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President wants teacher vacancies filled immediately 

01 Mar 2021

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has instructed the respective authorities to immediately call for applications to fill the long-standing vacancies for Maths, Science, English and Computer Technology teachers in schools. President said that new recruitments will be made for existing vacancies in priority subjects on the basis of eight years of compulsory service in the same school to which the initial appointments were made. The President expressed these views during the 12th “Discussion with the Village” program on Saturday (27) at the Kivulekadawala School premises in the Kivulekadawala Grama Niladhari Division, Gomarankadawala Divisional Secretariat in the Trincomalee district. The President on his way to Kivulekadawala College to participate in the “Discussion with the Village” program inquired the people gathered on roadside about the issues they face in the area while casually engaging in conversation with them. He also had a chat with the people from several nearby houses and asked about the paddy harvest in this season as well. The President explained the farmers that the government has taken steps to purchase paddy with moisture for a price of Rs. 43 that cannot be sold at a minimum price of Rs. 50 per kilo. President Rajapaksa said that farmers are free to sell their paddy either to the government or any other party at their own discretion and the government has not imposed any conditions regarding the matter. Prior to the commencement of the “Discussion with the Village” session, President declared the “Smart Classroom” open which was completed by the SLT Mobitel and State Ministry of School Infrastructure and School Services in Kivulekadawala School. In addition, the President also presented a television and internet connections provided by the Dialog Axiata to the principal. President Rajapaksa examined a pair of shoes that generates electricity when walking, invented and designed by Chathura Madhumal, a student of Kantale Ganthalawa Maha Vidyalaya. The President has decided to improve library facilities in all the schools in the areas where he attends for the "Discussion with the Village" programme, the President’s Media Division said. The President presented sets of books to schools under the theme “A young generation empowered with knowledge”. Each school receives 500 books which cover a number of diverse streams important for the students. The Secretary to the Education Ministry further added that steps have been taken to call for applications next week to fill the existing vacancies across the country for teachers in subjects such as Mathematics, English, Science and Computer Technology. It was also stated that it is planned to provide 05 computers to each Pirivenas in the Trincomalee District and to develop playgrounds and infrastructure facilities for students of all Piriven Colleges in the island. The President instructed the officials to take swift measures to construct an auditorium and classrooms for Kivulekadawala Vidyalaya, to develop the infrastructure facilities of all schools in the district including Gomarankadawala Maha Vidyalaya and to address the issue of shortage of teachers. The possibility of making Gomarankadawala an education zone and the development of Mahadivulwewa Maha Vidyalaya as a trilingual model school were also discussed.


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