Putting a child into the most desirable
schools is a problem that is NOT confined to Sri Lanka. It is a worldwide
phenomena. In most prestigious schools that are private, even they will NOT
take a child unless the child aced that school’s entrance exam, so even money
is NOT the only way in to elite schools.
This issue has reached incomprehensible
proportions in Sri Lanka, as children of Ministers from Polonnaruwa have been
able to put their children into Royal College, Colombo using their influence,
so who decides how one should get in?
The raging controversy is with the GMOA
who want to put their children into a FEW SELECT schools as a RIGHT! Of course
there is NO LOGIC in why those schools were selected, as they are ONLY ones
that are prestigious, and not local or provincial schools, which do not happen
to be their choice, once they are transferred to those provinces.
I would honestly wish to know if a doc
whose son was at Royal, and now he is transferred to Trincomalee, whether he
would take his child out of Royal and send him to school in Trincomalee. There
are NO cases, so it is simply a perk that they wish to uphold saying this has
been agreed to by the GMOA over 12 years, see link
It was wrong to grant them that perk
then, which may have been done by some kind of underhand arm twisting, which
they want to continue as a right. If the GMOA or the Forces are special cases,
then who are NOT? Everyone will feel entitled to this same treatment.
I don’t believe anyone has this right,
and if that is the case then no one in future will make this request, and it
will be fair by all, and will be easier upon the Principal of the school also, NOT
being pressured by Politicians, and politicians too will be glad, as most of their
constituency requests, which they cannot fulfill from their party supporters is
this very same request to put their kid into the school of their choice, no matter
they are really not entitled to it.
It takes TWO TO TANGO. So in order to shut
the GMOA up for good on this issue, the Minister MUST say that there are NO favors
for anyone, from now!
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