Updated:
Academic activities in most of the Sri Lankan schools have come to a standstill today and interrupted due to the trade union action launched by teachers and principals.
Old News:
Sri Lankan school principals and teachers are decided to go on token strike from December 4th. About 225,000 teachers and principals of 9662 schools islandwide will join the trade union action. The decision to launch the strike was made at a convention held by teachers and principals at the Mahaweli Center today with the participation of some 14 education sector trade unions.
Sri Lanka’s major school Teachers’ trade union
is to launch a islandwide strike demanding to remove of their salary anomalies
and to win 13 other demands. The Ceylon Teachers' Union (CTU) says the
all schools
principals and teachers have decided to launch the strike if
government fail to fulfill their demands.
Academic activities in most of the Sri Lankan schools have come to a standstill today and interrupted due to the trade union action launched by teachers and principals.
Secretary of
the Ceylon Teachers' Union, Joseph Stalin said that the trade union action is
being carried out as solutions have not been provided to the salary anomalies
and other demands.He said that if the authorities fail to resolve the issue,
they continue the strike action.
According to
the reports, teachers were absent in schools, a large number of students had
turned up in school.
Due to the
trade union action, academic activities were disrupted in the Kalutara,Anuradhapura
and Kurunegala educational zone.
Secretary to
the Ministry of Education, Gotabaya Jayaratne, stated that the trade union
action was being carried out while an agreement had been arrived at to grant
the demands of the teachers.Old News:
Sri Lankan school principals and teachers are decided to go on token strike from December 4th. About 225,000 teachers and principals of 9662 schools islandwide will join the trade union action. The decision to launch the strike was made at a convention held by teachers and principals at the Mahaweli Center today with the participation of some 14 education sector trade unions.
The Ceylon Teachers' Union (CTU),Sri Lanka’a major
education trade union hope that the School children too expected
to support the their trade union action. A crucial meeting will be held on
November 16 between Education Minister and Teachers Union.
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