President highlights education for sustainable development

Saturday, 8 July 2017 00:00 - - {{hitsCtrl.values.hits}}

President Maithripala Sirisena presenting school supplies to a student while Auxiliary Bishop of Colombo Emmanuel Fernando, Tourism Minister John Amaratunga and Dinesh Weerakkody look on

President Maithripala Sirisena has highlighted the importance of education as an essential tool for the future of the country as well as to build a complete human being.

The President further said that all the investments and contributions toward the education of children were a great service to the country’s future. He made these remarks while addressing a ceremony organised to grant scholarships to children of low-income families held at the President’s House this week.

These scholarships were presented to 500 children under the sponsorship of the Dinesh Weerakkody Foundation.