Two Tamil schools in Bera

January 25th, 2010 by poobalan | View blog reactions Leave a reply »
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This is a good news indeed (although RM1.4 to RM1.5 million per schools is quite inadequate. We most likely have to repeat the pleas in another 4-5 years time). They are not new schools, but actually new buildings. If you search using keywords like “Kemayan” and “Menteri” at the MOE’s schools directory, you’ll find info about these schools, including their status (operational). And I expect the students to be less than 200 in each school as previous statistics indicate enrolment of less than 160 each.

The land status is not indicated, but the MOE directory lists the schools as “sekolah bantuan kerajaan”.

The federal government has approved RM2.97 million to build two Tamil primary schools in the district this year, Bera Member of Parliament Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob said on Sunday.

The Domestic Trade, Cooperatives and Consumerism Minister said RM1.5 million had been allocated for the construction of Sekolah Jenis Kebangsaan Tamil (SJKT) Kemayan and RM1.47 million for SJKT Ladang Menteri.

“Tenders for the construction of the two schools will be called soon,” he said, adding that site-clearing work had already begun for the Ladang Menteri school.

Ismail Sabri made the announcement at the launch of the “Ponggal” (harvest) festival organised by the Bera Indian Cultural Organisation, at the Kemayan Subramaniar Temple here.

He reminded the people to be wary of attempts by opposition politicians to confuse them.

“The opposition brings up various issues to create chaos. Even the construction of these two schools is politicised. They claim that the government will not build the schools in Bera as there are only a small number of Indians in the district and, as such, the existing schools are sufficient,” he said. – from Bernama.

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1 comment

  1. koko says:

    How come seperatist movement like this can be a good news?

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