Additional classes for O/L students at welfare centres

The Ministry of Education has made arrangements to hold additional classes for GCE O/L candidates in Welfare Centres during September.

Minister Susil Premajayantha revealed this during a function at his Ministry yesterday to hand over Rs. 800,000 worth of library books to schools in the Welfare Centres, donated by Government schools and private sources. The Minister also said that already a large number of programs are being implemented in relation to the education of the displaced students in the North and that the Ministry has already spent Rs.130 million on books, uniforms, desks, chairs and benches for a 86,000 student population and on dress material for 1800 teachers.

The Minister also said that 16 teachers were dispatched from Colombo every weekend to prepare 861 students who were sitting their AL examinations in the welfare centres and also workshops and conferences conducted for the benefit of 5700 students who were due to sit their Year 5 scholarship examination. In addition, under the Uthuru Vasanthaya program 200 damaged schools have been identified for development.