Plans afoot to distribute school text books
Necessary arrangements have been made for the distribution of school text books for the next year.
The Education Ministry said that the necessary measures had been taken to dish out text books to all schools. The National function of text book distribution will be held at the Vivekananda College in Trincomalee on 8th January. Commissioner General for Education Publications M.N.J. Pushpakumara opined that 80 percent of the school text books had already been distributed.
Meanwhile a mobile service is being launched to provide model question papers of the scholarship examinations and books related to the curriculum at reasonable prices amongst A-Level and O-Level students. The first phase of the programme will be launched in Colombo next week.