President launches 1,000 National Schools programme

Rasika SOMARATHNA and Nimal WIJESINGHE in Anuradhapura

The programme to develop 1,000 National Schools islandwide, which aims at providing equal opportunities and facilities for all in education, was launched by President Mahinda Rajapaksa in Anuradhapura yesterday.

The President launched the programme unveiling a memorial plaque at the Walisinghe Harischandra Maha Vidyalaya, one of the chosen Schools. Then he laid the foundation stone (amidst pirith chanting by Maha Sangha), to construct a new building complex at the School which would house a state-of-the-art Educational Technological Laboratory.

The new building complex will cost Rs 12 million.