Teachers should behave in
an exemplary manner in society as their duty is to set an example to
society and especially children, who look up to them, Governor Southern
Province Kumari Balasuriya said in Galle on Friday (12).Addressing a
felicitation ceremony for teachers she said the country’s future depended
on the children of today and it was the duty of all to look after them so
that they would become useful citizens of the country. The policy of
President Mahinda Rajapaksa was to encourage the teaching profession and
many privileges were given to them by the government in recent times, she
said.
The event to felicitate 1,729 teachers, of the Galle, Matara and
Hambantota Districts, who had excelled in teaching was organized by the
Chief Minister, Southern Province, Shan Wijelal de Silva. There are 29,000
teachers in schools of the three districts of the Southern Province.
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