Tamil NGOs say no to dual language programme

Firm stand: NGO members, parents, teachers and retired headmasters at the gathering against the implementation of the DLP in Tamil schools.

BUTTERWORTH: About 50 Tamil non-governmental organisations (NGOs) here are against the implementation of the dual language programme (DLP) in Tamil vernacular schools by the Education Ministry.

The NGOs claimed that the DLP would affect the students’ mother tongue education.