Sri Lanka, Oct. 22 -- Holding tuition classes for pre-school children remains illegal, Early Childhood Development Authority Director H.M. Wasantha Herath said.

Children of pre-school age should not suffer the burden of subject-wise private tuition, he pointed out while addressing a meeting of the Monaragala District Women and Children Development Committees at the District Secretariat yesterday.

The opening of new pre-schools will not receive permission, and the pre-school at Sevanagala was closed.

A syllabus for pre-school teachers was implemented during a five-day workshop for teachers, including outdoor activities as well, he noted.

Children left alone in homes during the season of Chena cultivation face risks, and the Women and C...