Any member of the public hoping to see the viral laptop dance at the Independence Day parade will be disappointed today as the dance using laptops as a prop has been removed from the 70th Independence Day celebrations, Secretary to the Ministry of Education Sunil Hettiarachchi said.
The dance presented by a group of teachers from the Wayamba Faculty of Science drew criticism and evoked mirth on social media websites when videos and pictures of the dance taken during rehearsals surfaced online.
Educationists also criticized the dance claiming that presenting such a dance when rural schools do not have access to such equipment are not only insulting but using teachers for the item is demeaning to their profession.
According to sources, the dance using telescopes and laptops as props has now been removed on the orders of the Minister of Education Akila Viraj Kariyawasam. While attempts were later to be replaced the props with globes that idea too was struck off later the source said.
The Ministry Secretary claimed they had no prior knowledge of the dance and acted promptly to remove the item from the parade once it was brought to their notice.
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