Children should not be burdened with pre-school education: Anusha Gokula

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Director General of Cultural Affairs Anusha Gokula said the best education system in the world was in Vietnam and Finland where the children would not be burdened with pre-school education at the age of four years and that they are made aesthetic and sensitive to beauty through activities at home instead.

Addressing a programme based on the theme of “Art of Living” organised by the Cultural Unit of the Polonnaruwa District Secretariat she pointed out that the children turned bookish from their formative years would distance themselves from real life and ignored their social obligations. She said thousands of elders abandoned by their children were living in elders’ homes most probably due to their failure to promote an aesthetic environment in their houses.

“Human brain has two faculties. One in the left builds logical thinking and intelligence while the other in the right builds aesthetic feelings and sensitivity to beauty. Parents compel their children from four years of age to activate the former. Ultimately the child who obtains “ A” passes for all subject fails to fulfill his social obligations. Scientific research has found that the kids burdened with book learning from the age of four years would suffer nervous disorders and that it would result in their antipathy to human activities appealing to imagination. We have in Sri Lanka several pre-schools run by teachers with proper professional qualifications who would not burden the kids with book learning. However, the parents give preference to pre-school where their children learn from books. It is the duty of the parents to allow children to learn from nature and to enjoy music and art without burdening them with private tuition targeting the year five scholarship examination” she said

Director General of Cultural Affairs further said Sri Lanka was the only country in the world that holds an year five scholarship examination or any other public examination at the primary school level. (K.G.Karunaratne)

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Mohamed Monday, 11 February 2019 04:55 AM

I am hearing a Golden Words from a Sri Lanka after centuries - Bookish become more policy-oriented people and work everything within set rules and other category is more responsive to the changing environment and try to adjust accordingly which we need in a modern and dynamically changing business environment.

ANTON Monday, 11 February 2019 06:52 AM

BEFORE LONG OUR PEOPLE MIGHT START GIVING EDUCATION TO THE CHILDREN IN MOTHER'S WOMB ALSO.

sunil vijaya Monday, 11 February 2019 07:08 AM

well said madam. ours is a system run by buffalos and pundits in the education department, who think differently and have no thinking power outside the box. tuition is a racket now and mass scale one is ruining the schools education. put an end to this grade 5 school exam immediately which ruin students and their parents now engage in extra marital relationships! this all began with that former education minister the utter fool susil p.

G Monday, 11 February 2019 07:28 AM

Unless we change our education system, in order to develop our children's ethics, attitudes, humility etc. we won't able to develop as a nation. Even we are to have great leaders like Obama, Churchill, Mandela or Mao. And in my opinion this has to do by forecasting for a decade or so. 21st generation is outta our hands, sad!!

leo Monday, 11 February 2019 08:52 AM

Dear Ms. Anusha Gokula, the actual problem in Sri Lanka is that the politicians don't have a brain at all. Maybe if they did pre school or nursery education they would have had some sense.

tunder Monday, 11 February 2019 09:07 AM

Then why does the Schools have entrance exams for 4 year olds when entering schools.

Dharmakulasingham Monday, 11 February 2019 11:08 AM

I salute you,Madam Anusha.Words of encouragement for future planners.

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