RAMLAN (Hj) Tahir Education in Singapore (Part 3: Malay/Tamil), Accession Number 002196


  • Oral History Centre
    Source
  • 3
    Total Reels
  • Zaleha bte Osman
    Interviewer
  • 01:16:33
    Total Running Time
  • Malay
    Language


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  • 16 Aug 1999
    Recording Date
  • 00:28:41
    Running Time
  • MP3
    Format
  • Open Access
    Conditions Governing Access

Synopsis

Personal background. Surviving war at Pearl's Hill. Description of Sepoy Lines Malay School. Neighbouring schools. School uniform. Subjects taught in school. Writing tools. Students allowed to keep their books in school. How lessons were conducted. Composition writing. Examples of composition topics. Interviewee's favourite subject in school. Why parents sent their children to Malay schools. School shoes.

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  • 16 Aug 1999
    Recording Date
  • 00:28:28
    Running Time
  • MP3
    Format
  • Open Access
    Conditions Governing Access

Synopsis

Food sold at school canteen. Description of school canteen. Recess time. 'Muharram' school sports day. Extra-curricular activities in school. Student-teacher relationship. Punishment for mischievous students. About school examinations. Parents' interests in children's education. Other subjects taught in school.

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  • 16 Aug 1999
    Recording Date
  • 00:19:24
    Running Time
  • MP3
    Format
  • Open Access
    Conditions Governing Access

Synopsis

Advice usually given by teachers to students. Gardening lesson. Students allowed to take home vegetables they planted in school. Why interviewee  attended Anglo-Malay English school. The people who attended Anglo-Malay English school. Malay parents liked their children to be teachers.

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