Compiled by FAZLEENA AZIZ, C. ARUNO and R. ARAVINTHAN
THE Education Ministry has been urged to allocate special funds for programmes organised for Tamil students, Malaysia Nanban reported.
Malaysia Council of Hindu Temples and Hindu Associations president Datuk N. Sivakumar made the call during the Gombak district-level Senthamizh Vizha competition for Tamil schools held at SJK (T) Batu Caves.
Sivakumar, who also heads Dinamik Sinar Kasih Malaysia, a non-governmental organisation, said these types of events must be encouraged for the benefit of student development.
The Vizha is held at district, state and national levels as a platform for Tamil school students to showcase their mastery of different skills such as public speaking and debate.
The Education Ministry should allocate special funds to support such beneficial events, said Sivakumar.
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.
