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Article 152 of the Malaysian Constitution
No person may be prohibited or prevented from
using (except for official purposes) or from teaching or learning any
other language.
Labor Ordinance 1912
A school should be erected on each estate with ten or more school
children between the age of six to twelve.
Malaysian
Tamils and Tamil
Linguistic
Culture By:Harold F. Schiffman
Closing
Tamil schools may lead to a loss of identity
Tamil
schools, sacrificial lambs of a political agenda
Prof P Ramasamy
Thursday 11/06/1997 7:08:00pm
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But many believe that Tamil can be
a powerful political and economic tool. "I was told that Tamil
is now the third most widely-used language on the Internet, after
English and Chinese," says Kumar Menon, Senior Director (Special
Projects) of Stamford College Berhad....... Tamil
education has its merits By Sharon Nelson |
| BEING the poor neighbour can be very
disheartening. When you have to attend classes in a run-down school
while your peers less than a kilometre away are enjoying a spanking
new building, life seems rather unfair.. Tamil
school problems |
| “Two of my sisters went to Tamil school and they graduated to become housewives” -- DAP MP Kulasegaran. 23rd March 2001 |
Oct 9, 2000 (Malaysiakini)
Is abolishing Tamil schools the solution?
M Nadarajah |
Marginalisation, not Tamil movies, the cause of violence
M Nadarajah (Malaysiakini) |
Pre-Merdeka Tamil school in a quandary
K Kabilan
Jan 24, 07 Malaysiakini
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Tamil schools have important role to play
Ve Elanjelian
Nov 30, 04 Malaysiakini
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| Tamil Schools |
Year |
# Schools |
# Students |
1938 |
547 |
22,820 |
1947 |
741 |
33,945 |
1956 |
877 |
47,407 |
1957 |
888 |
50,766 |
1958 |
874 |
53,098 |
1959 |
840 |
56,297 |
1960 |
815 |
60,726 |
1961 |
784 |
63,917 |
1962 |
745 |
66,504 |
1963 |
720 |
67,649 |
1964 |
704 |
69,362 |
1965 |
700 |
72,828 |
1966 |
695 |
76,350 |
1967 |
686 |
79,203 |
1968 |
666 |
81,428 |
1969 |
662 |
80,750 |
1970 |
657 |
79,278 |
1971 |
647 |
77,192 |
1972 |
635 |
78,758 |
1973 |
631 |
78,854 |
1974 |
618 |
79,674 |
1975 |
612 |
80,404 |
1976 |
606 |
80,103 |
1977 |
606 |
78,841 |
1978 |
600 |
77,525 |
1979 |
596 |
77,013 |
1980 |
589 |
73,958 |
1981 |
583 |
73,513 |
1982 |
579 |
73,897 |
1983 |
575 |
74,255 |
1984 |
571 |
75,028 |
1985 |
566 |
76,653 |
1986 |
555 |
81,051 |
1987 |
553 |
83,228 |
1988 |
548 |
87,837 |
1989 |
548 |
92,243 |
1990 |
547 |
96,120 |
1991 |
544 |
99,876 |
1992 |
543 |
102,493 |
1993 |
541 |
104,638 |
1994 |
539 |
103,963 |
1995 |
538 |
102,776 |
1996 |
531 |
99,525 |
1997 |
530 |
98,072 |
1998 |
530 |
94,907 |
2000 |
524 |
89,175 |
2006 |
523 |
101,972 |
2007 |
523 |
105,618 |
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Cultural identity and national integration
K. Arumugam, The Sun 09/01/07
Can we see better national integration if Tamil and Chinese medium primary schools are abolished? The Education Minister is of the view that national primary schools have to be the anchor for national integration, by making the national schools as "the school of choice" for all Malaysians. ( ...more) |
Don't Forsake Tamil Schools
Vasanthi Ramachandran
New Straits Times (Malaysia)
Sept. 16, 2002 |
Tamil schools, sacrificial lambs of a political agenda
Prof P Ramasamy
Tuesday April 10 Malaysiakini
12:17pm, Tue: Of late, discourses on the nature and development of Indian community in Malaysia have invariably touched on the issue of Tamil schools in the country. One view is that Tamil schools given the poor performance of students, their lack of modern facilities, their location in the interior and others are hindering the progress of the Indian community. (......more) |
Run-down Tamil schools fading into the past
V.Thomas,
Sungai Buloh, The Sun, 13/09/07
The days of dilapidated estate schools with unqualified teachers, indifferent parents and unmotivated students are fast fading away to be replaced by more urban-based schools with dedicated teachers and headmasters, IT and other facilities and various well-intentioned groups and organisations helping to raise the standard of education in Tamil schools. (.....more) |
Moving
forward together with MIC By: Denison
Jayasooria .....
while I recognise the zeal and
commitment of certain individuals for Tamil school education, I disagree
with their narrow focus on only primary education as the solution to
the community's social mobility. The educational and human resource
development of the community has to be reviewed from pre-school to postgraduate
qualifications
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Judge George’s prejudiced Tamil School Trial
Sunday, September 09, 2007
Former appeal court Judge George, who is not a Tamil but of Malayalee linguistic origin, refused to retract and apologies for his call to abolish Tamil schools according to Malaysia Nanban. Consequently, a police report has been made. (.......more) |
Police report against former Judge
Wednesday, September 05, 2007
Opposition Member of Parliament Kulasegaran and lawyer Sivanesan will be lodging a police report against former appeal court judge C.V. George today at 2:00 PM at brickfields police station, according to Malaysia Nanban report. George apparently told in an interview of a monthly magazine to shut down all Tamil Schools in Malaysia. The paper did not elaborate the rational for George to say that.
However, the irony is, Kulasegaran, who said he was glad he did not go to Tamil, is the one jumping to make the police report.
“All those friends of mine who went to a Tamil school are now either lorry drivers, laborers or in prison”, said Kulasegaran, five years ago.
Shall we make a police report against Kula? |
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The first Tamil School
was started in Penang in this year: 1716 ? 1816? 1916? |
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| List of Tamil
Schools |
| Selangor |
| W. Persekutuan |
| Perak |
| Johor |
| P. Pinang |
| Pahang |
| Negeri Sembilan |
| Melaka |
| Perlis & Kelantan |
| 'There are few opportunities for anyone who goes to Tamil school. Generally speaking, these schools produce labourers,' . - DAP MP Kulasegaran. 23rd March 2001 |
| “I think national schools are adequate to cater for the educational needs of Malaysians. If the government can make Tamil language a compulsory subject (for Indian students) there, then we can just close down Tamil schools (malaysiakini, 03/04/03)", Kayveas, PPP chief (........more) |
| Ex-MP glad he missed Tamil school Children who go
to such schools, which face an acute shortage of teachers and funding
problems, end up as labourers, says the lawyer. |
Another 38 Tamil Schools To Be Rebuilt Under 9MP, Says Samy Vellu
| October 01, 2006 12:12 PM |
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 1 (Bernama)
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