School for Ranaviru Children

The School for Ranaviru Children which was declared open by President Mahinda Rajapaksa on Wednesday at Malay Street in Colombo, meets a long felt national need. For, it was realised by concerned sections long ago that the best educational facilities were not being availed of by the children of our Armed Forces and Police on account of circumstances beyond their control.

For instance, most of these personnel work on a transferable basis and are not in a sound position to get the best for their children, educationally speaking.

Besides, and more crucially, they are not in a position to cater to the educational needs of their children in full, because they are out in the conflict zones serving their country valiantly.

Thus, the establishment of the School for Ranaviru Children could be considered a most appropriate stitch in time which would enable our Services personnel and the Police to serve their country more effectively and selflessly by being relieved of a major worry.

It is a matter for regret that many children of our Armed Forces personnel and Police have not been accommodated to the required degree in our public school system. This amounts to treating our law enforcers most unfairly. After all, it is they who subdue the enemy and neutralise them and enable the rest of the country to have a good night's sleep.

If not for our law enforcers we would be leading a highly perilous existence and probably be exposed more fully to the wiles of the Tiger. It is our valiant Security Forces who resoundingly defeat these designs. Therefore, it is only just that their essential needs are catered to and education for their children is one of these.

Sri Lanka, in fact, is slightly late in making this provision because many countries in our region, including India and Pakistan have already established special schools for the children of their law enforcers.

Therefore, no objection could be raised to this most worthy venture which the State has taken on itself. We request that this academic institution be provided with all the essentials which contribute towards a wholesome education for the young.

It would be relevant to point out that the children of our Services personnel could turn out to be role models for the rest of our student body on account of coming under the influence of particularly disciplined parents. Therefore, we urge that the students concerned be provided all the essentials which would enable them to blossom forth as worthy Lankans.

Generally speaking, the needs of our law enforcers, including those who have been maimed and rendered helpless, should be perceived long before they are felt and catered to eagerly by the State and others concerned.

This we need to do on an urgent basis on account of their weighty contribution to the common good. We just cannot afford to neglect them or have them pleading for our attention.

Such care and concern would raise the morale of our law enforcers and enable them to protect the national interest on a sustained basis.

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