Subscribe in a reader | Subscribe by Email Malaysia Nanban reported that there was a possibility that the Tamil Language Department, which was set up 17 years ago at the Temenggong Ibrahim Teachers Training College, could be closed by the end of the year.
There has been no admission of new students this year.
Department head R. Sethupathy has been transferred to the college’s education section while its two lecturers have been transferred to other departments.
In previous years, there were 60 students at each intake who signed up to pursue Tamil Language full-time for three years, but none was admitted this time round.
Indian organisations were hoping that the college would continue to conduct the Tamil Language teacher’s training as a full-time course, the paper said, adding that at present, the college carried out the course only during the holidays.
http://www.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2007/4/14/nation/17439516&sec=nation
