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Get cracking on Tamil kindergartens, groups urged
POLITICAL parties, businessmen and social organisations should follow up with the necessary action since the Government has no objection to the setting-up of kindergartens in Tamil schools if there are enough pupils.
Malaysia Nanban said in its editorial that parent-teacher associations should also play a major role by encouraging parents to send their children to these kindergartens.
This would enable the schools to fulfil the ministry’s minimum 25-pupil requirement before such kindergartens could open. It said that many pupils entering Tamil schools had never attended kindergarten. This resulted in teachers having a hard time teaching them the basics.
There were also cases where the pupils had gone to kindergarten where other languages were used as the medium of instruction and when later placed in Tamil schools, they found it difficult to grasp the language and ultimately fell behind in their studies. Kindergartens could also help generate their interest towards education and prepare them for their future school life, it said.
