Crash program to improve education

by L.S. Ananda WEDAARACHCHI

The Education Ministry has launched a crash program to improve the quality of school education in the country.

According to the School Education Quality Improvement Program, SEQIP, a series of workshops for GCE O/Level students will be held on Saturdays from September 11 in all National Schools.

These workshops will be organised by the Quality Improvement Division of the Education Ministry incollaboration with the National Institute, Education examinations Department, and the Principals of National Schools.The Examination department has prepared the modules for the workshops with model questions to be sent to the National Colleges where the workshops are held.

A similar program for the GCE A/Level Examination will also be launched. The revision workshops for Advanced level subjects will be held at National schools from February to July next year.Under the new program all teacher vacancies in the schools will be filled soon, said Education Minister Bandula Gunawardane. Five hundred and fifty English teachers and 3,174 aesthetic teachers will be recruited soon.The Examination to recruit English teachers was held in 60 centres in Colombo on Saturday. The science teacher vacancies will also be filled with those who passed out from the colleges of Education, he said.