Vaccinating staff in State schools against Covid-19 will begin tomorrow, in preparation for the reopening of schools islandwide, Education Ministry sources said.
The vaccination is expected to be completed within a week, as per the instructions of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa.
All academic and non-academic staff at schools in the Colombo Zone will be vaccinated at the Military Hospital, Narahenpita.
Staff at the Education Ministry and the Examinations Department were inoculated on Friday under the first phase of the project.
After completing the inoculation of all education sector employees including the staff at 10,155 State schools within a week as planned, the Ministry hopes to reopen 2,962 schools with less than 100 students next month.
A meeting of Provincial Governors, Chief Secretaries, Provincial Education Directors and Health officials was held last week to discuss the modalities of vaccinating the education sector staff and reopening of schools under several phases.