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FIFTY-TWO Tamil language teachers who completed their training in Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris the past three years have been posted to secondary schools this year, Deputy Education Minister Datuk P. Kamalanathan said.
Thirty-four of the teachers who completed their training in 2014, were posted in January to various secondary schools, while another 18 who graduated in 2015 were given appointments on March 1.
> A farmer who had “died” from a heart attack shocked family members when he woke up and asked for apple juice, Malaysia Nanban reported.
The farmer from Karnataka, India, was being transported by ambulance when he lost consciousness. Medical staff who were transporting him to a larger hospital in India had declared him dead.
> Found in translation is compiled from the vernacular newspapers (Bahasa Malaysia, Chinese and Tamil dailies). As such, stories are grouped according to the respective language/medium. Where a paragraph begins with a >, it denotes a separate news item.
Source : http://www.thestar.com.my/…/52-teachers-get-postings-afte…/…
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