There is ample evidence to see that Sri Lanka’s capital city Colombo is faced with increase in crime, particularly related to organized crime and gun violence as well as violence against women and children. The factors such as breakdown in law and order situation, economic crisis, unemployment, along with upper hand activities of drug kingpins have been cited as the main reasons challenging the law and order. The Island nation had suffered immensely for nearly four decades due to North and East civil war and it has even reflected badly in other parts of the country with Colombo being targeted on and off. From the middle part of eighties till the end of civil war in 2009, a free for all situation prevailed in Colombo as well as in other parts of the country with a killing spree – gun totting conditions.

A large number of politicians, along with men and women of all walks of life were gunned down ruthlessly when the civil strife prevailed in the country. However the civil strife was cited as a main reason for difficulties faced with maintaining law and order in the country. It is now sixteen years since the civil war came to an end. But whereas the criminal activities continue unabated and Colombo has been now identified as the hideout as well as the stronghold of the drug barons as well as the underworld activists. According to the Minister of Public Security Ananda Wijepalla, revealed that 79 shooting incidents had occurred in the country over the past seven months, resulting in 52 fatalities as well as injuries to 38 individuals.

He further added that organised gangs and other highhanded individuals were also responsible for the shooting incidents. He also said that a significant number of criminals have also been arrested. However the Minister added that the maintenance of law and order still remains a big challenge. It if in this back drop a few days before a mass protest was staged in the Colombo’s highly residential  Bambalapitiya area on Thursday (May8) over a suicide of a school girl of a leading Tamil school in the area.

It is now sixteen years since the civil war came to an end. But whereas the criminal activities continue unabated and Colombo has been now identified as the hideout as well as the stronghold of the drug barons as well as the underworld activists. According to the Minister of Public Security Ananda Wijepalla, revealed that 79 shooting incidents had occurred in the country over the past seven months, resulting in 52 fatalities as well as injuries to 38 individuals. He further added that organised gangs and other highhanded individuals were also responsible for the shooting incidents.

He also said that a significant number of criminals have also been arrested. However the Minister added that the maintenance of law and order still remains a big challenge. It if in this back drop a few days before a mass protest was staged in the Colombo’s highly residential Bambalapitiya area on Thursday (May8) over a suicide of a school girl of a leading Tamil school in the area. Students, teachers and parents had taken part in the protest urging the teacher male teacher who was alleged to be responsible for the death of the girl who was a resident of Kotahena who had died after falling from the seventh floor of her residential flat. The protesters alleged that a teacher of the said school had sexually misbehaved with the student which had prompted the girl to commit suicide.

Meanwhile, an explanation has been called from the relevant school principal over the death of the Grade 10 student following an alleged sexual assault by a teacher, the Ministry of Education has stated. Issuing a statement regarding the matter, the ministry said that the teacher in question has been transferred while disciplinary action will be taken based on investigations conducted by the Police. Therefore this particular incident has highlighted the breakdown in the law and order as well as the present day interaction between the students and the teachers which remains in a ridiculous manner. Several comments have come out that the free education only remains in the country for name sake and the school students largely depend on private tuition classes outside the schools.

Throughout the country the tuition centers could be seen competing with each other encouraging students to attend private classes. Even the government teachers encourage openly at their school class rooms to come to the tuition classes where they conduct outside the schools. As far as the present day schools are concerned maintaining discipline has become a big challenge to the school administrations. The students are increasingly becoming addicted to all kinds of bad habits such as consuming alcohol, smoking narcotics as well as even engaging in street fights. It is not only the students even the teachers have failed badly in maintaining their dignity.

So the suicidal death of fifteen years old school girl Amshika and the reason she had mentioned in a letter before she committed suicide has highlighted how she was treated badly by her male mathematics teacher. There are several complaints have come up with regard to the relations between nowadays students and teachers not only in Colombo but also from various parts of the Island. So the sociologists have outlined that the schooling and the private education have becoming a total mockery with tuition centers mushrooming in every nook and corner in with hardly any form of disciple maintained in those tuition centers as well as in the class rooms at the nowadays schools in the Island.