Compiled by BENJAMIN LEE, C.ARUNO and R. ARAVINTHAN
TAMIL education activists in Johor have expressed concern with the sizeable drop in enrolment of pupils in Tamil schools, Malaysia Nanban reported.
In 2025, Tamil schools in Johor registered 2,013 pupils statewide.
The number has fallen to 1,858 pupils for the 2026 school year.
The situation is reportedly worrisome in the northern parts of Johor, with Tamil schools in Kluang, Segamat, Bukit Gambir and Yong Peng recording enrolment way less than anticipated.
Kluang which has 17 Tamil schools saw a mere 128 pupils enrolled.
> Students in Tamil Nadu, India, are going viral after finding various ways to remove images of political leaders printed on free laptops provided by the government, Makkal Osai reported.
Students removed images featuring chief minister MK Stalin and his late father and former chief minister M. Karunanithi printed on the casing and posted videos of themselves doing so online.
In apparent protest, many of them also posted photos of the laptops with the wallpapers changed to actor turned politician Vijay’s photos.
(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.)
