A letter from the Colombo Zonal Education office requesting Principals of Colombo schools to give due respect for Parliamentarians and PC members who attend to special school functions has caused a social media stir.
In a letter dated February 20 which is now being shared online had been sent to all schools within the territory of Colombo Zonal Division, Zonal Education, Director P.N. Silva had ordered the principals to invite Parliamentarians and PC members, who represented the area to special school functions and principals were bound to give Members of Parliament due respect when they attended such events.
Attached to the letter was a list of Provincial Council (PC) members, who represented Colombo Zonal Education Development Structural Committee.
Ceylon Teachers Union (CTU) General Secretary Joseph Stalin was quoted as saying that the move was an insult to the Principals.
“By ordering school Principals to respect politicians, the Colombo Zonal Education office had risked the State officials’ dignity and respect. With such move schools could be entirely politicized,” he said.
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