The Ceylon Teachers Union (CTU) has alleged that a school in Kundasale has been named after former Minister Keheliya Rambukwella in violation of an Education Ministry circular, it was reported.
CTU Secretary Joseph Stalin pointed out that as per the Education Ministry circular issued in 1996 schools cannot be named after a living person.
He further said that immediate action must be taken against naming a school after a living individual.
The appeal comes as the former Keheliya Rambukwella is currently in remand custody over the illegal importation of substandard stocks of Immune Globulin vaccines under his tenure as the Minister of Health.
In November last year, the Criminal Investigations Department commenced an investigation into allegations that a pharmaceutical company had imported 22,500 vials of substandard Immune Globulin vaccines by creating forged documents with the assistance of two senior state officials from the Health Ministry.
Investigations at the time revealed that financial fraud of Rs. 130 million had occurred via the imports of the said substandard medicine. (NewsWire)
