For the 2010 national budget RM 30 billion had been allocated including for pre schools (NST, The Star headlines 24/10/09)
Furher there is an additional specific RM 48 million for pre schools (our eight page letter to Prime Minister Najib Razak on the 2010 Budget dated 27 for which we never received a reply refers).
But this billions and millions does not reach the poor Indians. Why? Instead UMNO gives some peanuts, cari makan, and in return gets their MIC mandores to dish out dog bones to the Indians, in this case chairs and tables for a Tamil Kindergarten. This is an insult to civil society!
On the other hand UMNO allocates billions and fully finances the thousands of Tadika, Tabika, Permata Kindergartens, etc – all to benefit largely one race.
All these happens despite Malaysia having ratified the UN childrens Rights Convention (NST 1/12/09 at page 10). It is a shame that this level of discrimination has to happen in Malaysia.
Even the 78 PKR, DAP and PAS supposedly multi-racial MPs’ would not bother championing this very fundamental right just because the child is not a Malay, Chinese or native child but merely an Indian child whose community has no or little political or economic clout.
Our way forward is the Indian political empowerment strategy – the way forward.
Karunai Nithi@ Compassionate Justice
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