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# Next fuel consignment by July 22
An unprecedented fuel crisis, has left Sri Lanks with just one-day fuel according to its ministers and to manage situation the Sri Lankan Education Ministry has declared extended holiday at schools.
Schools have been asked to conduct online classes similar to what the world across had been doing during the covid pandemic and this might continue for some time now.
Sri Lanka is expecting its next fuel consignment to reach country by July 22 and until then only essential services vehicles will be allowed to refill tanks. This is being done to manage fuel crisis. And to ensure this major establishment have also been asked to restrain movement of employees.
Schools will remain shut for another week as the cash-strapped country expects next fuel consignment by July 22. All government and state-approved private schools. Sri Lankan Education Minister said that in the next vacation term, the school will cover the syllabus.
Earlier too, on June 18, the Sri Lankan government had announced to shut down all schools for a week. The Sri Lanka Education Ministry announced that all government and government-approved private schools in Colombo city limits, as well as schools in other main cities in the other provinces, will be closed during the next week due to prolonged power cuts.
Sri Lanka Education Ministry Secretary Nihal Ranasinghe asked the schools to conduct online classes and said that the schools at the divisional level will be allowed to conduct classes with less number of students under conditions where transportation difficulties do not affect the students, teachers and principals.
He announced that the Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL) has agreed not to have power cuts during 8 am-1 pm to facilitate online teaching on weekdays, the Daily Mirror reported.
Since March this year, Sri Lanka, formerly an upper-middle-income country, has been battling an economic crisis unparalleled since the country gained independence in 1948.
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Severe protests have sparked political unrest leading to the resignation of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s brother Mahinda Rajapaksa from the Prime Minister’s post and the appointment of Ranil Wickremesinghe as the country’s Prime Minister in May.
The food inflation in May stood at 57.4 per cent, while shortages of key food items, as well as fuel for cooking, transport, and industry, remain widespread, with ongoing daily power outages.
