Pre-School Education, Moragollagama, Sri Lanka April 1997 - March 1998 Implemented by: ICA Sri Lanka, ICA Japan and local people
PROJECT OVERVIEW Pre-School Education Moragollagama Village is approximately 200 km northeast of Colombo in the midst of the jungle. This village has a national primary school for 125 families, but there are many children who cannot go to school because of poverty, parents' ignorance of education and distance. There are also many dropouts. This project aimed at providing the first authentic Montessori pre-school education program in a village in Sri Lanka. We constructed a pre-school in the village and trained the teachers in the Montessori method for six months. Under this method, teachers are facilitators and respect the independence of these children, and use many teaching aids. Approximately 60 children, including those from neighbouring villages, have been attending the pre-school since it opened in 1997. Continuing the support in 1997, we are adding a solar electrical system, supplying additional chairs, tables, playground equipment, children's uniforms, and supporting the teaching staff. We are deepening the impact of the school through workshops with parents on education and child nutrition training.
1. The entrance to the school on the day of the Ceremonial Opening
	2. Traditional lighting of the oil lamp by Ms. Shizuyo Sato, Director of ICA Japan.
	3. Traditional lighting of the oil lamp by Hon. Nimal Bandara, Chief Minister of North Western Province, Ms. Beulah Moonesinghe, Chairperson, of Agromart Foundation, and Ms. Yasuko Kawada, President of Zonta Club of Gifu, Japan.
	4. The children with the Japanese flag greeting the visitors from Japan.
	5. The young children singing their National anthem.
	6. Inside the completed classroom. Montessori teaching materials are placed neatly.
	7. Group photograph of the morning session.
	8. Group photograph of the afternoon session.
	9. 24 children graduated from the school in December 1997. A child singing a song depicting a grandmother.
	10. A song from the Portuguese period in Sri Lanka.

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