Amid the unprecedented fuel crisis, the Sri Lankan Education Ministry declared the next week, starting from July 4, a holiday week for all the government and state-approved private schools.

The Sri Lankan Minister said that in the next vacation term, the school will cover the syllabus. Earlier also, on June 18, the Sri Lankan government announced to shut down all the schools for the coming week. Sri Lanka Education Ministry Secretary Nihal Ranasinghe asked the schools to conduct online classes.

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.