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Students’ bags to be checked for drugs being smuggled into schools

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BATTICALOA, SRI LANKA- MAY 06: Students have their bags checked as they return to school as schools re-open across the country after the Easter attacks on May 6, 2019 in Batticaloa, Sri Lanka. 253 people were killed and hundreds injured on Easter Sunday after coordinated attacks claimed by the Islamic State group on three churches and three luxury hotels in the Colombo area and eastern city of Batticaloa. (Photo by Allison Joyce/Getty Images)

COLOMBO :Minister of Education, Susil Premajayantha said here on Wednesday, September 7,  that a procedure will be prepared to check the bags of students of urban and leading schools in the country.

It is reported that school children are being used to send drugs into the schools.

Further, the minister also mentioned that the necessary instructions regarding the checking of school bags of students will be issued through a circular next week.Pix Getty images

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