Govt. spends heavily on education despite war - Minister

Mohammed NAALIR

The Government has spent heavily on the development of the education sector for it to be on a par with other sectors with the intention of making an educated and matured society, Resettlement and Disaster Relief Services Minister Rishad Badiudeen said.

He said the Mahinda Chinthana has been formulated aiming not only at livelihood development but also targeting spiritual development of the masses.

Minister Badiudeen was speaking after opening a newly constructed building at Chilaw Nazriya Muslim Central College. He said the Government has drawn several productive plans to develop the education sector to achieve that goal.

Badiudeen said due to the Government's move to develop the education sector the percentage of students qualifying for university entrance is continuously increasing.

All must be thankful to President Mahinda Rajapaksa for spending hugely on social welfare, education, development and rural livelihood development at a time a massive amount of funds is needed to supress terrorism, Minister Badiudeen added.

He said under the Mahinda Chinthana all development activities including community welfare is going on uninterrupted.