Speaking at a function at St Mary’s College in the southern district of Kalutara, Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapksa said his government will take measures to uplift the schools in the southern rural areas to eliminate the disparity in education between the Colombo and the rural areas around it.
Highlighting the need for science education facilities in his home district of Hambantota, Rajapaksa starkly noted that the fact that the northern city of Jaffna once had more schools was an “error that would be rectified by the establishment.”
Outlining the importance of education in the South, Rajapksa went on to stress that investments made in the current generation would bear fruit in the future, though he failed to mention recent statistics that highlighted a huge disparity in the northern education system.
