KUALA LUMPUR: The Pakatan Harapan government recognises Tamil is an important language and is committed to improving Tamil Language Education (TLE), says Deputy Education Minister Teo Nie Ching.
KUALA LUMPUR: The Pakatan Harapan government recognises Tamil is an important language and is committed to improving Tamil Language Education , says Deputy Education Minister Teo Nie Ching .
"Establishing the council shows the government's commitment to improving and developing TLE," she said."It is also the official government language in a few countries including India, Sri Lanka, Mauritius and Singapore," she said, adding that the language is widely used among the country's Indian community – Malaysia's third largest ethnic group.
She said the council, which consists of Tamil language experts from the ministry, Exam Syndicate, and various parties, will be in charge of four main aspects. "The council will have two main committees – management and operations. The management committee will have 13 members, while the operations committee will have 24," she said, adding that the council would work closely with the Malaysian Chinese Language Standardisation Council, which she is president of.
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