Teachers' boycott a flop

Dharma Sri Abeyratne

The schools boycott organised by certain teacher trade unions proved a damp squib with a large number of teachers reporting for duty in spite of the trade union action billed for yesterday.

Representatives of 16 teacher and principals' trade unions kept away applying for sick leave .

School sources pointed out that the trade union action was not successful since most of the teachers reported for duty as usual and engaged in school work .

Meanwhile, Education Deputy Minister Vijith Wijayamuni Zoysa also said that school activities were not affected despite the boycott Lanka Teachers Union making six demands.

According to the Lanka Teachers Union General Secretary Joseph Stalin, they will continue their trade union action if no action is taken to address their grievances.