Educational updates urgently needed to prevent high school student exodus: Minister

29 November 2023 10:32 pm Views - 809

Colombo, Nov.29 (Daily Mirror) - If education is not updated, it is inevitable that children will leave high school and resort to other options. Therefore, everyone involved in the field of education should understand this and work responsibly and carefully, Education Minister Susil Premajayantha said.

Reducing the aging of children and increasing their opportunities to advance in their educational levels is one of the main objectives of the new education reforms, the Minister added.

He expressed these views as the chief guest at the National Higher Education Conference organized by the Sri Lanka Association of Non-State Higher Education Institutes (SLANSHEI).

"The Education Ministry is ready to conduct an examination regarding the provision of teachers for the development officers working in schools and take steps for it through interviews. But since a group had filed a fundamental rights petitions before courts against the conducting of the examination it was suspended. The petitions have been pending for nine months," he said.

As soon as the court rulings are received, steps will be taken to admit them into the teaching service in accordance with the Teachers' Service Constitution, the Minister added.