Sinhala Army Officer:73 Tamil Schools in Jaffna were closed in HSZ/SOZ during war are yet to re-open!

73 schools still closed in Jaffna


2010-04-01

A senior official at the Army civil coordination office in Jaffna said that 73 schools in Jaffna that were closed during the war are yet to re-open following the end of the war.

He made this comment in response to a story published in the Lakbima newspaper that 73 schools in Jaffna have been closed down.

Among the schools that are closed are 14 in the Jaffna city limits, 26 in the islands, 11 in Chavakachcheri, 19 in Valikamam and three in Vadamarachchi.

The official said that 14 out of the 73 schools have been closed since they were located in the high security zones and that there were only four national schools in Jaffna.


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