Children urged to focus on moral values

by Ananda KANNANGARA

Education Minister Bandula Gunawardane called upon schoolchildren to focus more attention on improving their moral values.

He said children, from a tender age, should be educated on moral values in addition to their general education.

The Minister was of the view that many children lack moral values which will badly affect their future well-being. He referred to the recent incident of 13-year-old schoolboy M.C. Damitha Madushan of Rambukkana Parakrama Vidyalaya being killed after another boy had hit him on the head with a stone while returning from school.

The incident followed a quarrel between the students during school. He said if schoolchildren maintain moral values, such incidents would never occur.

Minister Gunawardane also requested parents and teachers to educate children about the importance of developing moral values and urged them to encourage their children in religious and extra-curricular activities.