Central Province leads in computer education

Kandy North special corr.

The Central Province is taking the forefront in Government efforts to formulate a National Education Policy, CentralProvince Chief Minister Sarath Ekanayake said when he addressed a meeting after opening a new building and a Budu Medura costing Rs 1.2 million at the Nugawela (Boys) Maha Vidyalaya, Harispattuwa recently.

He said a major feature of the new education policy envisaged by the Government was to provide a sound computer education to every child.

This would enable children to probe the outside world and satisfy their hunger for knowledge, he said. The Chief Minister said a program to provide a sound computer education to children within the school was now successfully underway.

Out of a total of 1,470 schools in the Central Province 900 have been already provided with computer facilities.

He said the President's objective was to provide a computer to each group of 75 students. The Central Province reached this target in January this year.

Another feature of the new education policy was to provide all students with a sound English education.

English would be taught to children as a life skill rather than make them experts in the language, the Chief Minister said.

Principal Ven. Alawathugoda Ratanatissa Chief Sanghanayake Thera of Uda Bulathgama Korale and several others also spoke.