Annually about 45 percent of Tamil school pupils in Selangor do not fare well in the Ujian Penilaian Sekolah Rendah (UPSR) examination and this was something that had the state government worried, said Menteri Besar Abdul Khalid Ibrahim.

NONE He said this could be due to a lack of support from the parents of the pupils who were mainly in the lower income group or absence of an effective mechanism help them achieve better performance.

He said this when handing over financial aid from the state government to Tamil schools at the Selangor state secretariat building today.

At the function, 31 Tamil schools received financial aid totalling RM704,000 while Parent-Teacher Associations of Tamil schools received a total of RM508,000 in aid.

Khalid said there were 97 Tamil schools with an enrolment of 34,000 pupils in Selangor and that 80 percent of the pupils came from families in the lower income group.

- Bernama