New School, Old School

Many Tamil schools in the country have witnessed changes in infrastructure since independence. Dilapidated schools which were built during the colonial periods have been rebuilt and upgraded with latest teaching and learning facilities. One of the such is SJK(T) Ladang Rinching which has been rebuilt with upgraded facilities.

The school land belongs to National Land, Finance and Cooperative Society (NLFCS). This school has three blocks and each block has a two story building. Two blocks were fully built by NLFCS and another block was built with partial funding  from the Government.

Since the new building was put up, the enrolment in the school has been rising, said Mrs Jayaletchumy, the headmistress of the school. Now the students and teachers have a conducive environment for teaching and learning purposes, she added.

Contrary to the SJK(T) Ladang Rinching, there are a few Tamil schools which need to be upgraded with good facilities. One such school is SJK(T) Ladang Bangi. This is wooden like school was built in 1947. Since then it underwent some minor renovation and it is maintained fairly well. The school land belongs to two gentlemen who were kind enough to allow the school to be operated as long as the enrolment continued.  

With 169 students currently, the school expects enrolment to go up to 500 students if the school can be rebuilt as many parents who stay adjacent to the school prefer to send their children to SJK(T) Kajang which has a fairly good building.  However, due to the shortage of classrooms, the school has to run in double sessions.

Note: EWRF is running Project Read at SJK(T) Ladang Rinching and SJK(T) Ladang Bangi