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Grade 6 textbooks under scrutiny
Education Minister Dr. Karunasena Kodituwakku has assured he would look into the issue of discrepancies in the new Grade 6 textbooks. He said he would see whether the Ministry-appointed Subject Specialist Panel had neglected its duties.

" I will see whether the Panel had neglected its duties or whether it was sabotage", he said. Under the caption "Hidden page for privatisation?" The Sunday Times last week pointed out contradictions in the three textbooks on Sinhala Language published by three private companies. The article dealt with distortions of historical facts, discrepancies in the contents and printing mistakes in the textbooks.

Meanwhile principals in several schools have complained that Grade 6 students are still to receive textbooks under the new Multiple Book Option System. "Students have been badly affected by the delay in the distribution of new textbooks. They are only managing their studies with the help of the books provided to the teachers", a school principal in Embilipitiya said.

Ceylon Teachers' Union General Secretary Bertie Ranaweerage told The Sunday Times that most of the schools in the Matugama area have so far not received textbooks and consequently the students have been affected.

School principals are maintaining that under the Multiple Book Option system a student who changes his school could be badly affected since the textbooks used by schools could be different from each other.

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