School canteens, buses, vans will be drug-tested from Jan.

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Not only the school canteens, but school children's buses and vans will be checked for drugs in partnership with the police, along with the program to eradicate the drug menace from schools, Education Minister Susil Premajayantha said.

In an address to the media, he stated that a drug prevention program, in addition to the nutrition program, is currently being implemented in 144 schools in Colombo, and that the program will be launched in 100 educational zones across the country beginning in January, covering 10,150 schools.

He stated that a special program to eradicate drugs from schools will begin on January 2, 2023, in collaboration with the Police Department.

All instructions relating to the program have been given to all provincial directors. Additional instructions will be issued by the Education Ministry Secretariat in the next two or three days.

"Parents should pay more attention to their children as they are engaging in various external activities such as private classes after school hours. In such situations, we do not have control over the children. Children used to stay in school for a maximum of six hours," the minister said.

Meanwhile, the Minister stated that the Education Ministry had taken legal action against an Eastern Province school for being involved in a drug abuse case. He stated that legal action was taken against those involved in the incident. (Chaturanga Pradeep Samarawickrama)

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Iwazaru Tuesday, 06 December 2022 08:41 PM

You are wrong or not correct or incorrect. Start with Sri Jayawardenapura. It is the breeding ground of the drug menace. More information may be obtained from Sarth Fonseka.

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GHT Tuesday, 06 December 2022 09:56 PM

Hon'ble Minister, you must be so careful as the United States will target you to oust from the post you are holding, the way they did on Gotabaya Rajapaksa. The US needs Drug Menace, LTTE Terrorism, Underworld Gangs, FAKE-Corona to sell their VACCINES to earn MONEY, through which they build their economy.

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Dee Tuesday, 06 December 2022 10:34 PM

Keep a tab on those 3 wheelers which haunt junctions close to schools. Those who are eternally parked. Do a random Chech and see?

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Sylvia Tuesday, 06 December 2022 11:09 PM

School children travel by public transport too. You will need to start checking all private buses, like checking for bombs during the war. Kindly ask both public and private school principals to make sure that no vendors hang around their schools selling sweets, ice-cream and many such items to the students. It is indeed the responsibility of school authorities to put a stop to vendors hanging around schools. If they cannot, then they must get the help of the police. Also, there should be NO 3wheeler parks near schools. These activities take place a lot in Mount Lavinia where there are schools on the beach side.There are many prostitutes roaming around that area at any time of the day. But unfortunately, nobody seems to care about any of these things, neither the school authorities nor the police!

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dot Thursday, 08 December 2022 03:34 AM

Checking school kids is good if it is carried out to trace the source and then nab the dealer and free kids of this drug menace .We read that a tuck shop person was caught selling at a school ..but did they go a step further to find the supplier ?

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