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Subscribe in a reader | Subscribe to poobalan.com by Email Hishammuddin also said that the government had converted the status of three schools to fully aided schools.
They were SJKT Desa Cemerlang in Ulu Tiram, Johor, SMK Perempuan Methodist in Raub Pahang and SJKC Kuo Min in Kuala Muda, Kedah.
– from the Star.
Another 372 or so to go!
| Subscribe in a reader | Subscribe to poobalan.com by Email While most of us are counting the hours to celebrate Ponggal, all’s not well with Kampung Pandan folks. Their relocation issue is still unsettled. The latest eviction notice by DBKL gave today as the deadline. Over time, many folks have left, but the remain families are sticking to their guns.
SOME 250 Indian families in the Kampung Pandan Indian settlement are worried that they would not be able to celebrate Ponggal (Harvest Festival) tomorrow as they have received final notices from the Kuala Lumpur City Council (DBKL) to vacate their houses by today, reported Malaysia Nanban.
The families had been living there for the past 70 years. In earlier letters to the residents, DBKL requested the residents to move into rental houses built by the city council in Bukit Jalil, Puchong.
The residents, in their counter offer, asked for houses in the Sri Alam, Sungai Besi area. DBKL rejected the request. The residents complained that the units in Bukit Jalil did not have the necessary facilities such as Tamil schools, temples and halls.
The residents are hoping that Federal Territories Deputy Minister Datuk M. Saravanan would look into the problem and find an amicable solution.
After the folks supported PAS in the elections last year, the DBKL sent eviction notices in June, giving one month for the residents to move out. The temple was demolished earlier. The residents organised a protest.
Now, after 8 months, there’s still no progress. The offer to relocate them to Puchong is on the table. But Kg Pandan to Puchong is so far away. How do we expect the residents to manage the extra expenses? Kids go to school in nearby schools, most of the residents should be working around KL centre. Puchong to KL is a jam-packed road. Can’t rely on public transport. Need to wake up much more earlier. Need to change schools (BTW, the Tamil school will be relocated or wiped off the face of earth?) So much of hassle and expenses.
The residents were asking for low cost houses in the same spot, but I doubt it will be granted. The place is surely meant for some mega development by big players. Not for low-cost residents. Now, they want the alternative accomodation to be at Sg Besi (which is also a bit far) citing lack of facilities (no temple, hall, school) at Puchong. DBKL rejected the request.
The elected MP can only shout and support so much. In the end, the responsibility lies with the Ministry and DBKL.
Samy Vellu and previous BN MPs have tried before, but nothing much happened. What can Saravanan do now?
| Subscribe in a reader | Subscribe to poobalan.com by Email Most Tamil schools except several in the estates showed an increase in student enrolment possibly due to the migration of estate workers to town areas, the daily quoted Malaysian Tamil schools chief organiser S. Baskaran as saying.
Tamil dailies splashed the increase in Tamil school intakes on Monday. Sounds like good news. But when I viewed the statistics in MOE website, updated on 30th June 2008, there are a total of 334 schools with enrolment less than 150 students. That’s 63.9% of total Tamil schools in Malaysia. So, it will interesting to know what’s the status now. How many schools have improved its enrollment?
In 30th June 2007, there were 4209 classes and 4022 classroom, 7263 teachers (930 graduates, 5715 non-graduates, and 618 untrained) according to one report. However, another said there were 7341 teachers, and report Jadual 3 said there were 108279 students in 4525 classes. 42 classes run dual session for one reason or another.
I have soft copies of the reports, in case the links are down.
More importantly, this recent trend of increasing enrollment means more resources have to be allocated to Tamil schools. More buildings, more allocation, more Indian teachers, more education materials, and more attention.Now itself we practically have to beg for money everytime there’s an election or event. We don’t want piecemeal action, we want long term planning and road map. So, who is in charge?
