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Pre-schools get Govt grant

Program to strengthen Dhamma schools in the offing:

Govt will never subjugate discipline, moral values in name of development:

The Government will provide pre-schools with a grant (according to their needs) to up their standards, said President Mahinda Rajapaksa.

Addressing pre-school and Dhamma school teachers in Anuradhapura yesterday, President Rajapaksa said there are about 17,000 registered pre-schools in the country and also many un-registered ones.

A program to strengthen Dhamma schools and help teachers too are in the offing, he added. The President also appealed to teachers to help create a society which would propagate love and harmony instead of hatred and abuse.

President Rajapaksa also emphasized that during his 40-year-old unblemished political career what he had earned was people’s trust and confidence and not their wrath.

He noted that he had been committed to serving the country’s masses for ever and would never betray them or leave them. The President said that both he and his family had always devoted their skills and experience at the service of the Nation for decades.

He added that although certain elements had tried to level false and malicious allegations against him and his family at various times, they had always emerged unscathed as they had the people’s trust and confidence by engaging in honest and dignified people friendly politics.

Addressing the teachers the President said: “My hands are clean.”

“We were born in this country. We grew up in this country. This is our Motherland. I would never leave my people.

I would make Sri Lanka one of the most prominent Nations. I want all of you to support me in this endeavour.”

President Rajapaksa also observed that the education he had in the Dhamma school at an early age had helped him to mould himself to face both praise as well as abuse and insults alike.

“This discipline I cultivated at an early age also helped me to refrain from responding to these false and malicious allegations in the same manner,” he added.

He also stressed that it was the Mahinda Chinthana that for the first time had included the concept of creating a disciplined society in an election manifesto. The Government had also brought the Mathata Thitha program to control both tobacco and alcohol abuse.

“Even though this meant that the Government had lost a large portion of its revenue earned through relevant taxes, we were not prepared to subjugate our children’s future for money.

“Without securing the lives of our future generation we cannot secure the future of this country. This is why for the first time we introduced a national policy on child development,” the President added.

He said what we need is both a developed and morally rich country, adding that the Government would never subjugate discipline and moral values in the name of development.

President Rajapaksa also noted that not only children but he would ensure a secure future for teachers as well.

Ministers Prof. G.L. Peiris, Rajitha Senarathne and Johnston Fernando and North Central Chief Minister Berty Premalal Dissanayake also addressed the gathering.

Ministers Duminda Dissanayake, Tissa Karalliyadda, and S.M. Chandrasena and North Central Governor Karunarathne Divulgane were also present.

 

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