31 July 2021 12:00 am Views - 81
By Yohan Perera
The Catholic Bishops Conference in Sri Lanka has requested the teachers who are keeping away from online classes to consider resuming Zoom classes.
“Think of your duty of producing able children who would take over the future of the nation and consider resuming Zoom classes,” the Bishops Conference said in its release. At the same time we request the government to think of children and rectify the salary anomalies of teachers as it is the teachers which matter the most in moulding children into useful citizens of the future,” the Catholic Bishops Conference said.
“The schools and other institutions of learning were closed because of the pandemic for the safety of children and youth. Nevertheless, we wish to state that situation of children causes us great concern. Therefore we call upon the government to reopen schools as soon as possible as children require emotional and psychological growth, interaction with others and extracurricular activities in addition to sciences,” the statement stressed.
The whole country is helplessly aware that of the severe economic constraints due to the pandemic.
A high rate of unemployment would create inevitable poverty, malnutrition and hunger. Therefore priorities have to be drawn up and funds allocated to respond to what matters most and not for ambitious projects.
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We call upon the government to reopen schools as soon as possible as children require emotional and psychological growth, interaction with others and extracurricular activities in addition to sciences