Edu. Minister orders report over illegal admission letters

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The Education Ministry has requested an immediate report over the alleged issuance of 427 illegal letters to admit students for schools violating the election laws and the Constitution.

The order had been issued by Education Minister Dullas Alahapperuma considering the period October 7 to November 26.

The Ministry said information in this regard was received by the Ministry.

“It was revealed that certain letters had been issued with forged signatures of Education Ministry secretaries,” an official said.

“Therefore, the Minister has requested an immediate report by the Ministry special investigation officers within three weeks,” the official said. (Chaturanga Samarawickrama)

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Neville Thursday, 05 December 2019 12:00 PM

Irregularities committed by the previous govt. is numerous that new government will have no time to attend to urgent needs of the country if they concentrate only on investigations into the past.

Kevin H Thursday, 05 December 2019 09:00 PM

public carefully watching, what action will be taken by this government against abuse of power by the previous

Kapila Senaratne Thursday, 05 December 2019 09:32 PM

Whatever said and done,towards another child’s education. So leave it’s legal or illegal.

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