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Penang authorities cancel Tamil school land allocation

Thursday, July 31st, 2008

The MALAYSIA NANBAN newspaper reported that the state authorities had revoked land allocated to the Azad Tamil School in Bagan Jermal, Penang.

The school, which began operating in 1946, is presently “squatting” at the Penang Indian Association building and had submitted numerous applications to the state government for allocation of land so that new premises with proper facilities could be built.

The school does not have enough classrooms. There is also no computer laboratory, science laboratory and library.

The paper also reported that the previous government under chief minister Tan Sri Koh Tsu Koon and former state executive councilor P.K. Subbaiyah had approved the land near a Hindu temple in the Waterfall area that was identified by the school parent-teacher association in 2005.

The Penang Municipal Council, which owns the land, had also approved the allocation for the school.

MIC president and former works minister Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu had also obtained the necessary funds amounting to RM750,000 from the Federal Government to build the new school.

The Penang Municipal Council canceled the land allocated to the school after the recent general election.

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More Graduate Teachers for Tamil Schools

Monday, July 21st, 2008

The chief of the Tamil Schools Organization in Malaysia has announced that Tamil schools in the country will have 1,200 graduate teachers by the year 2010. This will represent 15 percent of the total number of teachers in these schools. Right now there are about 800 graduate teachers out of a total of 8,000, or about 10 percent. These schools, which use the Tamil language as the medium of instruction, serve mostly ethnic Indians students in the country.

from Makkal Osai
Tamil schools to get 1,200 grad teachers

THERE will be 1,200 graduate teachers in Tamil schools by 2010, Makkal Osai reported.

Quoting Malaysian Tamil Schools Organization chief organizer S. Baskaran, the report said they would make up 15% of the total teaching force for Tamil schools.

He was speaking to reporters after opening a motivational seminar in Padang Serai, Kedah.

At present, there are about 8,000 Tamil schoolteachers and only 10% are graduates.

Baskaran said the Education Ministry was carrying out various programs to create more graduate Tamil schoolteachers in the country.

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Tamil Service by Malaysia Airlines

Saturday, July 19th, 2008

Malaysia Airlines (MAS) have announced that their customers can call for updates on flights in Tamil. Malaysia Airlines call centers had previously supported English, Malay and Mandarin languages. It follows a promise by MAS in April of this year when Mandarin was first introduced.

Malaysia has almost 2 million ethnic Indians, most of whom are from the south Indian state of Tamil Nadu and use Tamil as their main communication language. Malaysia operates regular flights to India as well as Sri Lanka and SIngapore, which also have large Tamil-speaking populations. Indians first came to Malaysia as indentured laborers under the British.

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Foundation to Provide Aid for Tamil Schools

Wednesday, July 16th, 2008

Aid for the maintenance of Tamil schools in the country will be a priority for the newly formed Tamil Schools Foundation. Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department T. Murugiah said the aim of the foundation will be to make Tamil schools on par with Malay and Chinese schools and he encouraged Indian parents to send their children to Tamil schools.

from The Star
Foundation to help maintain Tamil schools

THE recently-formed Tamil Schools Foundation will provide aid for the maintenance of Tamil schools in the country, reported in Malaysia Nanban.

Deputy Minister in Prime Minister’s Department T. Murugiah said the foundation would try to lift Tamil schools to be on par with the other schools.

He said the condition of many Tamil schools in the country was very depressing.

Speaking at a Tamil Literature contest organised by the Sitiawan Tamilar Festival group at the Sungei Wangi Estate Tamil School, he said people must set aside their political differences and work towards creating a friendly environment for their children to pursue their education.

He said that they should grab the opportunities provided by the Government for Tamil schools and ensure that they were properly managed for the benefit of the younger generation.

He urged parents to send their children to Tamil schools so that there would be continuity and their language and Indian culture would not be forgotten.

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TV Serial based on Malaysian Tamil Novel

Wednesday, July 16th, 2008

The winning novel from the Tamil Novel Writing Competition that was organized by Astro Vaanavil and Malaysian Tamil Writer’s Association in 2007 is being turned into a television serial in India. Author Mangalagowri’s Malligaigal Niram Maaruvathillai about an Indian woman who held on to her principles against big odds will be turned into the TV serial Senthoora Pooveh that will begin airing on August 8 of this year.

from New Straits Times
Novel Look at Local Tamils

AN award-winning local Tamil novel will soon be the first to be featured as a television serial in India.

Author Mangalagowri won the grand prize of the Tamil Novel Writing Contest organised by Astro Vaanavil and the Malaysian Tamil Writers’ Association in 2007.

Her winning novel, Malligaigal Niram Maaruvathillai, is about a woman who stood by her principles against all odds.

It impressed one of the contest judges, Samuterakani, a director from India, so much that he decided to turn the novel into a drama serial.
According to Astro’s head of Indian Programming Dr N.C. Rajamani, the television serial will be aired on India’s Sun TV.

“It is a chance for local talents to be recognised internationally,” he said.

Samuterakani expects the drama to be “a hit and the talk of the town” when it releases.

The serial will be called Senthoora Pooveh and will be directed by Anandbabu, who has directed drama serials such as Engiruntho Vanthaal, Surya Vamsam and Thiruvilayaadal.

The show will start shooting on Monday and air from Aug 8.

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