The government has allocated RM130 million to repair and upgrade 80 Tamil schools nationwide, Deputy Federal Territories and Urban Well-being Minister M Saravanan said.

He said the projects were in various stages of implementation and expected to be completed within two years.

saravanan kl draft plan 220808 01 "I believe that with the allocation, infrastructure problems faced by Tamil schools can be overcome," he told reporters after opening the SRJK (T) Jalan Fletcher's sports carnival in Kuala Lumpur today.

Saravanan, a former student of the school, said there were 15 Tamil schools in Kuala Lumpur and except for one, which is under a church management in Sentul, there was no problem channelling assistance to the other schools.

He said Tamil schools needed the government's assistance, especially in providing the infrastructure to ensure a conducive teaching and learning atmosphere in line with the vision to create quality human capital.

Saravanan is confident that under the leadership of Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak, there would be changes to 523 Tamil schools in the country.

- Bernama