Rapid progress in education with dawn of peace

by K. Ashok Kumar

The academic society of Jaffna has expressed its gratitude to President Mahinda Rajapaksa for his Government's rapid development of post-conflict educational activities in the Jaffna Peninsula.

The Additional Education Director in the North Thirupathi Selvaratnam detailed the development in the education sector in the North, following the end of conflict in the region.

Thirupathi Selvaratnam told the Sunday Observer that apart from fifteen out of 424 schools in the North are functioning smoothly with the enthusiastic involvement of teachers and students.

"The teachers and students are now concentrating totally in their educational activities without any interruption. Therefore a greater improvement in the educational activities in the North could be witnessed.

Around 47.56 percent of students who had sat for the GCE O/L examination in last December are eligible to continue their studies in the Advanced Level.

The students who sat for the Advanced Level examination last year had performed well and 54.54 percent of them are eligible to apply for their University entrance", he said.

The additional Director also added that the schools, which remained within the high security zone in the North have also now been handed over to the department of education, and the foremost among those schools, Vasavilan Central College, in the Palaly area would be re-opened by President Mahinda Rajapaksa on January 17.