Education Minister Dr. Susil Premajayantha said that before the introduction of Artificial Intelligence (AI) to the school system as a subject, safety laws should be made to prevent its side effects.
Minister Premajayantha said that before AI is introduced in developed countries, relevant rules and regulations are formulated as a preliminary preparation to prevent the negative results that may arise from it and Sri Lanka should also pay special attention to it.
The Minister said this while joining a programme to prevent road accidents through making schoolchildren aware of road safety rules, at the Education Ministry yesterday.
He stated that the risk of schoolchildren facing road accidents is significantly higher in the vicinity of Colombo city, which has a high population density, as 196,000 schoolchildren enter the Colombo district daily compared to other parts of the island.
Minister Premajayantha said that urgent measures should be taken to change this situation and for that such road safety programmes are a great support. Accordingly, he said that the awareness of road safety for the students is being done with the support of many institutions including the Sri Lanka Police Department and the Motor Transport Department in conjunction with the Road Safety Council of the State Ministry of Transport and Highways.
The Minister said that the main objective of this programme is to launch these programmes as a co-curricular activity and prevent road accidents, in order to avoid the situation where there is a tendency of decreasing enthusiasm for co-curricular and extra-curricular activities in schools. He also said that these school road safety programmes are being implemented in over 7,000 schools in the entire school system of the island. He further stated that in cooperation with the police officers inside and outside the school as well as in front of the school, measures will be implemented to prevent these accidents.
Transport, Highways and Mass Media Minister Dr. Bandula Gunawardhana, State Minister of Transport Lasantha Alagiyawanna, IGP Deshabandhu Tennakoon, Education Secretary J.M. Thilaka Jayasundara, Transport and Highways Ministry Secretary Ranjith Rupasinghe and other officials were present.
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