Understand the mindset of the children. Permit them to spend their childhood as children. The President made this appeal after opening the Mahindodoaya Technical Laboratory and the three storeyed administrative building complex of the Makandura Madhya Maha Vidyalaya.
The President vested in the children this Mahindodaya Technical Laboratory and the three storeyed administrative complex last afternoon on the sidelines of the national programme of endowing to the nation the 1000 secondary schools based on the Mahinda Chinthana Way Forward. There was a special stranger within the administrative complex, when the President entered the building. She was Nandawathie Ramanayake, a past pupil and teacher over 100 years of age. When President Rajapaksa exchanged pleasantries with her, the President did not forget to introduce her to two of her pupils Ministers Mhinda Yapa Abeywardena and Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena.
The President also declared open the Siphala Educational and Trade Exhibition organized to mark the centenary of the school. It will continue at the school premises until Saturday the 01st. Addressing the students as well as the parents after opening the Exhibition, the President pointed out that it was the present Government that rectified the historical injustice caused to the village children.
The President said that they could be proud of the school and the temple in the village. The experience gained by the children in schools is immortal. This is the golden era in which reforms had taken place in education. It is more correct to say that a revolution in education had taken place. 1000 new schools are being built. Mahindodaya Laboratories were being established in schools with the intention of sorting out an issue which had been outstanding for several years. The introduction of the technological curriculum to education was the major transformation that was effect by the Government. The physical resources in the schools were lost in the past.
The President said they had recruited more than 45 thousand teachers to overcome the dearth. The attitude of the parents towards education had not changed. A student is successful in the examination if he had secured more than 70 marks. The children should be groomed for positive thinking from their childhood days. Teachers should mediate to upgrade the standards of the children. He said that the children should also be afforded of engaging in sports activities. They should not be limited only to books. They should be given an opportunity for exercises and play. The President added that the parents should encourage the children to study.
Members of the Maha Sangha including the Mahanayake of the Rohana Sangha Sabha the Most Ven. Gombaddala Nandarama Thera, Ministers Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena and Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena and Deputy Ministers Vijaya Dahanayake, Hemal Jayasekara and Sanath Jayasuriya were present on the occasion. Southern Province Governor Kumari Balasuriya and School Principal T.K. Wijenayake were also present.
In the meantime, before his arrival at the Makandura Madhya Maha Vidyalaya, the President paid floral tributes to the statue of former Provincial Minister Danny Hiththetiya. Large crowds being aware of the President’s arrival gathered near the statue.
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