Quality education for NWP students

by S.M. Wijayaratne, Kurunegala Cor

Arrangement have been made by North Western Province (NWP) Chief Minister Dayasiri Jayasekara to transfer all zonal directors of education and divisional directors of education who presently work in the Kurunegala and Puttalam districts of the NWP, early in 2014, to make the education sector in the province more productive and effective.

PR Officer of the NWP Chief Minister Chandana Pushpakumara told a media conference in Katupotha that every step would be taken by the Chief Minister to ensure a quality education for all students.

Job-oriented education for senior school students in the NWP would also be created.

Jayasekara has planned to generate 50,000 local job opportunities for unemployed youth in the NWP next year and 20,000 skilled youth would be provided with lucrative foreign job opportunities during the next two years, Pushpakumara said.

He said vocational training opportunities for school-leavers would be expanded next year for which Rs. 4.5 million would be invested under the guidance of Chief Minister Jayasekara.