Chennai: The state government is deliberating about starting LKG and UKG sections in government schools, school education minister K.A. Sengottaiyan told reporters here.
After inaugurating training programme for Malaysian Tamil teachers here on Monday he said, “We are considering starting KG sections at government schools. A decision will be taken on this regard at the cabinet meeting.”
Tamil Nadu government along with Malaysia, Singapore and Sri Lanka will constitute a committee to draft a detailed plan to teach Tamil language to the children of Tamil expatriates living around the world.
“The committee will look into ways to teach the Tamil language. The state government will extend all possible help like giving free books and sending teachers,” Mr Sengottaiyan said.
Answering questions on Neet, he said, the state government is continuing its effort on getting the exemption on it. At the start of the event, a two-minute silence was observed in respect of those who had lost their lives in the forest fire accident at Theni district. Malaysia deputy minister for education Dato P. Kamalanathan, SCERT director G. Arivoli, School education director R. Elangovan and others participated.
The State Educational Research and Training (SCERT) will impart training to 52 Tamil teachers from Malaysia. Tamil scholars will train the teachers on March 12 to 14.
