Graduate teachers to Eastern schools soon

Stanley Seneviratne Kurunegala North Group Corr.

Education Minister Susil Premajayantha told the media that 1,226 graduates will be appointed as teachers to schools in the Ampara, Batticaloa and Trincomalee districts in East on condition that they should serve 10 years in the respective schools to which they are first posted.

The Minister is expected to handover the appointment letters to these graduates, of whom 1,097 are Tamil medium and 129 Sinhala medium teachers.

These graduates had been finally selected for teaching appointments after an oral interview was conducted among the candidates who were successful in a competitive examination held by the Examinations Department consequently to a Gazette Notification issued by Eastern Provincial Public Service Commission a few months ago.

Graduates who obtained above forty marks in two subjects they offered at the competitive exam had been selected for the final interview, Provincial Education Ministry sources observed.

The ceremonies to handover the appointment letters to these graduate teachers will take place at Trincolamee Sinhala Maha Vidyalaya on July 26 at the Hindu College, Batticaloa and D.S. Senanayake MV, Ampara on July 28 in the afternoon.

Eastern Provincial Council Chief Minister Sivenesathurai Chandrakanthan, Provincial Minister and Provincial Councillors are also expected to participate in these functions.