Today's parliamentary question no 1 was on the Education Ministry. The Deputy Prime Minister ( DPM) himself came to Parliament to reply. The deputy Education Ministers were also in Parliament.
The Government had promised to increase the allocation of seats for Indian students to pursue matriculation from 506 to 1506. The Prime Minister had announced this "special increase"early last year to garner votes from the Indian community. But the promises were not kept.
Late last year only 800 students were given places in Matriculation for the Indian community. Thus I asked DPM not only to announce policies but must also honour it. Don't cheat the Indian community. Is this too much?
The reply by DPM is in my statement below.
After the DPM's reply thereafter interestingly the Speaker threatened to throw me out if I continue to make these allegations of untruth etc. I retorted if the Government is giving wrong statistics , I have to speak out.
I will speak out without fear and favor as an elected rep.
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Media statement by M. Kula Segaran , DAP National Vice Chairman and MP for Ipoh Barat in Parliament on 27th June 2013
The Government had promised to increase the allocation of seats for Indian students to pursue matriculation from 506 to 1506. The Prime Minister had announced this "special increase"early last year to garner votes from the Indian community. But the promises were not kept.
Late last year only 800 students were given places in Matriculation for the Indian community. Thus I asked DPM not only to announce policies but must also honour it. Don't cheat the Indian community. Is this too much?
The reply by DPM is in my statement below.
After the DPM's reply thereafter interestingly the Speaker threatened to throw me out if I continue to make these allegations of untruth etc. I retorted if the Government is giving wrong statistics , I have to speak out.
I will speak out without fear and favor as an elected rep.
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Media statement by M. Kula Segaran , DAP National Vice Chairman and MP for Ipoh Barat in Parliament on 27th June 2013
Education
Ministry must be transparent on the issue of Matriculation intake of Indian
students.
I posed a supplementary question today in Parliament to ask the Deputy
Prime Minister Muhyiddin why the promise of offering 1500 matriculation seats
for Indian students remains unfulfilled.
I further mentioned that HINDRAF’s Waythamoorthy while signing the Memorandum
of Understanding (MOU) with PM Najib just before the 2013 elections had secured
7.5% of the total intake to matriculation which works out to 2200 students.
The Indian community has been for years taken for a ride by BN as the
promises have not been kept. Many students who have obtained good results, some
with 8 or 9 A’s, have not secured a place to study matriculation.
The vast majority of Indian students come from the lower income group.
Although they do well academically, due to financial constraints, they are
unable to further their studies. So continuing at the matriculation is a way
out.
Every day, especially in the Tamil papers, we can read reports that very
qualified students are denied pursue matriculations studies. Even in today's Star,
we see a Chinese student who got 12 A's failed to enter matriculation.
Statement made by Deputy Minister of Education P Kamalanathan just a week
ago created confusion when he had said:-
1.
For 1st intake, 1500 places offered, taken up by 892 students
2.
For 2nd intake, 350 places offered, no information on how many
taken up.
3.
If 1st intake taken up by 892 students, then why were 608 not taken and
offered immediately?
Why offer another 350 in 2nd intake when the 1st intake places
not fulfilled?
Hence, there is false public impression that a total of 1850 seats were offered!
A. Tiruvendgamalam from the NGO had led students to Prime Minister’s department
and submitted a memorandum complaining about the intake issue.
All concerned about the intake to matriculation question the actual
numbers taken for matriculation.
I am now shocked and dumbfounded when the Deputy Prime Minister states
that the present intake is 1800. He further said the qualification to enter
matriculation has been reduced.
All theses sound great and nice. But the reality is many eligible and
qualified Indian students have failed to secure a place in matriculation. Why?
Education Ministry must disclose the details of those who have been admitted
to further their matriculation studies. The reluctance and failure to disclose
the names of successful students further strengthens our argument that the
total of 1800 students accepted is not true.
We demand transparency from the Education Ministry.
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