THE Federal government has been urged to fulfil its promise when it agreed to allocate RM3.5m to rebuild the 66-year-old SJK Ramakrishna Tamil Primary School.
Jagdeep Singh Deo, chairman of the Town, Country Planning and Housing committee, made this call with Kebun Bunga assemblymember Cheah Kah Peng during a visit to the school on May 23.
Jagdeep said the school premises had been declared unsafe by the Public Works Department (JKR) last December.
“The students at the moment are using the main hall which has been partitioned into six classrooms because one of the school’s roof-tops is broken and said to be unstable,” he added.
“It is very inconvenient to have all their classes to one hall and I want the Federal government to keep their word on rebuilding the school.”
The new building is said to consist of the same number of 18 classrooms, but they will be much bigger and have better facilities.
Many Indian students have been turned away from the school due to lack of space.
Dr A.Subramaniam, acting president of Ramakrishna Ashrama, said the Federal government announced the rebuilding project will begin in April and will take nine months to be completed.
“We plan to write to them to remind them about the rebuilding,” he added.