Education Minister Akila Viraj Kariyawasam yesterday instructed his officials to take stringent action against the Principals and Officials who had violated the circulars when admitting students to schools.
The minister instructed the officials to streamline and expedite the ongoing investigations in schools including Royal College,Colombo.
The Minister made these directions during a meeting to discuss the investigations pertaining to 15 schools over admitting students by producing fake documents.
Attention had also been paid at the meeting to the trend of collecting money to old students’ associations in the name of various school projects.
The other suspects include North Central Province Councilor Janaka Marasinghe, former Dimbulagala Pradeshiya Sabha Chairman Jagath Samarawickrema and its members Dhammika Nishantha Kumara, Prasanna Anuruddha, Ananda Wijeraja and Ven.Dimbulagala Devamittalankara Thera.
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