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It is school that plants the seeds of success, patience and wisdom required for anyone to become a great personality in the future, stated President Mahinda Rajapaksa yesterday (July 28), addressing the Annual Prize-giving at Thurstan College, Colombo. Even though one can learn by oneself by means of today’s advanced information technology, the technology cannot deliver what students obtain for their lives through interaction at school. The art of building up interpersonal relationships, and opportunities for understanding humanity are primarily provided by school, he added.
He also said, even though some are of the view that success in examinations via self-study leads to success in life, such endeavours often produce egocentric individuals who do not feel for their country or care about their parents and siblings.
| The President noted that our social system that segregates children into Sinhala, Tamil and Muslim schools, and later advises them not to have boundaries, is flawed. Having planted seeds of hatred from the onset, subsequent attempts at harmonizing are of little or no avail, he added. |
Moving on to the use of children in the electronic media, the President mentioned that the electronic media freely use children in commercial programmes according to their agenda, which is encouraged by parents. He stressed that even though the media render a significant service to promote skills and abilities of the children of our country, priority must be placed not on popularity or profit, but the child’s childness.
He further said that it is the responsibility of parents, adults and teachers to provide protection not only to the child’s body but also to his growing mind.
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