GEORGETOWN, May 8 – The State Council will be providing financial assistance to three schools Punjabi. This event is the sixth time we give financial aid to schools Punjabi. These schools are receiving this aid since 2010. The amount of the three schools Punjabi receive from State Government from 2009 until 2015 including the provision of day has allocated a total of RM434,000 for development assistance and education Punjabi schools in Penang.
The Penang State Government has started giving a special annual allocation to Chinese schools, Tamil, missionary and religious people since 2009, providing assistance to schools Punjabi began only in 2010 alone. This is because the classes are conducted in Punjabi gurdwara gurdwara, included in the category places of worship and not the school.
In addition, we have also received a request from the Punjabi community only from 2010. In the same year, we have been providing financial assistance to them under the category of Tamil schools. Starting from 2011, the State Government has allocated a separate financial aid to schools Punjabi.
To date, we have provided assistance to two schools Punjabi existed only because only two schools in the state only Punjabi Penang. Schools are Khalsa Dharmic School in Jalan Gurdwara, Dato Centre and Punjabi Education Centre Bayan Baru. This is a new Punjabi school that was established at the end of last year.
“I am aware that this gurdwara gurdwara-facing lack of financial resources to manage these classes as education Punjabi had no provisions or assistance from the Central Government,” said CM Lim Guan Eng. Actually, the purpose of the State to provide this kind of education is not to cover all the needs of the institution.
“Our aim is to alleviate hardship institution. So, we are hopeful that we give financial allocations will be made to minimize hardship Punjabi community in managing the Punjabi language classes, said CM Lim.
CM Lim also announce that this year we allocate the total financial assistance as follows to schools Punjabi:
- Khalsa Dharmic School, Jalan Gurdwara : RM 25,000.00
- Punjabi Education Centre, Butterworth : RM 25,000.00
- Punjabi Education Centre, Bayan Baru : RM 20,000.00
