Teaching diploma award ceremony

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe was the chief guest at the teaching diploma award ceremony of the National Education Institute at Temple Trees today. The PM has said the government would abolish the religious and ethnic-based school systems in the country. Minister of Education Akila Viraj Kariyawasam, State Minister of Education Vijayakala Maheswaran and NIE Director-General J. Gunasekara was also present. Pix by Pradeep Pathirana