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member denies favouritism charges
A number of parents recently protested against the PSC charging that its member Prof. Mendis Rohanadeera was favoured by the commission to admit his grandson to the college this year. According to Prof. Rohanadheera his son is an old boy who won colours at school. He said another of his grandsons was admitted to the same school some years ago under the old boys' category and that his grandson's name didn't even appear in the Presidential Investigations Unit's list of fraudulent admissions. He added that the parents who couldn't get their children admitted were the ones behind the protest. Meanwhile, the Education Ministry has reportedly failed to heed the PSC directive to investigate the allegations against the re-instated principals of Ananda and Kingswood colleges. The two-weeks directive deadline ended on May 13. When contacted, an Education Ministry official told The Sunday Times that a team would be appointed after the CID report was received. However, the PSC claimed the Commission had requested not to get the CID involved in this matter. "We wanted the Ministry to look into the matter before getting the CID involved but the Ministry did what it wanted," Prof. Rohanadheera, one of the PSC members who approved the reinstatement of the interdicted principals, said. Commenting on how the Ananda and Kingswood principals were given preference over other interdicted principals, Prof. Rohanadheera said the charges against the other principals were mainly pertaining to financial matters. "The Ananda and Kingswood principals had minor charges like altering marks or inserting of an ineligible child's name in the admission list. So we held that they were not major issues for interdiction," he said. He also said the PSC had to take a firm decision due to the mounting crisis over the interdiction of principals. Another PSC spokesperson said the Presidential Investigation Unit (PIU) had not consulted the PSC before recommending the interdiction. |
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