Conference to enrich the Tamil education in Malaysia

SOME 500 people are expected to take part in the upcoming National Conference on Tamil Education which is expected to reform as well as revive the Tamil education in Malaysia.

Deputy Chief Minister II Prof P. Ramasamy said it is high time to bring the Tamil education to the next level and at the same time enhance the quality of learning in Tamil schools.

“Many issues will be discussed at the conference on ways to help Tamil schools grow. For instance, we will be also discussing the challenges faced by the Tamil schools in this digital era and how to prepare them towards the Industrial 4.0.

“In these two days, we will be gathering ideas from experts and later on it will be compiled into a book which will then be used as a guide to make policies (education),” said Ramasamy during a press conference today.

Bagan Dalam assemblyman M. Satees shared some statistics on the major drop in the numbers of Tamil schools in Malaysia.

“It is a sad reality that the number of Tamil schools in Malaysia has reduced in these 61 years (1957 to 2018 )

“So, this conference will serve as platform to shift the entire Tamil education system at the Ministry level, towards the benefit of the Tamil community and also to initiate Tamil secondary schools in the states with high population of the Tamil community,” said Satees.

The conference will be held at the Light Hotel in Seberang Jaya on Nov 26 and 27 from 9am to 5pm. Admission is free.

For further enquiries, contact Mr Paniirselvam at 04-6505134 / 016-4474738.

Story by Tanushalini Moroter
Pix by Chan Kok Kuan