Due to the prevailing adverse weather conditions, 13 Sinhala and Tamil medium schools in the Nuwara Eliya and Hatton Education Zones have been given a holiday today (21).
According to the directors of the respective zonal education offices, four of the 156 schools in the Nuwara Eliya Education Zone and nine of the 150 schools in the Hatton Education Zone have been closed today.
Amid the prevailing adverse weather conditions, the authority to decide whether schools should be conducted was delegated by the Zonal Education Directors to the respective principals.
Accordingly, the decision to close the 13 schools was taken by the principals, while academic activities at the other schools in the Nuwara Eliya and Hatton Education Zones are being conducted as usual, the zonal education office directors further stated.