Who is in charge of planning for the future? What is MIC and/or YSS doing about this? How about Tamil Foundation? What is their role? Who do we turn to to find out more details on the future of Tamil schools?
| Subscribe in a reader | Subscribe to poobalan.com by Email The was a big a commotion today at SJKT Ladang Vallambrosa. The school was forced to start double session this year due to increased student intake and lack of fund from the government. The school HM has been practically begging for extra tables and chairs, but all felt to deaf years. I remember the HM grumbling about lack of furniture last year itself. He was asking for donations to get some chairs.
The dual session did not go down well with some of the parents who claimed that this was a major hassle and extra expenses for them.
Someone also brought a printed copy of a document from the Internet which showed that a large amount of money was allocated to the school from government via JKR for construction work. But the person(s) claimed the construction was not worth the amount of money allocated. They accused the HM of corruption.
Oh ya, Makkal Sakthi people were there as well, lending their voice and energy.
So, some parents (allegedly) came with some local Kapar folks armed with parangs to threaten the HM. They smashed his car as well at the school. Police, PPD staff and Kapar MP Manikavasagam can attest to this. They were all there today.
Even the PPD staff were not spared and hurled with abusive words.
Manikavasagam on his part said he will look into this problem within a month.
Well, I know the HM personally for more than 4 years now, being related in a way. Nice guy, a HM who sent his kids to Tamil school unlike some HMs. He has the kids welfare in his mind all the time.
Word is that some troublemakers (PTA? ex-PTA? unhappy parents?) are out to cause problems. If they really got guts, take it up with the PPD, PPN, MOE, JKR, and Samy Vellu.
In the meantime, since parents oppose the dual session, the students can study in the canteen or under some trees.
Note: The above was narated via telephone by HM’s wife.
Update 6/1/08 – parang and police were not found at scene.
| Subscribe in a reader | Subscribe to poobalan.com by Email Another case of Malaysia Boleh! A round of applause please to the actors in this land-grabbing drama!
SJKT Taman Melawati’s land area has been magically reduced from 1.45ha to 1.36ha. The 0.9ha has now been made into a site for a low-cost flats project. The area in question was the school field.
The issue was highlighted by Gombak MIC who organised a protest. 200 over people took part in the protest.
So, how is it done? Here’s some tips for aspiring developers:
According to the Gombak MIC division chairman G. Jayakumaran, the developer used its own team of surveyors and resubmitted the school land plans to the land office. The plot of land was then transfered to a third party on 4th September 2006. He claimed that this act also misled education ministry and Public Works Department.
The problem started with PWD not properly fencing the school area, thus delaying its land application. Biasalah, when there’s a chance, surely the money-minded businesses would take advantage.
According to Jayaraman, a memorandum would be submitted to state and federal government next week. 480 people have signed the memorandum, and the campaign will go to various temples to garner more signature.
In NST, the developer has been named as Negara Properties:
Gombak MIC Division chief G. Jayakumaran said the school field was 1.44 hectares (3.6 acres) but the developer of Taman Melawati, Negara Properties Sdn Bhd had claimed that the area was only 1.35 hectares (3.38 acres).
The developer wants to use the remaining 9,000 square feet of the field to built low cost flats, Jayakumaran told reporters here today.
He added that he could not understand why Negara Properties had informed the Gombak district education office that the school field was only 1.35 hectares instead of 1.44 hectares.
They (developer) may have misled the education office into believing that the land was actually 1.35 hectares, for the purpose of using it for their own benefit, said Jayakumaran.
He said transactions involving the transfer of the land title from Negara Properties to Melawati Development Sdn Bhd and to an individual, done simultaneously in Sept 2006, also raises suspicion.
So, what is the state government going to do? Land matters come under Selangor state, but 2006, it was Khir Toyo’s government. Only option is to get a stay order, investigate the case and make the right decision. Not sure if SJKT Taman Melawati is fully-aided school, which means the land should be federal or state owned land.
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