Education Minister calls for report on enrolling students while flouting election laws

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Dec 5, 2019
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Education Minister Dullas Alahapperuma has called for a report on certain letters allegedly issued by the Education Ministry to enrol students in violation of election laws.

The Education Ministry in a statement said 427 letters were issued between October 7 and November 26 during the previous government in the run-up to the presidential poll.

Preliminary inquiries have shown that the signatures of certain ministry secretaries had been forged in the letters.

Accordingly, Education Minister Alahapperuma has instructed a ministerial level investigative panel to submit a report in this regard within three weeks.