and inductive approach. Prisma-related data collection has focused, and systematic literature review data collection method has in the methods section. Results have included the systematic literature review of the study also including the resources, key concepts, aim, methodology and outcomes effectively. The study has effectively described the secondary analysis by evaluating the themes of the research. A brief discussion has also been included in the study for in-depth clarification. Conclusion has been included in the study to clarify the link between main goals and objectives of the study with its outcome. Recommendations have been provided in the study to mitigate the challenges identified such as lack of resources, poor knowledge of teachers and economic crisis in the education sector.
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