Reconsider ban on private tuition classes
by Ananda KANNANGARA
The Western Provincial Council (WPC) on Thursday called upon the
Government to reconsider the ban on private tuition classes on Poya days
and Sunday mornings.
A spokesman for the WPC said that this matter was once extensively
discussed by Government authorities and also the clergy of all
religions.
It is said that Dhamma and other religious classes are mainly
conducted on Sunday mornings at Buddhist temples, churches, mosques and
Hindu temples.
WPC Chief Minister Prasanna Ranatunga told the Sunday Observer that
schoolchildren attending tuition classes on Sunday mornings and Poya
days has adversely affected them in participating in religious
activities on Sunday mornings and poya days.
The Chief Minister said that schoolchildren, especially those under
16 years should engage in religious activities, since it is very useful
for them to develop their moral values.
"Although, steps had been taken to ban tuition classes on these
particular days and brought to the notice of teachers, many of them
ignored this request," he said.
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