NORWAY, Janukary 17, 2014 (Aftenposten–translated from Norwegian): Happy news from the Tamil diaspora community. It appears that the future is bright for the Norwegian Tamils.
This long article quotes a government study of how immigrant kids (elementary and middle school age) in Norway are doing. Pupils born in Norway with parents from Iran, Poland, Vietnam, Afghanistan, Sri Lanka, China and India do better in school than students with Norwegian parents. Other immigrant groups do worse. The reporters headed out to the Tamil Resource and Guidance Center Sunday tuition school to find out what was the secret of the kids’ success.
“Parental encouragement,” said the kids. And the fact that, besides Tamil language, their tuition (tutoring) school on Sundays teaches subjects such as algebra before it is taught in their public school.