Govt to recruit 12,854 grads as teachers
Dharma Sri Abeyratne
The Government will recruit 12,854 graduates to the teacher service
to quell the prevailing teacher shortage on the directive of President
Mahinda Rajapaksa, said State Revenue and Finance Minister Ranjith
Siyambalapitiya.
The Minister was addressing the media at the Ministry recently. Over
two thousand graduates who have undergone training under the Tharuna
Aruna third programme will receive teaching appointments by January 01
next year.
In addition, 10,766 graduates will be posted to the National and
Provincial Schools as teachers. 1,507 graduates will be appointed to the
National Schools while 9,259 graduates will be posted to the Provincial
Schools under this.
The Minster said the prevailing teachers shortage in rural and under
privileged schools could be solved when this proposed teacher
recruitment scheme is implemented.
The Minister said the President looked into this issue from a
humanitarian perspective. That is why he has suggested to offer 10,000
jobs for the graduates at the last budget.
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