Several principals
of National Schools in the Galle district have taken exception to
Education Minister Susil Premjayanth’s recent directive banning
donations from students and asking principals to return the money so
collected.
Principals have said that if they implemented the minister’s
directive, they wouldn’t be able to run their schools.
Addressing a recent gathering of school principals at a hotel in
Galle, R. M. Werahera, Principal of Mahinda College, Galle, said that
schools couldn’t be run without donations. He said if they implemented
the ministerial directive, school administration would collapse.
Mrs. Saraswathie Dhahanayake, Principal of Sangamitta, Galle, said
that she needed about Rs. 150,000 to meet expenses monthly. She said she
would collect Rs. 2,000 each from each GCE (Advanced Level) student in
the science stream.
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