‘Pre-schools play key role in education’

Disna MUDALIGE

Minister Anura Priyadarshana Yapa handing over a gift pack to a pre-school child at a ceremony at the Giriulla Community Hall

The Environment Ministry in collaboration with the National Gem and Jewellery Authority (NGJA), distributed gift packs containing clothes worth about Rs 2 million to about 3,000 pre-school children in the Pannala Divisional Secretariat Division for the Sinhala and Hindu New Year.

This event was organized under a concept of the Environment Minister Anura Priyadarshana Yapa with a cash donation from NGJA Working Director Sarath Samarakoon.

These gift packs were presented at three ceremonies in Giriulla Community Hall, Pannala Community Hall and Makandura Sandalankawa Central College main hall last Monday.

About 300 pre-school teachers from these schools would be presented with new sarees for the New Year, today. The minister observed pre-schools played a key role in preparing children for school education, adding that providing necessary facilities to pre-schools was a valuable investment for the future.