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Launch of the Children’s Diary The Chief Guest at this event was Susil Premajayantha, Minister of Education. Other important guests were Sumedha G. Jayasena, Minister of Children's Development and Empowerment, Myrna Evora, Country Director, Plan Sri Lanka, Prof. Jagath Wickremasinghe, Director General, National Institute of Education and Prof. J. B. Dissanayaka. Sujan Wijewardena and Lal Jayawardena, Directors of Wijeya Newspapers Limited, were also guests at the event. "The power of the pen and documentation are very important" said Myrna Evora. She also went on to say that, "the power of the pen is mightier than the power of the sword" and that one must give justice to the diary. She also advised the children gathered saying, "make the best and the most out of it (the diary) because it is yours!" School
children from Monaragala, Wellawaya, Villachchiya and Kandy, were
present at the event and were presented with a diary each. He also listed a few uses of a diary, which are that it makes you remember the important things which happened in the course of the day, and that you need to use your memory because you have to remember what happened. In addition he went on to say that you have to choose what and what not to write because you can't write everything! Prof. Dissanayaka also said that some diaries are written to be published while others are not so, as they are written for an individual's personal needs and reasons. Some famous diaries which have been published are those of Anne Frank and Anagarika Dharmapala. "Write with your own skills in this diary", he said to the children. "Those who value time can make the most use of a diary" said Prof. Jagath Wickremasinghe. He also said that it helps you "to work on time and to make maximum use of your time". The children's diary is illustrated with colourful pictures and notes and is in the Sinhala language. |
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