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The Singapore government will allocate up to S$1 million over the next five years, as additional funds, to promote the efforts to teach and use Tamil in the City-State.Tamil is the dominant language in the cultural milieu of Singapore Indians, who hail from different parts of India.Half of this amount will be provided as grant to the Tamil Language Learning Promotion Committee (TLLPC), the Education Ministry said. As for the other half, the government would give the panel a maximum of S$ 500,000 on a 1:1 matching ratio, based on the extent of funds the community mobilises on its own during the five-year period.

 

 

The TLLPC's new plans would include enhancement of learning through the use of information and communications technology. E-story contests for students in junior colleges and upper secondary schools would be promoted. The panel was also focussing on newer methods of inculcating skills in Tamil use.

Source: The Hindu (Online edition)

Dated: April 5th, 2011

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