- The President emphasizes that students will not be allowed to be held hostage by different groups
- A Bill to make schools an essential service will be submitted to Parliament if the issues are not resolved quickly
President Ranil Wickremesinghe emphasized that he will not allow the school children of Sri Lanka to be held hostage by various groups.
The President said that he believes that the problems in the education sector can be resolved quickly through discussions; failing which he will have to submit a Bill to Parliament to make schools an essential service.
The President made this statement during the National Ceremony where free textbooks and uniforms were distributed to students and student monks, by the Ministry of Education which was held at Sanghamitta Balika Vidyalaya in Colombo yesterday (23).
In this event organized by the Ministry of Education, the President symbolically awarded textbooks and uniforms to 40 student monks, silmātā and students.