The Tamil Virtual Academy by the Tamil Nadu Government organizes Tamil classes in Germany.
Tamil peoples reside outside of Tamil Nadu and globally in various countries and states.
It is difficult for NRI’s and their children to acquire Tamil education in their surrounding area.
This issue is a major challenges for them. In such a situation, the Tamil courses offered by the Tamil Virtual Education Academy (TVA), which is run by the Tamil Development Department of the Tamil Nadu government, are extremely beneficial.
TVA is assisting Tamils in Germany to organize Tamil classes in their local communities.
These classes started in Meissen, Germany. More than 3 thousand Tamil families in Meissen gets benefit from it.
Meissen Tamil Sangam was founded in 2017 in Germany. It is a certified and recognized social service provider in Germany.
Its three primary goals are nursery tamil education, Tamil libraries and Tamil philology.
Thus, the German government has granted space in one of its primary school buildings for Tamil classes at a 25% fee.
Rajeshwari Swaminathan, a German resident Tamilian and general secretary of Meissen Tamil Education Association, states that In May 2019, we signed an agreement to cooperate with the Tamil Nadu government and began Tamil classes here.
Due to an increase of Corona virus, we initially conducted classes online.
The German government education department provides some additional points to students studying Tamil in their schools, she explained.
Inspired by the people of Meissen Tamils, Tamils living across Germany’s Stuttgart and Hamburg are also starts conducting Tamil classes.
Additionally, She says that we start each class with a Tamil thai vazhthu. The Tamil people who works in various jobs here are its teachers and doing it as service.
Finally, Through this Tamil classes, the Tamil families living in Germany are get benefited.
