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Tamil School enrolment decreased for 2011?

January 7th, 2011
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Not sure how valid this info is, but if it is, then there’s a problem brewing. Possible reasons I can think of:

1. Less Indian students going to standard 1 (population growth problem?).

2. Parents deciding to enrol in other schools (national or Chinese or private) due to better facilities/environment (?).

3. Location of Tamil schools not strategic enough (not enough community population or too far away compared to other schools, thus incurring more cost to send).

4. Lack of publicity/effort by PIBG, teachers, NGOs, political parties to promote the schools to parents.

THE number of pupils enrolled in Year One in Tamil schools has decreased slightly but more are expected to register over the next week, Tamil newspapers reported.

Malaysia Nanban said 15,998 pupils joined classes in 523 Tamil schools nationwide this year compared to 16,198 pupils last year.

Tamil Schools national coordinator S. Baskaran said there was still a lot of interest among parents to send their children to Tamil schools.

from the Star

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SJKT St Joseph Sentul

January 5th, 2011
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Yeah, we can’t fix all the school problems at one go. But we need to have radical action to improve, if not, will take few decades (if not a century) to improve situation in Tamil schools. Put a timeline, fix 30 schools a year, and you can settle most problems within 10 years.

THE SJK(T) St Joseph, Sentul, is in need of more space to accommodate the increasing number of students each year.

The school’s Parent-Teacher Association (PTA) chairman, Alice Fatimah, said the school had 180 pupils, including 33 Year One pupils, which was the maximum.

The school, which is a wooden building, was built in 1924,

Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department, Datuk T. Murugiah visited the school to welcome the new pupils on Monday.

Saying hello: Murugiah visiting a class at St. Joseph Sentul on the first day of school. With him is Kaveriammah (right).

“There are no basic fascilities in the school and has bad ventilation. It is hot all the time.

“The building is infested with termites and the resource centre is cramped. There is also no field for the pupils for sports activities,” he said.

He added that he would bring up the matter with MIC president Datuk G. Palanivel and would work towards getting land nearby for relocation.

“The school’s PTA has identified five sites for relocation and the proposal will be presented to MIC.

“Being a partially-aided school and owned by the church next door, we need permission from the church before carrying out any activities,” said Murugiah.

He thanked the parents who were willing to send their children to the school, in spite of its condition.

The school had the best results in UPSR among Tamil schools last year.

The school’s headmistress, N. Kaveriammah, said they needed a bigger land and more facilities to perform better.

source:  The Star

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Teaching language via music – The Mesti program

November 30th, 2010
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Unfortunately, the article did not mention anything about who to contact or who’s behind this program. I’ve emailed the writer, hopefully will get reply soon. In the meantime, anyone can help?

ARTS education advocates in Tamil schools are convinced that music combined with the Tamil language can help children to absorb what they learn at primary level in school and develop listening skills.

“Music is an ideal tool for communication and language,” Selangor Tamil Schools’ former supervisor K. Murugan said.

“We hear and process all languages as sound first and then process the sound as meaning or as language. Our aim now is to use music in the teaching of the Tamil language to encourage children to read more, listen intently and write creatively,” he said.

Murugan said this at the launch of the Malaysian Education System Transformation Innovation (Mesti) Programme by Deputy Federal Territories and Urban Wellbeing Minister Datuk M. Saravanan.

Saravanan said using music to teach Tamil school pupils was a good effort.

“Our first batch of 170 Tamil school teachers will be taught the basic Mesti programme where they will impart listening, writing and reading skills to pupils through the language class.

“For the initial programme we will spend RM64,000 on 15 schools,” he said at the launch.

Saravanan said that after a six-month period, an assessment would be carried out to measure the effectiveness of the teaching method and the skills mastered by the 3,500 pupils.

“We want to extend this workshop to all Tamil school teachers and for this to be possible we need at least RM500,000. I will request for financial assistance from the Federal Govern-ment,” he said.

Saravanan said pupils from Year One to Five would benefit from Mesti.

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5 SJKT Methodist Klang boys go to Manchester City

November 25th, 2010
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Wonderful news indeed. Surely will motivate students to perform better.

Youngsters off to Manchester

Photo by CHAN TAK KONG

FIVE young boys from SJK(T) Methodist, Klang will leave for England on Nov 28 for a three-week training stint at Manchester City.

The five — M. Sriasagis Kumar, M. Nithyananthan, V. Vimel Kumar, M. Parameswaran and N. Denes — will be accompanied by school teacher S. Kanes.

The stint is a reward to the players for being champions in the OHMS Cup — Road to England football competition, organised by the OHMS Foundation and Ken Barnes Football Club of Malaysia.

Going through the paces: The players training under Barnes recently.

Ken Barnes Football Club of Malaysia chief executive officer P. Subramaniam said about 500 primary schools took part in the nationwide competition.

“After the preliminary round in each state, the top two teams qualified for the grand finals and SJK (T) Methodist, Klang became the champions.

“The boys will get the chance to learn more about professional football at Manchester City.

“It is a chance of a lifetime for these young boys,’’ said Subramaniam.

Former England international and Manchester City player Peter Barnes conducted a training session for the five boys in Petaling Jaya recently.

Barnes said the stint would certainly be an inspiration for the young and budding football players.

“It is early to make any comments on their skills. But they were showing a lot of enthusiasm. The stint will be a learning experience for them. It should motivate them to train harder when they return,’’ said Barnes.

Subramaniam said they had plans to set up an academy at Taman Glenmarie in Shah Alam.

source: http://thestar.com.my/metro/story.asp?file=/2010/11/25/central/7467302&sec=central

“We will be inviting the five boys as well as other youngsters in the Klang Valley for regular training sessions. Barnes will be co-ordinating the training programme,’’ said Subramaniam.

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Cairo Estate Tamil School students increased after relocation

November 19th, 2010
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By relocating the school, population increased from 8 to 45 to 222 in 11 years! That’s nearly 28-fold increase. Hendak seribu daya, tak hendak seribu dalih (where there is a will, there is a way).

National Land Finance & Cooperative Society (NLFCS) president Tan Sri K. R. Somasundaram said that Tamil schools had not only provided education but instilled moral and religious values in children.

He was speaking to reporters after opening the annex building of the Cairo Estate Tamil School in Mantin and attending its annual prize-giving function on Monday.

He said that previously there were only eight pupils in the school when it was in the estate in 2000 and enrolment increased to 45 in 2003 after it was relocated to Mantin. Currently, it has 222 pupils.

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