Grade 1 admissions:
Taboo on fees
All Government schools and non-fee levying private schools in the
Western Province are strictly prohibited from charging any money or
accepting anything in kind for the admission of children to grade one
classes except school development society membership fees according to
Education Secretary's Circular No 2010/21 dated May 31, 2010, emphasized
Western Province Chief Minister Prasanna Ranatunga in a press release
yesterday. However the Provincial Education Ministry has been receiving
a stream of complaints from parents against principals' flouting this
circular.
Report to
Parents subjected to such undue influence
should report such instances in writing to JMC Jayanthi Wijetunge,
Secretary, Ministry of Education, Local Government, Lands, Human
Resources, Employment, Power and Energy, ‘Shravasti’, 32, Sri Marcus
Fernando Mawatha, Colombo 7. |