Tamil school still waiting for building after 20 years

It would have been a heart-warming view - a vernacular and a national school co-existing in the same compound.

But that is where the feel-good story ends.

NONESekolah Kebangsaan Tok Pawang and Sekolah Jenis Kebangsaan Tamil Sg Tok Pawang share the same compound, but it's a different story with the canteen.

SJK(T) pupils have been denied access to the canteen. This was decided by SK Tok Pawang teachers after frequent quarrels between the pupils of the two schools.

The SJK(T) PIBG then organised a makeshift canteen for the 170 Tamil school students at a corridor behind the building.

Students of both schools also do not share classrooms.

Twenty-three years ago the students of the Tamil school were accommodated at SK Tok Pawang after they had to abandon their own building due to pollution caused by the nearby Lee Rubber building.

The Tamil school received a new lease of life when the Kedah state government allocated 5.5 acres of land to build a new school on April 3 this year.

Menteri Besar Azizan Abdul Razak, accompanied by deputy P Ramasamy and the current state exco S Manikumar, attended the groundbreaking ceremony to a joyful atmosphere of excited schoolchildren and parents.

At the event, he said that the state government is giving the land to the school without any premium charge. They have also waived the assessment and the school needed to pay only a token sum of RM10 for the land.

This happened about eight months ago. The situation has not changed since then.

'Education Ministry's problem, not ours'

SJK (T) Tok Pawang students still share the school building with SK Tok Pawang pupils. There is no sign of a new building being built on the land that was given to the Tamil school.

Azizan had, at the groundbreaking ceremony, clearly indicated that the state government had done their job by giving the land.

It was now up to the school to negotiate with the Education Ministry to obtain the RM1.6 million needed to build the school.

Jerai MP Mohd Firdaus Jaafar said that now the ball was in MIC's court to "pressure the minister (of education) at the federal level to make sure the building gets built."

Balasingham, 35, says that he had been waiting for the school to be built since the day he left the school when he was 12.

His daughter now attends the school in Standard 1, but nothing has changed.

At the moment, students have no choice but to go about their familar routine of sharing the same compound and building, and having their meals under a a makeshift canteen.

Thus far, there is not even a hint of a new school building emerging on the land provided to them.

All you can see is the tractor used by the Kedah menteri besar during the groundbreaking ceremony. It sits forlornly by several oil palm trees, a sad reminder of what should have been.

Watch the video





source: http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/120046


seals : Thanks to Malaysiakini with their new way of reaching the real news of Malaysia, from the "rakyat" itself.


Is this 1MALAYSIA?

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Fire Yogi

Image
He is Sri Sri Rambhavu Swamigal of ShanthaAshram, Srinivasapura, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, India Guruji has served his Guru Sri Ramachandendra Saraswathi Swamigal and has attained Manthara Siddhi. He leads a Spartan life and lives on 2 banana and a tumble of milk daily. It is 27 years since he drank water, nor does he take any other fruits. Slender in appearance but mighty in powers he performs the Homam in his characteristic unhurried manner. He has acquired tremendous powers through apasana and it is thrilling experience to watch him bath in the sacrificial fire of the Homam. The performance of this yagna will not only benefit the local residence but also the entire universe .. as the Upanishad statement goes " A tree in full bloom will send out its fragrance as far as the wind will waft. The Uchishta Ganapathy Manthra is highly powerful it can cure chronic diseases, warding of evils, creating friendly feelings, fulfilment of one's desires are some of the important effects of ...
Read more

More About Maha Avatar Babaji

Image
"His appearance is that of a young man, fair, medium height and a strong slim body. His hair is long, lustrous and copper colored. A radiance emanates from him which is intense. The love that flows from him is physically felt. When you have attained the Divine it is truly beyond human comprehension." Badrinath has been sanctified for thousands of years, by the h ermitages of saints, yogis, rishis and siddhas, as well as by the presence of a great temple dedicated to Sri Badrinarayan (Lord Vishnu). References to the Sri Badrinarayan temple are made in the Vedas, indicating that, prior to Babaji's arrival there, it was a place of pilgrimage for thousands of years. Badrinath is situated in the Himalayan mountains at an altitude of 10,243 feet. Kedarnath is even higher.Badrinath is at the confluence of the Rishi Ganga and Alaknanda rivers. In the distance is Neelakanth Peak, towering above to an altitude of nearly twenty two thousand feet. Four monasteries (maths) establishe...
Read more

Story of Saint Patinatar

Taken from : http://www.hinduwomen.org/dynamic/modules.php?name=hncontent&pa=showpage&pid=306&page=1 Dedicated to some of my blog readers, with blessing of THE ABSOLUTE and Patinatar. The legend connected with the birth of Pattinathar is as follows : -- The boy was very pious and intelligent, and evinced great interest in learning the Vedas and Sastras. When he was five years old, his father Sivanesar passed away. It was time for Tiruvengadar (Pattinathar) to approach a guru and to be initiated into the worship of Lord Siva. He was very anxious to get a worthy guru. One day Lord Siva appeared in his dream as a Brahmin and asked him to go over to Tiruvengadu the next day (Monday - Tiruvona Star) where a guru would teach him all he wanted to learn. Accordingly, Tiruvengadar went to Tiruvengadu the next day with very great joy and met the same Brahmin who appeared to him in his dream. Immediately Tiruvengadar fell at his feet, and stood before him with his head bowed down. The...
Read more