Parents want same school

by M.U.M. Sanoon - Puttalam Cor.

Poor Fishermen of Vettalai village adjacent to Puttalam town say that their children should continue their studies in their own school.

If you compel them to seek admission to the faraway schools, they would stop their education. Puttalam Assenkudhoos Muslim Vidyalaya is the only school for the fishing folks of Vettalai an adjacent rural area of Puttalam town and more than four decades this school had classes up to G.C.E. Ordinary Level, although it is a school of backward fishing folks.

As a result of making this school a primary school the poor students have been compelled to seek permission for Gr. 6 at Puttalam Zahira College or Fathima Muslim Girls School, both are kilo meters away from Vettalai village.

The parents of the students have appealed to the authorities of the North Western Province to leave their children to continue their studies from the same school where they studied till Gr. 5.

The parents have pointed out that both schools - Zahira College and Fathima Muslim Girl's College - are very far away from Vettalai and there are no public transport facilities in this area.

The day-to-day income of the fishing folks prevents them from arranging three-wheelers or other mode of transport for their children to attend school in time.

The parents say that the only alternative for their children is to stop their education which is unbecoming for a modern society.