Rs 500 m to develop SPC education

P P G Sugathadasa, Thihgoda group correspondent

Rs 500 million has been allocated to develop educational activities for the current year in the Southern province, Southern Provincial Education Minister Chandima Rasaputhra said.

He was addressing as the chief invitee at a ceremony at the primary school at Thihagoda to admit children to grade one this year.

Plans are under way to enhance physical and human resources in all primary and secondary schools in the region, Rasaputhra said.

He said laboratories and computer laboratories are to be set up in schools which do not have these facilities. "Facilities would be enhanced to study English, Science and Information Technology in all schools in the Southern region," Rasaputhra said.

"The aim of the Southern Provincial Council Education Ministry is to provide a sound education to children in the region," he said.

Hakmana Mulatiyana zonal director of education R Weerakon said the standard of education of the children in the South has significantly improved under this administration.

Initiatives are being taken to offer equal educational facilities to all by the Southern Provincial Council Education Ministry," he said.