A SECONDARY school in Skudai, Johor, was accused of trying to stop Indian students from taking Tamil as a subject in the STPM examination, reported Malaysia Nanban.
Parents of the affected students who spoke to the daily said the school principal allegedly issued a letter refusing permission for the students to take the Tamil Language examination.
The parents said they had spoken to the school management but did not get a satisfactory answer.
The parents said a report has also been lodged with the district education department over the issue.
At least eight students at the school were interested in taking the examination. The parents said that stopping them from taking the subjects was not acceptable.
The parents who spoke to the daily said they would meet the education department officials to get an answer.
> Residents in Kerala were outraged by a video showing schoolgirls going to school with an armed guard for fear of dog attacks, Malaysia Nanban also reported.
The South Indian state has reported an increased presence of stray dogs and dog attacks.
The High Court of Kerala ordered the state government to step up efforts to control the stray dog population and expand rabies control measures, including vaccinations, following a public petition filed by activists.
The above articles are compiled from the vernacular newspapers (Bahasa Malaysia, Chinese and Tamil dailies). As such, stories are grouped according to the respective language/medium. Where a paragraph begins with a >, it denotes a separate news item.
