Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe yesterday stressed the importance of having a public school system which is not based on religions or races. He said this kind of public school system had been initiated by the first Prime Minister of the country Rt. Hon. D.S. Senanayake in the country.Prime Minister Wickremesinghe added that this system still prevails in Singapore and a team of Education Ministry officials will be sent to Singapore to study their public school system with an objective of devising a new school system.
