A DAP MP claims that the largest Indian based political party in the country failed to champion Tamil school issues.
KUALA LUMPUR: MIC failed to push the Barisan Nasional (BN) to construct a Tamil secondary school although the Penang state government had allocated land for the purpose, Batu Gajah MP V. Sivakumar said today.
Sivakumar said he was disappointed with MIC secretary-general A. Prakash Rao for not pushing for a Tamil secondary school in Penang.
He said he was surprised to see the high-ranking MIC official saying that “the time has not arrived to build a Tamil secondary school in the country.”
He added that there were about 1,000 Tamil schools during British rule but only 523 now under the BN government.
Sivakumar said MIC had failed to champion the uplift of Tamil schools in the country.
“MIC should be the voice of the Indians and be bold to champion the rights for the community, especially in education,” said Sivakumar.
Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng called on Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak to look into the matter as the Penang government was offering a land in Butterworth to build the school.
Last September, Lim had sent a letter to Deputy Prime Minister and Education Minister Muhyiddin Yassin, but Kamalanathan called on the Indians to enrol their children in Tamil primary schools first before asking for a secondary school.
Education Ministry director-general Khair Mohamad Yusof rejected the state’s application for a Tamil secondary school in a letter dated Jan 8.
Lim had said that the state government would appeal to Muhyiddin to build the Tamil secondary school.
He said the state government would write to the Prime Minister’s Office if the appeal failed.
Earlier this month, Indian NGOs and PAS leaders have called the federal government to approve the state government’s application to build a Tamil secondary school in Penang.
Sivakumar said he was disappointed with MIC secretary-general A. Prakash Rao for not pushing for a Tamil secondary school in Penang.
He said he was surprised to see the high-ranking MIC official saying that “the time has not arrived to build a Tamil secondary school in the country.”
He added that there were about 1,000 Tamil schools during British rule but only 523 now under the BN government.
Sivakumar said MIC had failed to champion the uplift of Tamil schools in the country.
“MIC should be the voice of the Indians and be bold to champion the rights for the community, especially in education,” said Sivakumar.
Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng called on Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak to look into the matter as the Penang government was offering a land in Butterworth to build the school.
Last September, Lim had sent a letter to Deputy Prime Minister and Education Minister Muhyiddin Yassin, but Kamalanathan called on the Indians to enrol their children in Tamil primary schools first before asking for a secondary school.
Education Ministry director-general Khair Mohamad Yusof rejected the state’s application for a Tamil secondary school in a letter dated Jan 8.
Lim had said that the state government would appeal to Muhyiddin to build the Tamil secondary school.
He said the state government would write to the Prime Minister’s Office if the appeal failed.
Earlier this month, Indian NGOs and PAS leaders have called the federal government to approve the state government’s application to build a Tamil secondary school in Penang.
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