Indian-origin Singaporean minister emphasises importance of introducing children to Tamil language
Indranee Rajah emphasizes Tamil language importance in Singapore.
Singapore education system includes Punjabi, Chinese (Mandarin) as mother tongues. TLF promotes heritage, cultural identity, and Capabilities theme by S Manogaran.
UNN @Andy sengiah : An Indian-origin minister in Singapore has emphasised the importance of Tamil language as a mother tongue, underscoring the need to introduce children to one of the four official languages in the prosperous city-state. The Singapore education system encourages mother tongue as a second language in schools which include Hindi, Urdu, Punjabi and other main Indian languages as well as Tamil, Malay and Chinese (Mandarin). We need to ensure our children have opportunities to be constantly exposed to Tamil language,” said Indranee Rajah, minister in the Prime Minister’s Office.
Tamil language acts as a “passport” that links all Tamil people, she said recently. Language has to be learnt as a living lesson, Rajah said, adding that it is not something that “you can just study, you need to put it to use”.
Indranee Rajah emphasizes Tamil language importance in Singapore.
Singapore education system includes Punjabi, Chinese (Mandarin) as mother tongues. TLF promotes heritage, cultural identity, and Capabilities theme by S Manogaran.
UNN @Andy sengiah : An Indian-origin minister in Singapore has emphasised the importance of Tamil language as a mother tongue, underscoring the need to introduce children to one of the four official languages in the prosperous city-state. The Singapore education system encourages mother tongue as a second language in schools which include Hindi, Urdu, Punjabi and other main Indian languages as well as Tamil, Malay and Chinese (Mandarin). We need to ensure our children have opportunities to be constantly exposed to Tamil language," said Indranee Rajah, minister in the Prime Minister's Office.
Tamil language acts as a "passport" that links all Tamil people, she said recently. Language has to be learnt as a living lesson, Rajah said, adding that it is not something that "you can just study, you need to put it to use".
