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Power of Prayer: Prayers help achieve better grades

When the Indian community in Malaysia found their children faring poorly in schools, they turned to god for help - and mixing of religion and education has indeed worked wonders over the years.

(Kuala Lumpur, Aug 6) When the Indian community in Malaysia found their children faring poorly in schools, they turned to god for help - and mixing of religion and education has indeed worked wonders over the years.

On Sunday, the Sri Murugan Centre (SMC) held its annual religious event - the Kalvi Yathirai, or educational pilgrimage, which saw students and their parents gather at the holy Batu caves north of Kuala Lumpur.

The event, the 11th in as many years, is held prior to the Malaysian public examinations, according to a report in the Malaysia Star newspaper. Devotees pay obeisance to the idol of Lord Subramaniam atop a hill.

According to the organisers, the pilgrimage did not implore the parents to merely pray but to apply the religious principles to create an environment for children to exercise their willpower and concentration on their studies.

"The response of the parents has been overwhelming and the correlation between strong religious beliefs and education for a successful future is what makes them take part in all SMC activities," SMC co-director L. Krishnan told the Star.

SMC was formed in 1982 by a group of teachers led by Universiti Malaya history professor M. Thambirajah. They were concerned at the declining academic standards among Indian Malaysian students at that time.

Their idea was to boost the educational standards by strengthening religious and personal discipline. At that time 20 percent of students admitted to the humanities section of the university proved academically deficient.

From a single tuition centre, SMC has spread out to 25 locations and has on its rolls 250,000 students today.

"SMC is grounded on the principle that god will help those who help themselves. If you have worked hard and attended the pilgrimage, your prayers are likely to be answered," Krishnan told the newspaper.

"The Kalvi Yathirai is the culmination of several months of preparation to make the students ready to face the examinations and is not a one-day affair," he was quoted as saying.

"It helps them realise that uplifting the standard of education in the community is the only avenue to break out of the poverty circle."

The ethnic Indian community has been dogged by problems of social disparity and poverty. The community comprises seven percent of Malaysia's total population of 24 million.

According to the Star report, SMC founder Thambirajah came up with the idea of linking religion with education when 10 years of motivational talks failed to bring the desired results among the students.

Parents and children were asked to practise 'viratham' or a vow of abstinence from certain bodily needs for a stipulated time. The parents were required to set aside two hours a day, five days a week, switching off their television and radio sets to enable their children to study in quiet, Krishnan told the newspaper.

He said the whole exercise was aimed at empowering the students to highlight their positive qualities and help them shine in life.

Thanks to SMC's efforts, more than 5,000 Malaysian Indian students have gained admission into local public universities while 12,000 others have made it to private institutions of higher learning both within the country and abroad.

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