From the establishment of MESTI in March 1979, the institute was rename the National Institute of Education Management (NIEM) in 1984. It changed its name to Institute Aminuddin Baki (IAB) in March 1988 in memory and honour of the late Chief Education Advisor for the Federation of Malaya, Allahyarham Aminuddin Baki. Since then IAB was no longer a part of the Teacher Training Division but an independent institute that functions as a training institution in educational management for the entire Ministry of Education.

According to the Federal Education Policy, originally declare in the Education Ordinance, 1975, the national system of education should satisfy the needs of the nation by providing efficient instruction, avoid unreasonable public expenditure, provide education that fulfill the wishes of the parent with the national language as the main medium of instruction.

Education in Malaysia is on-going effort towards further developing the potential of individuals in a holistic and integrated  manner, in order to produce individuals who are intellectually, spiritually, emotionally and physically balance and harmonious, based on a firm belief in and devotion to God. Such an effort is designed to produce Malaysian citizens who are knowledgeable, who possess high moral standards, and who are responsible and capable of achieving a high level of personal well-being in addition to being able to contribute to the advancement of society and nation.

• To consolidate the training needs analysis in the context of continuous staff development in the educational service

• To upgrade the planning and implementation of training programmes in the effort to develop the competencies of educational service staff at all levels in line with the needs and development of education

• To enhance the effectiveness of programmes evaluation and training strategies

• To upgrade consultancy services in educational leadership and management to all levels of IAB’s clientele in the effort to overcome issues in the educational organizations

• To increase the number of impact studies and research for the purpose of enriching the localized corpus of knowledge in the field of educational leadership and management

• To upgrade writing and publications to international levels in effort to enrich the collection of best practices in the area of educational leadership and management

• IAB is committed to provide quality training programmes in education management and leadership that cater to the needs of its customers.


• IAB pledges to fulfill the needs of the quality management system and to achieve continual effectiveness in line with the objectives of IAB through Management Review Meetings.