WP schools attendance satisfactory, as students return for lessons
View(s):More than 150,000 students in the Western province attended school this week, after schools in the province re-opened for grade five, Ordinary Level and Advanced Level classes.
Western Province Education Director Srilal Nonis said the attendance of both students and teachers was at a satisfactory rate.
“Out of about 200,000 students expected to attend school in the province, about 153,000 students attended school. The highest attendances was from grade five scholarship students (97 percent) while absentees were high in A/L classes. Teacher attendance was about 80 percent too,” he said. He said though nine COVID infected students sat for the GCE O/L examination from the province, no COVID infected students were reported from schools in the Gampaha, Colombo and Kalutara districts.
“All principals and teachers have been trained in detecting students showing COVID symptoms and they know how to take immediate action; from contacting an ambulance, informing the area Public Health Inspector, disinfecting and identifying students/teachers exposed etc. All schools in the province have been told to allocate a sick room too,” Mr Nonis said.
The Western province has a total of 1,356 schools located in the Colombo, Homagama, Piliyandala, Sri Jayawardenapura, Gampaha, Kelaniya, Minuwangoda, Negombo, Horana, Kalutara, Matugama education zones. (NF)