Subscribe in a reader | Subscribe by Email I received an interesting news from a school teacher in Selangor recently. The teacher’s school has been allocated land for new building after considerable effort by various groups. They have been given x ha of land, but are trying to get a bit more to allow for more facilities. In the mean time, the school has been asked to raise money for new building construction as the Education Ministry is not able (read: won’t) to fund the construction cost.
Now, the interesting bit is that the state government is willing to chip in (I think to be monitored by EWRF), but the school’s HM is not willing to accept the offer for fear of reprisal from politicians affiliated to the ruling coalition in the federal government. The HM is worried that unhappy leaders may intervene and transfer the HM to other school as punishment for working with the “enemy”. The HM is reaching retirement age and don’t want any “problems” that may affect pension, relocation etc. Whether the fear is real or imaginary, or just an excuse, who knows.
But the situation is that the intervention of political parties in various aspect of the society has become so engrained that it manipulates, corrupts and distorts systems and structures. Some people fear the system, while others use backdoors to manipulate system (direct tenders, recommendation letters, overruling panels). Tamil schools are also vulnerable as the HMs are trapped between political parties who rule at different levels. The enimosity between two groups only cause more misery for the Indian community, especially the Tamil schools. And yet these political people want to talk about “championing the community” or “working for the rakyat”.
Those in the know, can guess which school this is, so let them figure out the solution. If I get to know (and I will) that the HM is being transferred then I shall reveal more. Let the Indian community see who is the culprit.
So, what’s the next step? How to persuade the HM to accept the fund from state government? Will the HM be punished if does so?
Maybe the school just have to wait until some “saviour” politician comes over and announces that government will give RMxxx to building new building. Perhaps nearer to election time.
