Central Province Governor Prof. S.B.S. Abayakoon yesterday (Oct. 16) authorized to rename the ‘Keheliya Rambukwella Primary School’ in the Kundasale Division of the Wattegama Education Zone, Kandy, with immediate effect.
The decision was taken by the Structural Committee of the Provincial Education Department to rename the school as Kundasale Royal Primary School.
Several requests were received to remove names of corrupt politicians from schools in Kandy.
The Ceylon Teachers’ Union General Secretary Joseph Stalin has also pointed out that a 1996 circular from the Ministry of Education prohibits naming schools after individuals who are still alive. He added that despite Keheliya Rambukwella’s involvement in the controversial immunoglobulin procurement scandal, it was inappropriate to have the school bear his name.In addition, the Central Province Governor also ordered the renaming of schools in the Minipe Education Zone, Teldeniya.
