Students Attending Tamil Language Lessons in Regional Centres and Measures to Reduce Need for Them to Travel

Debated in Parliament on 9 May 2023.

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The Minister for Education explained that Tamil Language teachers are deployed to schools where in-school instruction is most needed, with all kindergarten and primary students learning Tamil in their own schools and about 90% of secondary students doing the same.
For secondary students whose schools do not offer Tamil, lessons are provided at 11 school-based centres or the Umar Pulavar Tamil Language Centre, which are spread across Singapore to minimise travel time, with students able to choose the centre nearest to their school or home.
The question on the proportion of students attending regional centres and median travel time was not directly answered, but the response focused on the existing decentralised placement of centres to reduce travel needs.

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Leong Mun Wai

Mr Leong Mun Wai asked the Minister for Education (a) what proportion of primary and secondary school students learning the Tamil language attend lessons at the Umar Pulavar Tamil Language Centre or other regional centres; (b) what is the median travelling time for such students to attend Tamil language lessons; and (c) what measures are being taken to reduce the need for such students to travel and attend Tamil language lessons.

Chan Chun Sing

Given the limited availability of Tamil Language (TL) teachers, they are deployed to schools where the need for in-school instruction is greatest. All the Ministry of Education kindergarten and primary TL students now learn TL in their own school. At the secondary level, about 90% of TL students study TL in their own school.

Students in secondary schools that do not offer TL instruction attend lessons at one of 11 school-based TL centres or at the Umar Pulavar Tamil Language Centre. These centres are spread out across Singapore to reduce the travelling time of students and they can opt to attend lessons at the centre that is closest to their school or home.

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The Minister for Education explained that Tamil Language teachers are deployed to schools where in-school instruction is most needed, with all kindergarten and primary students learning Tamil in their own schools and about 90% of secondary students doing the same.
For secondary students whose schools do not offer Tamil, lessons are provided at 11 school-based centres or the Umar Pulavar Tamil Language Centre, which are spread across Singapore to minimise travel time, with students able to choose the centre nearest to their school or home.
The question on the proportion of students attending regional centres and median travel time was not directly answered, but the response focused on the existing decentralised placement of centres to reduce travel needs.

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Students Attending Tamil Language Lessons in Regional Centres and Measures to Reduce Need for Them to Travel

Debated in Parliament on 9 May 2023.

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The Minister for Education explained that Tamil Language teachers are deployed to schools where in-school instruction is most needed, with all kindergarten and primary students learning Tamil in their own schools and about 90% of secondary students doing the same.
For secondary students whose schools do not offer Tamil, lessons are provided at 11 school-based centres or the Umar Pulavar Tamil Language Centre, which are spread across Singapore to minimise travel time, with students able to choose the centre nearest to their school or home.
The question on the proportion of students attending regional centres and median travel time was not directly answered, but the response focused on the existing decentralised placement of centres to reduce travel needs.

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Leong Mun Wai

Chan Chun Sing

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The Minister for Education explained that Tamil Language teachers are deployed to schools where in-school instruction is most needed, with all kindergarten and primary students learning Tamil in their own schools and about 90% of secondary students doing the same.
For secondary students whose schools do not offer Tamil, lessons are provided at 11 school-based centres or the Umar Pulavar Tamil Language Centre, which are spread across Singapore to minimise travel time, with students able to choose the centre nearest to their school or home.
The question on the proportion of students attending regional centres and median travel time was not directly answered, but the response focused on the existing decentralised placement of centres to reduce travel needs.

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