Children should be protected from unruly elements - SP Governor

Raja WAIDYASEKERA, Tissamaharama special corr.

TISSAMAHARAMA: Children are an asset to a nation. They should be protected from unruly elements, said Southern Province Governor Kumari Balasooriya.

The Governor was addressing the prefects and the students who excelled in Year V scholarship examination at the Tangalle model primary school.

She said the parents shoulder great responsibility moulding the lives and characters of the children. The Principal and teachers on the other hand bear the responsibility of giving the children the education they desire with dedication and care.

The Governor said, teaching is a noble profession as such it was the bounden duty of the teachers and principals to safeguard it.

She said, there is a section of teachers who engage themselves in plundering money of the parents by conducting tuition classes. The teachers in this noble profession should not fall into such lower depths.

The Governor said, teachers of this school have set an example to others by teaching the Year V scholarship students free after school hours. This example must be followed by all the principals and teachers in the Island.

She said the teacher shortage in certain parts of the country is hampering the education activities.

There is an excess of 1,000 teachers in Galle district and excess of 400 in Matara district, while there is an acute shortage of teachers in other districts.

Remedied measures should he adopted to remedy this situation. I in my capacity as the Governor has tried to decentralise the teacher transfers.

Principal Ranjani Gunasekera, Vice Principal H.Y. Sunil and Deputy Commissioner of Agrarian Services D.A.L. Nimal also spoke.