Kuala Lumpur: A Malaysian academic has called for the closure of Tamil and Chinese medium school in the country to strengthen national unity, drawing sharp reaction from largest ethnic Indian political party which said the remarks are against the Federal Constitution. Former education ministry director-general Abdul Rahman Arshad has called for the abolishment of vernacular schools in favour of a single stream school which uses Malay as medium.
"If we still allow such schools, don't ever hope to talk about unity, it will only be lip service," he said on Sunday. Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC) president G Palanivel said the schools have been in existence for a long time, even before independence, and it was very sad that people were still questioning their existence.
"We are strongly against it as this is one of the rights under the Federal Constitution, where no person shall be prohibited or prevented from using or from teaching or learning any other language," he told state owned Bernama news agency. Malaysia's 29 million people include 60 per cent Malays, 25 per cent ethnic Chinese and nine per cent ethnic Indians, a majority of whom are Tamils.
Palanivel stressed that the contributions of students to society should be judged by the quality of students, their patriotism and what they give back as contribution to the society....
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11:46 AM, May 14, 2013
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Thursday upheld the Chief Information Commision's (CIC) order directing the unaided private schools to give out information relating to total no of seats in all classes. The court, however, said the schools need not disclose informations relating to their financial records. Justice Rajiv Shakdher passed the order while hearing a plea of Delhi State Public School Management Association challenging the CIC's December 2010...
01:30 AM, May 03, 2013
Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Tuesday made a series of announcements to strengthen the state police. The announcements include annual recruitment of personnel for police and fire services departments, construction for their housing, creation of youth brigade, extension of closed user group telephony facility to family members, residential school for children and others measures. Jayalalithaa also announced hike in food allowances to Rs 200 from Rs 85...
05:58 AM, Apr 24, 2013
Young swimmer Bobby Rana returned home with two bronze medals (50m and 100m butterfly) in his bag, which he won at the World Schools Swimming Cup Championship under-18 (boys and girls) held in Herzilya (Israel). ...
12:05 PM, Apr 23, 2013
Chandigarh: The Punjab government has ordered closure of 473 private schools after they failed to implement norms of the right to education (RTE) act, a minister said on Wednesday. Education Minister Sikander Singh Maluka said the non-affiliated private schools have been asked to wind up their operations immediately. "The Punjab government had been sympathetic towards these educational institutions for long. They had been time and again requested to adhere to...
04:51 AM, Apr 18, 2013
Chandigarh: Nearly 1.5 lakh students studying in Class 12 of government schools in Punjab will get tablet computers, a minister announced on Tuesday. Education Minister Sikander Singh Maluka said the state government will provide free computer tablets to all the 1.5 lakh students studying in Class 12 in government schools at a total cost of Rs.110 crore in the current financial year. Maluka said satellite-based education (EDUSAT), earlier launched in...
03:56 AM, Apr 10, 2013
Delhi School of Business, which claims to be empowered with with technology driven learning management systems, held a day long conclave where the panel discussed about 'Management Education for Modernising India'. ...
07:50 PM, Apr 07, 2013
Mumbai: Mumbai girl Ashwini Nene has topped the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) - a pre-requisite for admissions to most US graduate schools and for some other countries - by scoring full marks of 340/340, an official said here on Wednesday. Nene, 20, is a student of Sardar Patel Institute of Technology, Andheri. The GRE results were announced by Educational Testing Services, a US-based organisation that conducts the examinations worldwide. Coached...
11:00 AM, Apr 04, 2013
The government on Tuesday rejected the demand of some states of extending RTE deadline on meeting infrastructure norms but asked them to act tough on schools which are lagging far behind in implementing them. Amid concerns over schools which have failed to meet the RTE obligations by the March 31, 2013 deadline, HRD Minister MM Pallam Raju said the states have the rights to decide on such schools as well...
04:30 AM, Apr 03, 2013
This is the second fast since March 19, which was observed by the Tamil Nadu Film Directors Association. ...
04:47 PM, Apr 02, 2013
In the largest cheating scandals to hit the US public education system, 35 Atlanta public schools educators and administrators have been indicted on charges of large-scale racketeering and corruption. ...
08:00 PM, Mar 31, 2013
Delhi BJP state President Vijay Goel on Monday criticized the state government's reported move to shut down 2,235 unrecognized public schools in the city saying the step will deprive four and a half lakh children of education. "As a result of closure of 2235 schools, four and a half lakh children will be deprived of education. Before implementing any provision, the government will have to see what alternative arrangement for...
01:40 AM, Mar 26, 2013
Arvind Kejriwal, Mohandas Pai, Wharton School, business schools, Wharton India Economic Forum, Narendra Modi, Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Aam Aadmi Party ...
12:43 PM, Mar 13, 2013
The second day of the two-day Think Edu Conclave organised by the New Indian Express brought to the fore a kaleidoscope of views on India's education sector. ...
10:24 PM, Mar 10, 2013
What ails India's growing schooling system? How can we create an education system that is secular, creative student centric? These were some of the key issues discussed during the two day Think Edu Conclave. ...
10:13 PM, Mar 10, 2013
Expensive private schools are no longer out of bounds for the economically weaker sections. The Supreme Court recently confirmed the Constitutional validity of 25 per cent quota for the economically weaker sections and now a new rule means more seats are available to children from under privileged families. ...
11:18 AM, Mar 01, 2013
The High Court ruled on Tuesday there will be no change in the criteria for nursery admissions in Delhi schools. "We don't agree with the Central government that the rule is applicable to those between 6-14 years of age. So we will move the Supreme Court against the High Court verdict which supports the Centre," said a petitioner. ...
02:39 PM, Feb 19, 2013
Galgotias University aspires to be globally known institution for education, research and innovation. ...
11:16 PM, Feb 17, 2013
The Delhi High Court is set to deliver its final verdict on a PIL regarding nursery admissions on Wednesday. The PIL challenges the government's notification to private unaided schools allowing them to formulate their own criteria for nursery admissions. In its last hearing, the court had said that its verdict on this issue will effect nursery admission for this year's academic session. ...
06:49 AM, Feb 13, 2013
The Delhi High Court has adjourned hearing in the public interest litigation challenging nursery admission criteria formulated by private schools. The court has already reserved verdict in the case. ...
11:38 AM, Feb 12, 2013
