School closures for election

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The Education Ministry said today all the schools except those being used as counting centres and for GCE O/L paper marking would be reopened on Monday (5).

However, all the state and private schools would be closed on January 7, 8 and 9 in view of the presidential election.

“All the schools will be reopened on January 12,” Ministry Secretary Anura Dissanayake said.

However, schools being used for O/L paper marking would be closed till January 12. The schools being used to house police officers being deployed for the Pope’s visit would be closed from January 11 till 15 and reopened on 16.

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