The 1 Malaysia unity camp attended by the pupils involved in the Kuala Dipang bridge tragedy is similar to the Education Ministry’s Students Integration Plan for Unity (Rimup) camps, director-general Tan Sri Alimuddin Mohd Dom said. (Camp to promote unity among school children The Star 29/10/2009 at page N6).
But this 1Malaysia unity camp alone is not going to promote unity among school children. Malaysian Indian children in particular just sat for their UPSR and PMR exams. They all have high hopes of gaining admission into Maktab Rendah Sains Mara (MRSM), fully residential schools, elite schools and UiTM on an equal opportunity to education basis.
But they are completely excluded from these institutions. All their hopes will be dashed when they are denied entry for example into MRSM purely because they are Indians and not malay muslims. This would cut very deep into their hearts and hurt the minds of these children right from even this very tender age.
They would grow up hating UMNO. This UMNO’s racist and religious extremist policies start even from the play school Permata and government run Kindergardens level and also the governments run Tadika and Taska which are set up in almost all malay muslim neighborhoods and to the exclusion of especially to the poor, underprivileged and working class Indian children.
For almost all of these Indian children it is no play school or kindergarden for them but they go straight to primary school. They have to start off on a lower footing. They cannot afford private kindergardens which may cost RM 200.00 or more per month when they earn only RM 600.00 per month.
In 2008, 725 students scored 7A1s’ in UPSR (Tamil Nesan 23/2/2009 at page 7) but they were all dejected when they were denied entry into MRSM not because they did not qualify but because of One Malaysia Prime Minister Najib Razak’s racist and religious extremist policies.
P. Uthayakumar.
HRP
29/10/09
But this 1Malaysia unity camp alone is not going to promote unity among school children. Malaysian Indian children in particular just sat for their UPSR and PMR exams. They all have high hopes of gaining admission into Maktab Rendah Sains Mara (MRSM), fully residential schools, elite schools and UiTM on an equal opportunity to education basis.
But they are completely excluded from these institutions. All their hopes will be dashed when they are denied entry for example into MRSM purely because they are Indians and not malay muslims. This would cut very deep into their hearts and hurt the minds of these children right from even this very tender age.
They would grow up hating UMNO. This UMNO’s racist and religious extremist policies start even from the play school Permata and government run Kindergardens level and also the governments run Tadika and Taska which are set up in almost all malay muslim neighborhoods and to the exclusion of especially to the poor, underprivileged and working class Indian children.
For almost all of these Indian children it is no play school or kindergarden for them but they go straight to primary school. They have to start off on a lower footing. They cannot afford private kindergardens which may cost RM 200.00 or more per month when they earn only RM 600.00 per month.
In 2008, 725 students scored 7A1s’ in UPSR (Tamil Nesan 23/2/2009 at page 7) but they were all dejected when they were denied entry into MRSM not because they did not qualify but because of One Malaysia Prime Minister Najib Razak’s racist and religious extremist policies.
P. Uthayakumar.
HRP
29/10/09
2 comments:
DAN..TUTUP SEKOLAH TAMIL!! TUTUP SEKOLAH CINA!!
tutup lu punya mulut,totol!
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