More schools yet to be opened in North

Of the 1,038 schools in the Northern Province 101 schools have not been reopened yet. In the five Education zones in Jaffna district, 65 schools are non functional. In Kilinochchi district ten schools are not functioning.

The Northern Province Governor Maj Gen G A Chandrasri revealed this to foreign diplomats at a meeting held at Jaffna Library auditorium. He added that schools damaged during the ethnic war are being rehabilitated and steps are taken to rehabilitate all the schools within a short period.