The Ministry of Education decided to reopen schools islandwide apart from those in the Western Province and isolated areas. The decision was announced on Thursday (19). Following the decision, certain quarters including teachers’ unions have called for the decision to be reviewed.

Joseph Stalin, General Secretary of the Ceylon Teachers’ Union questioned the Government’s ability to disinfect all schools which are set to reopen within 3 days.

” Holidays for the final term will begin on the 2nd of December. There are only 4 weeks left till then. The authorities are proposing to bring students in batches if there are over 30 students per class. Judging by those calculations, a student will only receive education for 2 weeks during this period “, he added.

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