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THE LATEST DEVELOPMENT IN TAMIL SCHOOLS

by Dinesh on Tuesday, 09 October 2007

In recent weeks, several issues relating to Tamil schools have been highlighted by certain individuals and groups either in media or in public forums of which some are misleading information on Tamil schools. Many articles and views were not substantiated with accurate statistics and data. In this context, YSS has updated the data on Tamil schools relating to the number of schools, enrolment, infrastructure development, achievement and teachers development in order to provide an actual information to the Indian community on the whole.

Number of schools and enrolment
There were 888 Tamil schools in Malaysia in 1957 with 50,766 students. This number of Tamil schools has dwindled over the last 50 years due to development of estates into housing and commercial areas. Therefore there are 523 Tamil schools in 2007 with a total of 105,618 students.

Of the 523 schools there are 327 under-enrolled Tamil schools where there are less than 150 students. 149 schools out of the 327 schools have fewer than 50 students.

Table 1: Number of schools and enrolment

Year	1957	1970	1980	1990	2000	2006	2007
No school	888	657	589	547	524	524	523
No of students	50,766	79,277	73,958	96,120	89,175	101,972	105,618

Infrastructure Development
Since independence, Tamil schools have undergone tremendous changes in their infrastructure development. Many small schools and old schools have been rebuilt and upgraded with good building and the latest teaching and learning facilities. Several Tamil schools have also been relocated at suitable sites.

A study undertaken by YSS in 2004, identified that there were 106 Tamil schools required either a total rebuilding of the school or major portions of the school. A majority of these schools are situated in the rural area especially in estates and are partially aided schools. However out of 106 schools about 50 schools have close to 100 students or above.

With the special allocation from the government since 1986, YB Dato Seri Samy Vellu had managed to build 76 Tamil schools and some of them are from these 106 schools. Dato Seri has also been instrumental in upgrading a number of Tamil schools since 1986. In addition to that, Dato Seri has secured RM53,129,000 to rebuild and upgrade 136 Tamil schools in the 9th Malaysia Plan period. Of this, the upgrading of 27 schools have been approved in 2007.

UPSR Results
Tamil school students since the last 10 years have been performing well in the UPSR examination. They have achieved marked improvement in all subjects. In 2000 only 95 students scored 7As. But in 2006, a total of 570 students obtained 7As in UPSR. (See Table 2 & 3)

Table 2: UPSR Results Of Tamil School Students (1993-2006)

Subjects	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
Malay Writing	18.0	26.9	26.9	24.3	31.3	31.5	24.9	39.2	40.1	51.7	57.6	56.3	56.8	52.1
Malay Compr.	18.0	44.8	41.4	47.2	46.5	45.3	44.5	43.9	54.6	59.3	60.0	58.0	59.6	60.7
Math	44.0	58.1	59.6	65.3	65.8	68.6	70.9	73.9	74.4	81.1	85.8	84.4	83.3	87.7
Science	–	–	–	–	69.2	67.2	66.7	73.9	82.6	74.7	78.6	79.2	80.9	81.7
English	40.0	54.8	46.9	51.8	46.8	45.1	47.7	45.6	52.4	59.3	61.2	61.1	62.1	62.8
Tamil Writing	62.0	54.6	63.1	63.6	64.7	64.8	65.2	65.9	70.2	79.1	78.0	79.1	79.5	80.3
Tamil Compre.	62.0	76.3	81.2	80.3	82.8	83.1	80.2	81.5	81.5	84.1	58.6	84.9	87.9	86.6

Source: Yayasan Strategik Sosial

Table 3: Number of 7A achievers in Tamil Schools (1999-2006)

Year	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
Total	45	101	165	202	356	378	518	570

Development of Teachers
There were 3258 teachers in Tamil schools in 1970. The number has grown up to 7,126 teachers in 2007. More than 97% of them are trained teachers.

Table 4: Number of teachers in Tamil schools