MIC hails Govt’s RM50mil allocation for Tamil schools

KUALA LUMPUR: The MIC has lauded the Government’s move to set aside RM50mil to improve Tamil schools in the country.

Party secretary-general Datuk Dr S. Subramaniam said the allocation was a testimony that the Government had not forsaken the Malaysian Indian community and wanted to improve the infrastructure of Tamil schools nationwide.

In winding up Budget 2009 at the policy stage, Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak, who is also Finance Minister, had announced that the Government would further stimulate national education, and taking into account the various races in the country, the Government would set aside RM200mil for four categories of schools.

The four categories – government-funded religious schools, mission schools, Chinese schools and Tamil schools – will each receive RM50mil.

Speaking at the Parliament lobby, Subramaniam, who is also Human Resource Minister, said the party had identified Tamil schools which were in dire need of repairs and the funds should be channelled soon to remedy the situation.

Party information chief Datuk M. Saravanan, who is also Federal Territories Deputy Minister, said if the Government would provide the same amount for the next five years, then the woes of Tamil schools could be solved by 2013.

“There are many Tamil schools which are in dire need of funding to rebuild their buildings. I hope that the RM50mil is just a start.

“This also shows that the Government is committed towards assisting Tamil schools. We hope that this aid can continue for the next five years,” he said when met at the Parliament lobby.

He said a list of Tamil schools which needed assistance had been handed over to the Government and hoped that the Education Ministry would put this on fast track. – Bernama

ref : http://www.schoolstamil.blogspot.com/

program penjagaan mata untuk pelajar-pelajar Sekolah Tamil

England Optical Group (M) Sdn Bhd akan mengadakan satu program penjagaan mata untuk pelajar-pelajar Sekolah Tamil di seluruh Malaysia dengan kerjasama Pergerakan Pemuda MIC Kebangsaan. England Optical Group (M) Sdn Bhd ingin menawarkan pakej RM50 bagi prekripsi rabun dekat dan rabun jauh dengan cermin mata biasa termasuk bingkai cermin mata. Harga pasaran bagi pakej ini ialah RM250. Pemuda MIC akan membayar bayaran untuk cermin mata jika murid berkenaan datang daripada keluarga yang miskin.

Selain dari itu, England Optical Group (M) Sdn Bhd akan mengadakan pemeriksaan mata secara berkomputer yang percuma, pencucian mata secara ultra sonic dan pembetulan bingkai cermin mata kepada pelajar-pelajar sekolah Tamil. Program ini akan diadakan untuk 1 tahun di seluruh negara.

Berikutan program ini, satu program perjanjian memorandum persefahaman ditandatangani oleh Dato’ Dr Chin See Keat dan Y.Berusaha En. T.Mohan di Dewan Nethaji Menara Manickavasagam dan disaksikan oleh Yang Berbahagia Dato Seri S.Samy Vellu, Presiden MIC Kebangsaan.

Program ini dihadiri oleh lebih 200 pelajar sekolah Tamil dari kebanyakan sekolah disekitar Wilayah Persekutuan dan Selangor.

Ministry urged to help in training more teachers

STEPS are being taken to overcome the shortage of trained teachers in 523 Tamil schools, reported Malaysia Nanban.

Human Resources Minister and MIC secretary-general Datuk Dr S. Subramaniam said MIC would seek the cooperation of the Education Ministry to ensure that the 1,400 temporary teachers who are currently teaching in Tamil schools across the nation would be given the opportunity to pursue the teacher’s training course during the holidays within the next four years.

He said the Education Ministry had previously approved 100 places in the course for such teachers during the holidays, but at the request of MIC, had doubled the number of places to 200.

He said, however, that MIC found this number to be insufficient and had urged the ministry to allocate at least 300 places each year for temporary teachers from Tamil schools.

He was speaking to reporters after launching Canteen Day at the Meru Tamil School.

He said MIC was also in the midst of identifying problems faced by partly-aided schools and was taking the necessary action to solve these issues so that they could be converted to fully-aided schools.

Putera MIC calls for donations from the public

THE Putera MIC has launched a book donation drive campaign to upgrade the libraries in Tamil schools nationwide.

“We aim to collect 5,000 books and distribute them to at least one Tamil school in each state,” said the Putera MIC national coordinator P. Kamalanathan.

The campaign will run till the end of this year and the books will be delivered to the respective schools by the beginning of next year.

He said there was a serious need for good books in Tamil schools.

“We want to help within our means. Since we can’t afford to give them tables and chairs, we are trying our best to help in our own way,” he said.

According to Kamalanathan, eligible schools who request for the book aid will be given priority.

“We will also be visiting the schools to ensure that they have valid reasons to accept the book aid,” he added.

He urged the public to donate unused school books and other relevant reading materials like encylopaedias, dictionaries or even religious or language-based books.

“For those who have Mandarin books or Islamic religious books, you can donate it as well and we will hand it over to Chinese or the Malay schools that need it,” Kamalanathan added.

The Putera MIC website has details of drop off zones around the country. However if the donors have difficulty bringing the books to the zones, Putera MIC members are willing to pick them up.

For more information log on to www.puteramic.net or call the project director, M. Thanasekaran at 012480 1980 or Putera MIC information chief, A. Premnath at 017-3330535.

‘Raise level of Tamil schools’

HEADMASTERS and teachers have been urged to get ready to raise the standard of education in Tamil schools, reported Makkal Osai.

Malaysian Tamil schools organisor S. Baskaran also reminded them to be prepared to face the challenges ahead, adding that educators should upgrade themselves in the field of computer technology as presently, this was a vital tool in educating the young.

Speaking at the Perak Tamil Schools Headmasters Council meeting in Tanjong Malim on Saturday, he said the Education Minister was now heading a special committee to look into the development of Tamil schools in the country.

He also said that there were 523 Tamil schools in Malaysia including 374, which were partly aided schools.