Each Divisional Secretariat to get a National School

• 123 schools to be selected and developed into National Schools as part of effort to set up 1,000 National Schools

As part of efforts to establish 1,000 National Schools, the Cabinet yesterday approved the selection of 123 schools, one per each Divisional Secretariat, to be developed as a National School.  

Policy approval was granted by the Cabinet of Ministers on 10 December 2019 to implement an appropriate program to establish 1,000 National Schools covering all Divisional Secretariats, the Cabinet Spokesman Minister Keheliya Rambukwella said yesterday. 

Accordingly, the program is planned to be implemented in three phases, and Education Minister Prof. G.L. Peiris presented a proposal to develop one selected Provincial Council School as a National School in each of the 123 Divisional Secretariat Divisions in which there are no National Schools as the first phase; to upgrade 673 schools selected on the basis of identified criteria as National Schools under the second phase and to further develop the existing 373 National Schools under the third phase. The Cabinet of Ministers approved the proposal.