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Article 152 of the Malaysian Constitution
No person may be prohibited or prevented from using (except for official purposes) or from teaching or learning any other language.

Labor Ordinance 1912
A school should be erected on each estate with ten or more school children between the age of six to twelve.

Malaysian Tamils and Tamil 
 Linguistic Culture By:Harold F. Schiffman 
 Closing Tamil schools may lead to a loss of identity

Tamil schools, sacrificial lambs of a political agenda
Prof P Ramasamy

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But many believe that Tamil can be a powerful political and economic tool. "I was told that Tamil is now the third most widely-used language on the Internet, after English and Chinese," says Kumar Menon, Senior Director (Special Projects) of Stamford College Berhad....... Tamil education has its merits By Sharon Nelson

BEING the poor neighbour can be very disheartening. When you have to attend classes in a run-down school while your peers less than a kilometre away are enjoying a spanking new building, life seems rather unfair.. Tamil school problems
“Two of my sisters went to Tamil school and they graduated to become housewives” -- DAP MP Kulasegaran. 23rd March 2001

Oct 9, 2000 (Malaysiakini)

Is abolishing Tamil schools the solution?
M Nadarajah

Marginalisation, not Tamil movies, the cause of violence
M Nadarajah (Malaysiakini)

Pre-Merdeka Tamil school in a quandary
K Kabilan
Jan 24, 07 Malaysiakini
Tamil schools have important role to play
Ve Elanjelian
Nov 30, 04 Malaysiakini

Student Enrolment 1938 - 2020

Student enrolment

Year # Schools # Students
2020 527 80,743
2018   81,321
2017   81,488
2014   92,000
2013   97,000
2007 523 105,618
2006 523 101,972
2000 524 89,175
1998 530 94,907
1997 530 98,072
1996 531 99,525
1995 538 102,776
1994 539 103,963
1993 541 104,638
1992 543 102,493
1991 544 99,876
1990 547 96,120
1989 548 92,243
1988 548 87,837
1987 553 83,228
1986 555 81,051
1985 566 76,653
1984 571 75,028
1983 575 74,255
1982 579 73,897
1981 583 73,513
1980 589 73,958
1979 596 77,013
1978 600 77,525
1977 606 78,841
1976 606 80,103
1975 612 80,404
1974 618 79,674
1973 631 78,854
1972 635 78,758
1971 647 77,192
1970 657 79,278
1969 662 80,750
1968 666 81,428
1967 686 79,203
1966 695 76,350
1965 700 72,828
1964 704 69,362
1963 720 67,649
1962 745 66,504
1961 784 63,917
1960 815 60,726
1959 840 56,297
1958 874 53,098
1957 888 50,766
1956 877 47,407
1947 741 33,945
1938 547 22,820
 
STATES # OF SCHOOLS
PERAK 134
SELANGOR 99
PAHANG 37
KELANTAN 1
JOHOR 70
KEDAH 60
MELAKA 21
NEGERI SEMBILAN 61
PULAU PINANG 28
PERLIS 1
WILAYAH  PERSEKUTUAN 15
TOTAL 527

 

Jeopardy
The first Tamil School was started in Penang in this year: 1716 ? 1816? 1916?
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