Sri Lanka's Minister of Education Prof. GL Peiris said a decision has been taken to start all schools in the island for all grades from March 15, Colombo Page reported. 

While all islandwide schools with the exception of schools in the Western Province and Isolated Police divisions have already been reopened, the Ministry of Education has recently taken steps to obtain the recommendations of the District Development Committees regarding the opening of schools in the Colombo, Gampaha and Kalutara Districts in the Western Province

The minister further stated that the recommendations have already been received from the Colombo, Kalutara and Gampaha districts and it will be possible to open many schools in the Western Province on February 15 after receiving the approval of the health authorities.