Posts Tagged ‘UPSR’

1191 Tamil school students get 7As

November 17th, 2011
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A total of 1191 students from Tamil schools got 7As in UPSR this year, a vast increase compared to 808 last year (increased 383 or 32%).  Consider the relatively bad conditions and lack of facilities in many schools, this is a very good achievement.

SJKT Simpang Lima is the best school with about 51 (I think, since heard it on radio vaguely) students with 7As. Total 7As students in Selangor is 330.

Kudos to the students, teachers and school management, PTAs, donors, wellwishes, state and federal governments, and the political parties for the support wherever possible.

I hope to get the overall stats on passing rates as well, and hopefully it will spur more parents to consider Tamil schools.

Statistics on UPSR results

April 24th, 2010
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This news came out some time back. Blogging it for future use.
Meanwhile, Subramaniam, who is also MIC secretary-general, said children of Malaysian Indians aged between 4 and 6 years old should be sent to pre-school as they would be able to learn with ease when they move on to primary school.
“Currently, 10 to 15 per cent of students in Tamil schools who move to Year Four do not have a basic grasp of reading, writing and calculating.
“If we start them young, they would be able to pick these skills well when they move to upper primary classes.
“For students sitting the Ujian Pencapaian Sekolah Rendah, 40 per cent of them now fail at least one of the seven subjects they take.
“Our aim is to bring the figure down to 20 per cent and in the long-term, ensure all students from Tamil schools achieve a 100 per cent pass in the exam.”

Should Science and Maths be taught in Tamil or English?

December 22nd, 2008
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This poll is specifically for parents and parents-to-be, with intention of sending their children to Tamil schools or who children are in Tamil school. Others need not reply.

Should Science and Maths be taught in Tamil or English?

A. Tamil
B. English.

Some additional info::

1. The time allocated for Science and Maths is about 90 minutes per week, according to a concerned parent. Thus teaching these subjects in English does not in any way harm the teaching of Tamil. The results of Tamil UPSR exam has not been adversely affected.

2. Chinese schools have a education pathway all the way to degree (Hong Kong, Taiwan, China), thus they can afford to study in Chinese. Whereas for Indians, we only have tamil education up to primary level.

3. A teacher who marks exam paper says that for Maths, most of the answers are involving numbers. Answering Maths paper with one or two English words means the students is deemed to have “Answered in English”. So, he says the statistics shown on UPSR results does not necessarily reflect the actual situation.

4. There are worries by some quarters that by relinquishing Science and Maths in Tamil, more non-Tamil teachers will be drafted into Tamil schools, and slowly the schools will be “converted”. Thus, its better to use Tamil instead of English.

5. More educational materials are available in English, so it will be helpful for teachers, parents, and students if English is used.

HINDRAF linked with LTTE and RSS

December 8th, 2007
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Hmmm…how stupid of the hindraf organisers to announce that they want to meet terrorists. for sure cannot la. want to meet foreign groups/leaders, also condemned. Want to meet PM, also condemned. Who else is left to meet? but they are asked to discuss and channel their problems. to who? i am more confused :)

Link is with Tamil Tigers and India’s RSS, says Nazri

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KUALA KANGSAR: The Government has identified the overseas groups linked to Hindu Rights Action Force (Hindraf). Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Seri Mohamed Nazri Aziz said the groups are Sri Lanka’s Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and the RSS, a militant organisation in India. Speaking to reporters yesterday after presenting gifts to UPSR excellent students at Kati, near here, Mohamed Nazri said this was from statements of Hindraf leaders who went overseas to garner support that they would meet LTTE leaders. “As we know, the LTTE has been declared a terrorist group by the United Nations and the United States. 

“If it is true that Hindraf leaders have links with them, Hindraf is also a terrorist group,” he said yesterday, adding that the Government was closely monitoring the activities of Hindraf leaders. Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Musa Hassan was reported to have said yesterday that there were signs lately that Hindraf was trying to garner support from terrorist groups. 

He said Hindraf had also set up a fund by misleading the public into believing that the money was to finance its activities. 

On accusations by Ipoh Barat MP M. Kulasegaran that the A-G was pressuring the judiciary by leading the prosecution team charging Hindraf supporters, Mohamed Nazri said being the country’s top lawyer, the A-G could act for the Government in any court in the country. “The A-G’s job is to prosecute. The fact that the A-G is involved shows the seriousness of the matter as it can affect the country’s peace,” he added. 

On calls by the Pertubuhan Pembela Islam (Pembela) that Hindraf be banned, Mohamed Nazri said the Government would do so if the group was linked with the LTTE. In Shah Alam, Attorney-General Tan Sri Abdul Gani Patil said detailed investigations would be carried out to determine the alleged link between Hindu Rights Action Force and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Elam. 

He told reporters that a police report had been lodged that Hindraf members were going out to contact the LTTE. “These are serious allegations and we believe that investigations have to be done,” added Abdul Gani. In Penang, DAP national chairman Karpal Singh said the leaders of the Hindu Rights Action Force should be given the opportunity to explain the reasons behind the demonstration. He added that the presence of thousands of Indians at the demonstration was cause for concern and reason enough to assume that the problems of the community ought to be addressed.

Tamil school pupils urged to apply to science colleges

November 27th, 2007
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Tamil school pupils urged to apply to science colleges
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TAMIL school students who'd achieved 7As in their UPSR should apply for admission to the residential science schools, Malaysia Nanban reported. Quoting Deputy Information Minister Datuk Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, the report said there were no restrictions on such students applying for places. 

Ahmad Zahid said that in his constituency, 113 students had obtained between 5 and 7As and he would take the necessary action to ensure that they all had a chance of getting into the science schools.  He added that special classes were held for more than 160 students and about 62.5% of them had passed with flying colours. “This is very encouraging,” he said after meeting the students in Hutan Melintang.