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Help of corporate world sought for schools The Education Ministry has invited Sri Lanka's corporate world to join the school adoption programme introduced by the Government to enhance English and IT education in State schools. The Government has introduced many initiatives to improve English education in State schools and linking with the private sector is one of the major steps in this programme. According to Ministry sources, the programme will be implemented through the Board of Investment. Schools selected for the adoption programme will benefit from the inputs of these companies. English teaching was placed very high in the list of priorities when the new policies of the Education Ministry were being discussed in April 2004. Introduction of English medium teaching starting from GCE Advanced level and then Ordinary level in State schools under the ongoing education reforms has been a major achievement. The help of international schools will be sought to conduct training sessions for English teachers of State schools. ###### Enjoyable day for boys at Parakrama Home
Members of the two clubs came to see them with parcels of healthcare products, clothes, short eats, sweets, soft drinks and other items useful to these boys who are in the age group of six to 17 years. The programme got under way with a medical camp; doctors from the Teaching Hospital, Ragama examined the little boys and prescribed medications for those suffering from ailments.Then they took part in games organised by the OKI International School, Wattala. The final event was a variety entertainment show presented by Rohan de Silva, a past president of the Rotary Club. The little boys thoroughly enjoyed this item. A new television set donated to the Home by the Welfare Association of the Engineering Division of Hatton National Bank was handed over by Pat Fernando. by Nimal Perera, Wattala Group Correspondent ###### Meals in schools The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) in Sri Lanka will expand its meals in the school programme to cover 110,000 children in 542 schools in the North and East. The inauguration ceremony of this programme, to be carried out in Jaffna, Kilinochchi, Mullaitivu, Mannar, Vavuniya and Trincomalee districts, was organised by the North-East Province Education Ministry. With this expansion, the number of children in WFP's school midday meals programme will rise to 143,000 in 681 schools. WFP began its first school feeding programme in Sri Lanka in September 2003, with a pilot project for 33,000 children in the former war zones. Children in these areas have been getting a nutritious mid-morning meal of rice and lentil porridge or corn-soya cakes, both supplemented with vegetables. Children in areas where the programme will be extended to will receive the same meals. |
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October 27 was a memorable and enjoyable day for the little orphans of
Parakrama Home for Boys at Nagoda, Kandana. The Rotary Club of Wattala and
the Inner Wheel Club of Wattala made it a special day for them.
