Upset over condition of school

I REFER to the letter Maintain premier schools (StarEducation, Sept 18). I fully agree with the writer that the once-colourful green glass panes are mostly broken, have cracks in them or are missing. The same goes for the doors too! The writer admitted that he was unable to talk to the principal when he visited the school as it was a Sunday. He thus probably also missed a visit to the school hall for the same reason.

I was a student of Anderson School in the early 60’s

My official duties as a medical officer later included visits to the school; I also visited the school hall on occasions and what I saw there was heartbreaking.

The annually updated rolls of honour for the captain of the school, the head prefect, scholar of the year, outstanding sportsmen in Divisions A, B, C and D, the champion houses, list of past principals and their year or years of service were all missing. Some of the information has not been updated for more than a decade!

Is it shame of our colonial past that brought things to such a low level?

DR PURAN SINGH (MBBS)
Ipoh

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