Oct 01 2007
Tamil schools with few pupils to be relocated
Its hard to evaluate. if MIC managed to do this now, then we can say that its due to the pressure and exposure of events like HINDRAF protests, SMS circulation, Kavyeas comment, etc. If MIC don't do anything, we say they are useless.
anyway, the keyword is "has agreed, in principle,". Everything in principle only. reality can be totally opposite.
On the other hand, in spite of calls for closure of Tamil schools, we have 52% of indians children enrolled in them! It means that one out of every two children aged between 7 and 12 you meet will be a tamil school student.
Tamil schools with few pupils to be relocated
KUALA LUMPUR: The Education Ministry has agreed, in principle, to allow for the relocation of Tamil schools, especially those from estates to “Indian-majority” urban housing schemes in the urban areas. MIC president Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu, who disclosed this, said Education Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein had given the green light following a request from the party.
The relocation would involve Tamil schools with few pupils, especially in estates where the numbers were between five and 15 , he told reporters after chairing the Tamil School Action Committee meeting here. Samy Vellu, who is the Works Minister, assured that no Tamil school would be closed down “even if they face a student shortage”. He said there were now 12 such Tamil schools; five in Perak, Johor (three) Negri Sembilan (two) and one each in Selangor and Pahang.
Samy Vellu said schools with a higher enrolment, such as the Kulim Tamil School which had about 1,000 students, would be divided into two and located side by side.
He said 52% of Indian pupils were studying in Tamil schools. “There are more than 105,000 Indian pupils studying in 523 Tamil schools nationwide,” Samy Vellu added.
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