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IPOH: SJK (T) Kampung Jebong Lama could have resolved its classroom shortage three years ago if school authorities had used a RM60,000 MIC allocation to build two classrooms.
Perak MIC chief Datuk G. Rajoo said he and Datuk Seri Samy Vellu visited the school in 2005 and RM60,000 was given to the Parent-Teacher Association for two new classrooms.
"But they did not build the classrooms and this has resulted in students having to use a container as a classroom," Rajoo told the New Straits Times yesterday.
He said the RM60,000 had remained untouched in the PTA's bank account.
He said the PTA should have built the classrooms instead of waiting for a new two-storey block prom-ised by the federal government.
He was commenting on the plight of students who used the container. He said the new block would be built this year.
Students will have to use the container for the next few months as the new classrooms take shape.
Those using the container can only do so until 11am as the heat becomes unbearable after that.
When this happens, they adjourn to the canteen to continue their lessons.
The 74-year-old school, situated 80km from here, has three containers donated by former Kuala Sepetang assemblyman Datuk Siew Kok Kan with the other two used as a storeroom and a resource centre.
Meanwhile, Kuala Sepetang assemblyman See Tean Seng said he would donate air-conditioners for the containers.
