Sri Lanka, March 14 -- Education Minister Dr. Susil Premajayantha said that Provincial Schools and National Schools will enter into one category in future without any disparity as provincial or national.

Accordingly, a plan will be implemented to make national schools and provincial schools into one school type. The Minister said that the implementation of this plan is being discussed in the sectoral monitoring committee and although it is not possible to implement it at once, it will be implemented step by step.

This proposal to merge these two school categories has been presented by the education reform policy framework.

There have been identified several issues since there are two school categories in the country, especially when te...