Farewell to Tamil school head

Kalaichelvan (wearing garland) posing with Thanenthiran (red shirt) during the farewell ceremony. With them are (from left) Umaa Sunthari, Mogana Priya, Kuppo Manickam, school senior assistant V. Selvanayagi and teachers M. Saraswathy and R. Kala.

SJK (T) SARASWATHY headmaster S. Kalaichelvan, 60, who has served as the head of seven Tamil schools in Kuala Muda and Kulim in Kedah since 1999, has called it a day.

About 800 people comprising school board members, Parent-Teacher Association committee members, staff, pupils, ex-pupils and other guests gathered at the SJK (T) Saraswathy school hall in Sungai Petani to bid him farewell recently.