Jaffna private tuition classes banned on Friday evenings and Sundays

COLOMBO (News 1st) - Jaffna District Secretary A. Sivabalasundaram says that measures were taken to ban private tuition classes on Fridays and Sundays from the first of July.

He says that private tuition classes on Friday evenings and Sundays have been banned for classes below grade 9.

The decision has been taken in the discussion held with health officials, police, private tuition class owners, teachers, and child development officers of the Jaffna district.

The district secretary says that the matter will be discussed with the district development committee.

The Jaffna District Secretary also says that every private tuition class should be registered in the District Secretariat.

He adds that sanitation facilities should be fulfilled in every private tuition class within the district.