UMNO denies 11 & 12 As’ Indian SPM students JPA scholarships, matriculation courses, universities places

Year in and year out even 11 and 12 As’ deserving bright Indian students are denied places in universities, matriculation colleges, Higher Education JPA scholarships for foreign and local Universities etc.

This has been a yearly phenomenan which UMNO has refused to solve year in and year out. Soon we will read reports of a 12As’ student denied JPA scholarship etc.

Under the UMNO KDNs’ instructions especially the Tamil newspapers will carry news of happy and smiling faces of top scoring Indian students. But where do they go after this. Rot as some clerical clerk or factory staff?

Why does UMNO keep out this part of not realising the country’s full potential? Indians are not part of Prime Minister Najib Razak’s One Malay-sia?

P.Uthayakumar

AIMST university should offer courses in Tamil studies. UM and UPSI wont.

Even with all the appeals to Prime Minister and Education Minister not to close down the Indian Studies Department in University Malaya, UMNO proceeded to close it down anyway.

          Even as late as the NST news report on 21/2/2010 at page 24 there are still 600 temporary and untrained Tamil school teachers in the 523 Tamil schools nationwide. Whereas to the direct contrary UMNOs’ Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris (UPSI) is training graduate teachers to teach in the almost all Malay muslim pupils at the Permata kindergardens and within 2013 UMNO has targeted 100% graduate teachers for all primary schools.

          The top of the icing for UMNO is 7,575 (over 75%) out of the 10,000 schools in the country are three to five star rating schools under the Smart School Qualification Standards (SSQS) with another 5% targeted to be increased by year end (The Star 13/2/2010 at page N26).

          By this calculation over  80% of the Malay schools will become three to five star Smart Schools but 0% of the Tamil schools are slated to be so let alone one star school.

          Now UPSI claims to offer degree course in Tamil studies and a propaganda was done in the three Tamil newspapers after a visit by the MIC Minister Mandore to UPSI (MN 20/2/2010 and The Star 20/2/2010 at page N42).

          We have to take UPSI statement as not done until done as per UMNOs’ track record in over the last 53 years since independence. 

          Now AIMST has to set up degree courses in Tamil studies as UM and UPSI won’t. But MIC in existence for 64 years and a part of the ruling coalition with UMNO in Malaysia for over the last 53 years is powerless to do so because of UMNOs’ racist religious extremist and supremacist policies in Malaysia.

          So we are back to square one.

          The way forward is as per the “Malaysian Indian Political empowerment strategy the way forward”. http://www.humanrightspartymalaysia.com/books/TheWayForwardEnglishversion.pdf

P.Uthayakumar 

ஏய்ம்ஸ்ட் பல்கலைக்கழகத்தில் தமிழ்மொழி பாடங்களுக்கு இடம் கொடுக்க வேண்டும். மலாயாப் பல்கலைக்கழகம் மற்றும் சுல்தான் இட்ரிஸ் பல்கலைக்கழகம்  வழங்காது. 

மலாயாப் பல்கலைக்கழகத்தில் தமிழ்மொழி ஆராய்ச்சி துறையை மூட வேண்டாம் என்று கோரி பிரதமருக்கும் கல்வி அமைச்சருக்கும் கடிதங்கள் அனுப்பியும் அம்னோ அதை மூட முன்வந்துள்ளது.

என்எஸ்டி செய்தி அறிக்கையில் 21/2/2010 பக்கம் 24இல் இன்னும் 600 தற்காலிக மற்றும் பயிற்சியில்லா (untrained) தமிழ்ப்பள்ளி ஆசிரியர்கள் நாடு முழுவதிலுமுள்ள 523 தமிழ்ப்பள்ளிகளிலும் உள்ளனர்.

நாட்டிலுள்ள 10,000 பள்ளிகளில் Smart School Qualification Standards (SSQS) சிறந்த பள்ளி அங்கீகாரம் பெற்ற 7575 மூன்றிலிருந்து ஐந்து நட்சத்திர அந்தஸ்து கொண்ட பள்ளிக்கூடங்களாகும். இந்த எண்ணிக்கையும் இவ்வருட இறுதியில் இன்னும் 5% உயர வாய்ப்புள்ளது. (தி ஸ்டார் 13/2/2010 பக்கம் என்26). 

இந்த எண்ணிக்கையின் படி 80% மலாய்ப் பள்ளிகள் மூன்று அல்லது ஐந்து ரக நட்சத்திர சிறந்த பள்ளிகளாக மாறிவிடும் ஆனால் தமிழ்ப்பள்ளிகளின் நிலை இன்னும் 0% ஆகவே உள்ளது.

தற்பொழுது மஇகாவின் மண்டோர் அமைச்சர் ஒருவர் சுல்தான் இட்ரிஸ் பல்கலைக்கழகத்திற்கு மேற்கொண்ட வருகைக்குப்பின் அப்பல்கலைக்கழகம் தமிழ் மொழி பாடங்களை கொடுக்க முன்வந்திருக்கின்றது என மூன்று தமிழ் நாளிதழ்களிலும் செய்திகள் வந்த வண்ணமாகவே இருக்கின்றன. (மலேசிய நண்பன் மற்றும் தி ஸ்டார் 20/2/2010 பக்கம் என்42).

சுதந்திரம் அடைந்த கடந்த 53 ஆண்டு காலமாக அம்னோவின் வரலாற்றை வைத்துப் பார்த்தால்  சுல்தான் இட்ரிஸ் பல்கலைக்கழகம் அறிவித்திருக்கும் அறிவிப்பு நடைமுறைக்கு வரும்வரை நாம் அதை இன்னும் நடக்கவில்லை என்றுதான் கருத  வேண்டும்.

