{"id":167560,"date":"2016-09-13T09:36:48","date_gmt":"2016-09-13T04:06:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=167560"},"modified":"2016-09-13T09:36:48","modified_gmt":"2016-09-13T04:06:48","slug":"petition-by-the-students-of-uduvil-girls-college-to-the-president-english-translation-of-the-full-text","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/petition-by-the-students-of-uduvil-girls-college-to-the-president-english-translation-of-the-full-text\/","title":{"rendered":"Petition By The Students Of Uduvil Girls\u2019 College To The President: English Translation Of The Full Text"},"content":{"rendered":"

Colombo Telegraph is now in possession of the English translation of the petition handed over to the President by the students of Uduvil Girls\u2019 College who protested last week<\/span><\/a> demanding the reinstatement of Mrs. Shiranee Mills as the school\u2019s Principal. The petition reveals that the Bishop of the Jaffna Diocese of the Church of South India Rt. Rev. Dr. Daniel Thiagarajah had made a verbal promise to the previous Principal Mrs. Shiranee Mills that she would be given an extension and requested her to write to him a letter. The petition also says that even the new Principal Mrs. Patricia Suneetha Jebaratnam, who was previously the Vice Principal, was told by the Bishop that Mrs. Mills would be given an extension.<\/p>\n