The History Of PELLTA
On 15 February 1989, a group of nine teachers of English in Penang, concerned about the declining standards of English among their students, met to discuss the possibility of setting up an association to promote the learning and teaching of English in schools, colleges and universities. Soon after a pro tem committee was set up comprising :
President : Ragavan Karunaharam
Hon. Secretary : Lucille Dass
Treasurer : Huang Soon Kir
Committee members : Irene Teoh Ming See , Rose Tunku Ismail, Anthony Sibert, R. Navamoney, Mariam Zamani Ismail
The first duty of the pro tem committee was to draft a constitution and register the association. Some ten meetings later, many of which were held under the flowering trees of Sri Pinang Teachers Training College, the Penang English Language Learning and Teaching Association (PELLTA) came into being on 11 April 1990 when it was registered with the Registrar of Societies. Its inaugural AGM was held on 30 September 1990 at St. Xavier’s Institution, Penang The first committee of PELLTA voted into office was headed by its president, Mrs. Tang Hon Yin nee Chew Lee Yen. From its original membership of nine, PELLTA has grown steadily to its current membership of approximately two hundred teachers from primary, secondary and higher institutions of learning.
President : Ragavan Karunaharam
Hon. Secretary : Lucille Dass
Treasurer : Huang Soon Kir
Committee members : Irene Teoh Ming See , Rose Tunku Ismail, Anthony Sibert, R. Navamoney, Mariam Zamani Ismail
The first duty of the pro tem committee was to draft a constitution and register the association. Some ten meetings later, many of which were held under the flowering trees of Sri Pinang Teachers Training College, the Penang English Language Learning and Teaching Association (PELLTA) came into being on 11 April 1990 when it was registered with the Registrar of Societies. Its inaugural AGM was held on 30 September 1990 at St. Xavier’s Institution, Penang The first committee of PELLTA voted into office was headed by its president, Mrs. Tang Hon Yin nee Chew Lee Yen. From its original membership of nine, PELLTA has grown steadily to its current membership of approximately two hundred teachers from primary, secondary and higher institutions of learning.