Priority for upgrading pre-school education - NCP Chief Minister

Nimal Wijesinghe Anuradhapura Additional District group correspondent

The five year development plan relating to the kindergartens in the North Central Province was brought to light at a ceremony held at Walisinghe Harischandra Maha Vidyalaya Anuradhapura recently.

The Chief Minister North Central Province addressing the pre-school teachers, parents and the officials of the provincial education Ministry said that there were 1251 pre-schools at present in NCP registered under North Central Kindergartens Development Authority recently established in terms of the provincial pre-school statute, and the number of pre-school teachers attached to the schools was 2800.

He said the motto of the North Central Provincial education system is “there is no future without education”. We give top priority to upgrade the kindergarten education as such a methodology would help to mould disciplined and educated citizens.

It has been planned to commission a kindergarten teachers training institute and create a uniformed pre-school teachers service in the province.

In recognition of the teacher and as an incentive a sum of Rs. 1,000 will be paid to every pre-school teacher as an allowance. According to the Chief Minister within the next five years in each Divisional Secretariat division in the NCP 10 model nursery schools will be setup.

The secretary of the Chief Ministry Ananda Kularatne, the Kindergarten Development Authority’s Chairman Anura Disanayake, the Manager of the Plan Sri Lanka Organisation Karu Bandara and pre-school teachers from Palagala Medawachchiya, Maha Wilachchiya and Nuwaragam Palatha (Central) Divisional Secretariat divisions participated at the ceremony.