GOTA ASSURES UNI FOR ESTATE SECTOR STUDENTS

SLPP presidential candidate Gotabaya Rajapaksa yesterday pledged to set up a university to cater to the students in the estate sector. Addressing a rally in Kotagala, Hatton, he said he met a group of youth in the area prior to the rally and they complained how they lacked university facilities.

“They told me that their option of a university was Jaffna’s but they can’t afford to go to Jaffna and stay there for years. We have pledged to invest largely in the education sector and create new universities as a part of that need. Therefore, we will establish a university to cater the students in the estate sector as well,” he said.

Apart from a university, Mr. Rajapaksa said infrastructure provided at schools would be improved overall and English and Maths teachers

Politicians always give promises, but you are always in the same old houses. I promise to give you better houses during my first term and improve infrastructure

would also be recruited. He said they had a better understanding about the issues in the estate sector. “That’s why we want to improve the quality of your living standards. Politicians always give promises, but you are always in the same old houses. I promise to give you better houses during my first term and improve infrastructure,” he said. While reiterating that Rs.1,000 would be given as the daily wage to estate workers, Mr. Rajapaksa said the youths in the area need to venture into other employment opportunities as well.