Actually, private institutions do offer tamil at A/AS level and O level. I believe edexcel offer the qualification and it would be regarded as an equivelant of any other exam at the same level. You even get UCAS points for it
However, it isn't considered a "modern" foreign language, which might be more valuable for eg. an employer or uni
However, only a minimal number of people take up the opportunity, as most people drop out of tamil school after a few years. coz of that, the number of candidates per year is so low, it isn't recognised that well.
Any secondary school student can ask their exams office to enter them for a tamil exam privately and every year its nice to see more and more students taking up the opportunity.
Haha yea, i was forced to go tamil school at first, but after being there for a while and making friends there, it was quite enjoyable
Most of the people that I know who went to my tamil school were forced into it but ended up liking it