The Ministry of Education has decided that the number of students per classroom should be limited to 25 when schools resume academic activities next month.
Secretary to the Ministry of Education Ranjith Chandrasekara said only 1,000 schools which comprise higher numbers of students have been instructed to follow this procedure.
He added that principals have been given instructions on the procedures that are to be followed when schools recommence academic activities.
On June 09, Minister of Education Dullas Alahapperuma announced that all public schools will be reopened under four stages, as the country is gradually returning to normalcy with no community coronavirus infections being reported for over a month.
Under the first stage, the teachers and principals will return to schools on the 29th of June.
In the meantime, students in Grade 13, 11 and 5 will return to schools on the 06th of July, under the second stage.
The third stage will see the resumption of academic activities of students in Grade 10 and 12 on the 20th of July.
On the 27th of July, schools will reopen for students in Grade 3,4,6,7,8 and 9 in the fourth and final stage.
