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Meanwhile, Subramaniam, who is also MIC secretary-general, said children of Malaysian Indians aged between 4 and 6 years old should be sent to pre-school as they would be able to learn with ease when they move on to primary school.“Currently, 10 to 15 per cent of students in Tamil schools who move to Year Four do not have a basic grasp of reading, writing and calculating.“If we start them young, they would be able to pick these skills well when they move to upper primary classes.“For students sitting the Ujian Pencapaian Sekolah Rendah, 40 per cent of them now fail at least one of the seven subjects they take.“Our aim is to bring the figure down to 20 per cent and in the long-term, ensure all students from Tamil schools achieve a 100 per cent pass in the exam.”
