President to open school for prisoners
by S.M. Wijayaratne, Kurunegala Cor.
President Mahinda Rajapaksa will open the first ever school for
prison inmates at Watareka on Friday 21.
Rehabilitation and Prison Reforms Minister Chandrasiri Gajadeera and
Education Minister Bandula Gunawardena will take part in the ceremony.
The prison school was constructed at a cost of Rs. 19.2 million.
The school is equipped with a Mahindodaya Science laboratory, a
language laboratory and a computer science laboratory for the benefit of
the prison inmates.
The first batch consisting of 183 prison inmates will be enrolled to
pursue educational activities according to the syllabi. They will be
provided free school uniforms.
"The new school for prison inmates is a pledge is a pledge under the
Mahinda Chinthana concept" said, Kurunegala Zonal Director of Education
G. Weeratunga at a meeting of the Kurunegala District school principals
in Bingiriya recently.
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