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Work on 23 Tamil schools to start after May
KUALA LUMPUR: Construction on 23 Tamil schools
throughout the country is expected to start after May.
Works Minister Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu said the
building plans were ready and the Public Works Department would tender them
out soon.
Samy Vellu said he expected the tender process to be completed by April or
May this year and work would commence soon after.
It was reported in the New Straits Times yesterday that the government had
allocated RM20 million to build and repair national type Tamil schools.
Samy Vellu, who is also MIC president, informed the headmasters of the
schools in a meeting yesterday that the recently approved government
allocation would be used for the rebuilding of 13 schools and the expansion
of the rest.
The largest school to
undergo rebuilding would be the Kajang Tamil Primary School. This would be
done at a cost RM3.3 million, which will comprise of new buildings that will
cater for 48 rooms, inclusive of 28 classrooms.
The Bukit Beruntung Tamil school in Selangor and the Alor Gajah Tamil School
in Perak would be among the schools that will have additional buildings.
Samy Vellu said a new school was expected to be built in Sungai Siput to
cater for the increasing number of pupils in the existing Mahatma Gandhi
Kalasalai Tamil school.
"Many more Tamil schools have been identified for rebuilding," said Samy
Vellu.
He also said that the MIC will continue to seek funds from the government to
rebuild more schools.
The move to rebuild and expand Tamil schools serves to emphasise Samy
Vellu's statement in December last year where he was quoted as saying that
he had been constantly "fighting" with the government to get what Malaysian
Indians were entitled to.
Historically linked to the Indian labour sector, the over 500 Tamil schools
in the country today are widely perceived to have low student enrolment and
populated by those from lower-income backgrounds.
However, the Tamil Foundation Malaysia (TFM), a non-profit organisation set
up in 1990 to help Indian students through education, has statistics that
show these schools appear to be gaining popularity.
TFM statistics show that in 2005, Tamil school enrolment numbered 98,579,
but last year, the number increased to more than 100,000 students.
There are several factors driving Indian parents towards Tamil schools.
Among them are academic excellence, cultural familiarity and belonging, and
exposure to their mother tongue.
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