Trinity College signs agreement to admit Kuliyapitiya child

Trinity College, Kandy, has signed an agreement with the Education Minister to admit the Kuliyapitiya child who had been denied entry to schools in the area over a false rumor about being infected with HIV, the Ministry of Education confirmed. 

The child had been deprived of his right to gain an education after schools in the Kuliyapitiya area were pressured by parents not to admit the child over a rumor that he was infected with HIV. 

Even after health officials confirmed that the rumor was false, the mother of the child continued to face resistance over admitting her child to any area schools. 

However, several schools, both from Colombo and outstations, subsequently came forward to admit the child, with Trinity College, Kandy being the first to do so. 

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