MERA is the Malaysian Educational Research Association.

The objects of the Association shall be to:-

1. promote the practice and utilization of educational research in Malaysia, with a view to enhancing other quality of education in Malaysia;
2. Seek to improve the training and facilities for educational research personnel in order that their expertise could be used for educational improvement;
3. Promote critical discussion into problems, methods, presentation and use of educational research;
4. Seek the dissemination of educational research findings to both the education and the wider community via journals, newsletters, conferences, workshops, etc, and
5. Facilitate closer ties with the international research community.