Build school before taking land, PDC told

Fun learning: Kamalanathan interacting with kindergarten children during his visit to SJK(T) Ladang Byram in Nibong Tebal.

NIBONG TEBAL: The Education Ministry wants Penang Development Corporation (PDC) to build a school for SJK(T) Ladang Byram before acquiring the school land.

Deputy Education Minister 1 Datuk P. Kamalanathan said the four-acre piece of land offered by PDC in exchange for the current property should also be agreeable to the school board of governors, school parent-teacher association (PTA) and Ladang Byram residents.