DEVELOP HUMAN CAPITAL THROUGH MUSIC EDUCATION IN MALAYSIA

Music and art are two distinctive subjects which contribute towards the development of human interest in creating and upgrading human capital development. For us Malaysian, this subject is often considered as an optional. Vision 2020 sees towards the development of human capabilities among Malaysian and music education is seen one of the way to prove to the public that music has the mean to strengthen and develop human creativity and cognitive. The increase of crimes committed in our society and individualistic altitude of our people today, show that something must be done to change the mentality of the people so as to be more loving and caring towards man, nature and of course the universe. From the research done it has been proved that music education is able to develop the potentiality of the student and is equally important as other core subjects. To all music educators it is time to change public‘s perception that music is important towards the development of human capital, integrity and good value. This paper will discuss the retrospectives of music educators, administrators, and community in this present world setting.