Kalutara Heenatiyangala Siri Seevali MV:

Nobody's 'school'

H L Sunil Shantha - Kalutara Daily News Corr

Kalutara Heenatiyangala Siri Seevali Maha Vidyalaya has several short comings, parents and students complain.

The School's Computer Unit, which is equipped with seven computer sets, has been closed due to the non-availability of a computer trained teacher.

The building covered with a sheet of tarpaulin sent to the school by the Disaster Management Centre.

The building damaged following the recent cyclone. Picture by H.L. Sunil Shantha, Kalutara Daily News corr

The school's carpentry teacher retired last year and no teacher has been appointed to teach this subject, sources said. Meanwhile, it is understood that there is no proper place to keep the school's science equipment.

The science equipment and some chemicals are stored in a Grade One class which is empty due to lack of students. The school also has no staff room. The old building used as a staff room, was destroyed in the recent cyclone and the principal's repeated requests to the authorities to renovate or repair the building has been of no avail. The Disaster Management Office had sent two sheets of tarpaulin. The damaged building's roof and the upper walls are covered now, without use.

Past pupils and parents told the Daily News that the funds approved as a result of the principal's request to the SDG Project Officers of the Western Province Education Office, has not be granted to this school while some other schools in Panadura have received the funds.

They said that the Secondary Education Modernization Project II officers of the Western Province Education Office are responsible for this financial unjustice.