Politicians should not handle school administration

Koratota WIJETUNGE. Kaduwela group correspondent

School administration should be left in the levels of the relevant officials and not with the politicians, Youth Empowerment and Socio Economic Development Minister Arumugam Thondaman said.

Minister Thondaman made these remarks at a felicitation ceremony at Sri Somananda Maha Vidyalaya, Korathota recently.

It is the responsibility of politicians to assist schools so that they can impart a good education and produce a moral society.

Also it is the responsibility of the Ministry Secretary to find ways to ensure provision for development activities of the relevant Ministry, the Minister said. Financial allocation to the value of Rs. 4 million was provided for the development of school playground, parapet wall and communication equipment of this school by the Minister from his budgetary allocation.

Thondaman handed over a fax machine and also presented certificates to students who had excelled in inter-school athletic meet, recently.

It is the responsibility of every citizen to lend a helping hand to president Mahinda Rajapaksa in his efforts to develop the country he said. In this onerous task, we should forget petty politics and religious or social differences, Minister Arumugam Thondaman said.

Principal of the school A. Dayaratne, Senior Advisor to the Ministry A.K.D. Meegoda, Ministry Secretary A. Gamage, Education Director A.A. Amarasena, Members of the School Development Society and several others including the public were present.