In Singapore, the use of english at home and in the community is increasing. In this context, making mother tongue learning meaningful, relevant and attractive in today's multilingual and diverse society is a challenge. Senior Deputy minister for Communication, Information and Health.
Dr.Janil pondicherry praised that tamil writers are effectively tackling this challenge through innovations based on new technologies. Six teachers who have achieved such feats in teaching tamil language were awarded the Good Teacher Award yesterday. Also, Lifetime Achievement Awards and Best Coach Award were presented. Senior tamil writers Mr Samikannu Chidambaram, Both Mr. Ponnazaku Manickam were given the Lifetime Achievement Award this year. The Ministry is working to find ways to revive mother tongue learning. It provides various opportunities for many students to learn their mother tongue in depth.
At the same time, organizations and community partners have continued to play an important role in promoting the tamil language and indian culture. Dr. Janil said that it is important to mobilize the strength of the community to keep mother tongue learning alive Dr.Janil mentioned the importance of the Lifetime Achievement Award, saying that Singapore, which continues to pave the way for learning tamil, should cherish and maintain the foundation laid by Singapore's pioneer tamil writers.
Vikram Nair, Member of parliament for Sembawang Constituency and Chairman of tamil Language Learning and Development Committee, and many others participated in the 21st Good Teacher Award Ceremony held at Umarupulavar tamil Language Station.
