Graduate teachers for schools in remote areas

by S.M. Wijayaratne, Kurunegala Cor.

As instructed by President Mahinda Rajapaksa, the Ministry of Public Administration and Home Affairs has planned to employ newly recruited graduates to teach English Language, Maths and Science subjects in government schools in remote areas in the country.

About 52,000 graduates are now employed at government departments and Ministries, and from them, qualified graduates would be selected and given teaching appointments in schools in difficult areas as a severe shortage of teachers have been reported in schools in such areas.

Public Administration and Home Affairs Minister W.D.J. Seneviratne is planning to discuss the matter with the Education Minister Bandula Gunawardena on how to implement this novel project for the benefit of the future student generation, the Director of Education W.M. Balasooriya told a meeting of heads of government schools in the Kurunegala District, at the Bingiriya MMV. Peoples' representatives and public and voluntary organisations praised the decision of the President to solve the existing shortage of school teachers islandwide, that has irked parents, Balasooriya said.