http://www.educationforum.lk/2007/05/removing-grades-1-5-from-national-schools/ Discussion on Sri Lankan Education Issues Mon, 08 Mar 2010 03:04:27 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 http://www.educationforum.lk/2007/05/removing-grades-1-5-from-national-schools/comment-page-1/#comment-3214 Harshana Somapriya Tue, 22 May 2007 05:23:50 +0000 http://http://www.educationforum.lk/2007/05/removing-grades-1-5-from-national-schools/#comment-3214 This is like another "Kekille theenduwa" and the easiest to take. We don't need a education officials to take these kind of decisions. What they should do is it try and improve selected rural schools. Improving 1 less attractive school per predesiya sabha will at least reduce the problem. Year 5 scholarship is already a stress to kids and parents. This decision will worsen the situation. What will happen to those who fail year 5 scholarship exam. They can't stay in a primary & need a decent school as well. At that point parents will do all the things that they are doing at year 1 now, and will not release any pressure from them. It will create new complications which are not known by now. At the end there will be a mass drive towards international schools, wasting parents money, enriching businessmen involved in International school industry and further degrading government education & our cultural values. This is like another “Kekille theenduwa” and the easiest to take. We don’t need a education officials to take these kind of decisions. What they should do is it try and improve selected rural schools. Improving 1 less attractive school per predesiya sabha will at least reduce the problem. Year 5 scholarship is already a stress to kids and parents. This decision will worsen the situation. What will happen to those who fail year 5 scholarship exam. They can’t stay in a primary & need a decent school as well. At that point parents will do all the things that they are doing at year 1 now, and will not release any pressure from them. It will create new complications which are not known by now. At the end there will be a mass drive towards international schools, wasting parents money, enriching businessmen involved in International school industry and further degrading government education & our cultural values.

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