Schools re-open today except in Western Province, isolated areas - Minister Daily News (via HT Media Ltd.)
Education Minister Prof. G. L. Peris yesterday said that schools will be reopened for grade 2–13 students in all parts of the country today except schools in the Western province and isolated areas.
He said that the Ministry arrived at this decision after taking all measures to ensure the health security of the students.
Addressing a press conference in Colombo yesterday, the Minister said that reopening of schools from Grade 2 – 13 will take place today on a plan made by the Ministry.
“We have put in place a mechanism to ensure that all schools comply with the measures to prevent the spread of the virus,” he said.
Watch: Government school is good as new
Watch: Government school is good as new
ByY Maheswara ReddyY Maheswara Reddy / Updated: Dec 30, 2020, 06:00 IST
school during
lockdown period
During the lockdown, even as everything shut down, good work was going on at a dilapidated government school in the city. Now, the Government Primary School at Nagondanahalli is all new and ready to welcome kids thanks to members of an NGO, the Inner Wheel Club of
Bangalore IT Corridor (IWCBITC).
The school had a leaking roof and also lacked back basic amenities.
Jayasheela, headmistress, Government Primary School, Nagondanahalli, said, “The school did not even have water facility. I had brought this to the notice of the School Development Committee several times. During the lockdown, members of IWCBITC came forward to renovate the