President Gotabaya Rajapaksa urged the education authorities not to let the COVID–19 to hinder implementation of plans for the advancement of education from pre-school to university level.

Pointing out that the prime objective of the Government is the development of the human resource and the future generation of the country must be equipped with knowledge, skills and competencies to make them productive citizens, the President emphasized that the initiatives launched by the Government in this regard should not be hindered due to the prevailing situation.

President Rajapaksa expressed these views at a discussion held at the Presidential Secretariat today (9) to review the steps taken by the Ministry of Education and all the State Ministries under its purview to meet the expected objectives.

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