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JVP MP in chit admission
By Mahangu Weerasinghe
Despite the strict government policy on preventing political influence in school admissions, the son of Matara District JVP Parliamentarian has been admitted to a leading school in the southern province without the required marks being obtained at the Year-Five scholarship examination.

The student, son of JVP MP Premasiri Manage, has been admitted to Rahula Vidyalaya, Matara despite obtaining only 142 marks as against the required 164 marks to enter the national school.

Rahula Principal Kithsiri Liyanagamage told The Sunday Times he had received a letter from the Director of National Schools, ordering him to admit the politician's son. He acknowledged that admitting the politician's son meant leaving out a better qualified child.

The Sunday Times learns that a Matara district UPFA minister had influenced the Director of National Schools to issue the letter. Meanwhile the director who issued the letter is said to have not reported to work for the past few days while the JVP parliamentarian was not available for comment.

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