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CBK tells MPs: Hands off school admissions
President Chandrika Kumatunga has told ministers and MPs not to interfere with school admissions and urged them to support government officials in implementing policies regarding admissions.

The President in a letter has outlined guidelines on which school admissions were made and asked them to co-operate. The letter was sent after the controversy over the admission of JVP MP Premasiri Manage's son to Rahula Vidyalaya in Matara though the boy did not get the qualifying marks.

Hitting back at critics, cabinet spokesman Mangala Samaraweera last Thursdaay accused UNF MPs and former ministers of illegally admitting children to national schools.

The Minister said they had details of former ministers sending letters to leading schools to admit children or even convening meetings to discuss school admissions.
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