மலாயாப் பல்கலைக்கழகமும் சுல்தான் இட்ரிஸ் பல்கலைக்கழகமும் தராததால் இப்பொழுது ஏய்ம்ஸ்ட் பல்கலைக்கழகம் தமிழ் மொழிகளில் முதுகலைப் படிப்பை ஏற்படுத்தித் தரவேண்டும். 64 ஆண்டு காலமாக நாட்டில் இயங்கி வரும் மஇகா நாட்டின் ஆட்சி குழுவின் ஒரு பகுதியாக மலேசியாவில் அம்னோவுடன் கடந்த 53 ஆண்டுகளாக இணைந்து பலமில்லாத ஒரு கட்சியாக இருந்து வருகிறது. இதற்கு காரணம் அம்னோவின் இன மத வெறியிலான மலேசியத் திட்டங்கள்.

இன்று வரை எந்தவொரு மாற்றங்களும் இல்லை. முன்னேறுவதற்கான வழி “மலேசிய இந்தியர்கள் அரசியல் தன்னாளுமை வியூகம் முன்னேறுவதற்கான வழி”. http://www.humanrightspartymalaysia.com/books/TheWayForwardTamilVersion.pdf

பி.உதயகுமார்

3 Polytechns to become Varsities. But Indians excluded.

Three Polytechnics – Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah in Selangor, Politeknik Ungku Omar in Perak and Politeknik Johor Baru will become Universities.

But we hardly hear of Indians in these 27 Polytechnics which has 86,000 full time students, and from which 300,000 students having graduated from, benefited with twinning programmes with local and foreign Universities. 34% of Polytechnic students would be holding Masters and Phds’ (NST headlines 26/2/2010).

Why are the Malaysian Indian students being excluded from Equality and Equal Opportunities to Education which is guaranteed for in Articles 8 (Equality before the law) and 12 (No discrimination in education) of the Federal Constitution.

P. Uthayakumar

K Pragalath

Last year’s controversy over the Universiti Malaya Indian Studies Department’s (ISD) non-Indian head is expected to be resolved soon.

The university’s deputy vice-chancellor, Hamzah Abdul Rahman (right) confirmed that a new head for the ISD would be appointed by May or June this year.

“Presently we have received 35 applications for the position. A total of 11 Indians have been shortlisted based on merit,” Hamzah said.

The ISD was in the spotlight last year following a decision to appoint a Malay lecturer as the department’s head on the basis that there were too much internal politicking.

The decision did not go down well with Indian NGOs and the MIC who called for intervention into the department’s administrative affairs.

Following that, vice-chancellor Ghauth Jasmon said that the staff was given three months to resolve internal issues within.

Yesterday MIC Youth, led by its secretary-general C Sivarajah, sent a memorandum to the vice-chancellor’s office calling for an Indian to be appointed.

They have recommended former department head K Thilagavathy to lead the ISD.

When asked about MIC Youth’s recommendation, Hamzah said that he is not sure whether Thilagavathy had submitted her application for the job.

HINDRAF/HRP Letter to PM on Indian Studies Department:- http://www.humanrightspartymalaysia.com/2009/09/08/unconstitutional-downgrading-of-the-indian-studies-department-at-university-malaya/

No PTPN loans for the Indian medical students in Russia, Ukraine, India, Indonesia, Romania, etc or even at MIC’s AIMST University and all the private medical colleges in Malaysia. Although the NST on 31/1/10 on the front page reports “PTPTN loans only for the needy”.

Despite Malaysia suffering from a shortage of about 50% of medical doctors (UM 8/10/09 at page 24) UMNO refuses to grant PTPTN loans to the aforesaid minority Malaysian Indian students just to keep the number of Indian doctors down in Malaysia. UMNO in turn has “imported” muslim doctors from Africa, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Indonesia, etc. UMNO rather let the foreign exchange flow out of the country, why don’t the government give the PTPTN loans to these private Indian students? This is how racist, religious extremist and supremacist the UMNO regime still is but in One Malay-sia!

P. Uthayakumar

UMNO excludes 100% of Indians from aeronautical & other courses at ITM.

Nita Ismail was given the opportunity to have a career in aeronautical engineering at UiTM, Shah Alam (UM (M) 23/2/2010 at page 2) But Navita Subramaniam is wholly excluded from this UITM however bright or deserving she is. Indians students are excluded completely from the 200,000 places in University UiTM which only admits Malay Muslim students (UM 1/1/09) UMNO however admits 10% of UiTM’s annual intake to foreign students from Muslim countries. Ironical isn’t it? 

We are yet to hear of a single Indian lady with a diploma or degree in aeronautical engineering . Even if such an individual exists, in all likehood she would have emptied her parents savings to achieve it and never from the RM 2.8 Billion allocation in the 2010 national budget for education loans and scholarships. 

P. Uthayakumar

UMNOs’ Higher Education Carnival “Jom masuk U” excludes Indians.

It is only advertised in Utusan Melayu 30/1/2010 at page 25 from 6th to 7th February 2010 because UMNO intends to exclude especially the poor and working class Indians from the National Education Policy of Malaysia.

UMNO intends to keep, maintain and retain the Indians as unskilled and uneducated security guards, plantation workers, salaried van, bus, taxi and lorry drivers, toilet cleaners, office and house cleaners and maids, factory workers, office boys, general workers, ALam Flora workers etc.

Why didn’t UMNO also advertise this in the three Tamil dailies? UMNO’s racist, religious extremist and supremacist agenda in excluding the Indians from the National Education System of Malaysia. And the 82 PKR, DAP and PAS’ MPs’ especially the 11 Indian mandore MPs routinely observe pin drop silence, as if it’s an adat! WHY? Because the Indians are soft targets with no political or economic clout. Because in all the 222 Parliamentary seats, not a single seat is Indian majority.

P. Uthayakumar