New regulations for teachers

S.M. Wijayaratne - Kurunegala corr.

The Education Ministry will issue new regulations from the third school term of this year to school principals and teachers compelling them to be in schools during school hours.

This would be a compulsory official requirement from the start of the third school term in September. The Education Ministry Secretary Gotabhaya Jayaratne has arranged to issue a new circular to this effect, as it has been found during school inspections that many school principals and teachers had gone out of the schools during school hours neglecting their teaching duties.

“They state that they go out for extra curricular activities, yet it is a great time-loss for students since they are unable to cover up their study syllabuses during the prescribed time schedules.

“However, if it is very essential for teachers to go out they would be required to get prior authentication from their respective school heads” Zonal Education Director W.M. Balasooriya said.

“Under these circumstances measures will be taken to curtail school teachers and school principals going out of schools during school hours from the next school term of this year” Balasooriya said in an interview with the Daily News.