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Sri Lanka FUTA Strike has been called off.
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Much
anticipated, much awaited news of the week, Sri Lanka FUTA Strike has been
called off.
Sri Lanka’s longest university lecturer’s strike which runs over
three months has called off by the FUTA today.
The decision came out after the crucial discussions with the government ended with a
positive outcome and governement finally agreed to fulfill FUTA’s several
demands.
All
arrangements have been made to re commence the academic activites of all
universities from Monday October 15.
FUTA said
ready to start evaluation of A/L papers that was delayed more than two month
due to the strike of the university teachers.
Federation
of University Teachers' Associatio (FUTA), the major lecturer association in
Sri Lanka, with more than 4,000 academic members, is demanding that the
government allocate 6% of Sri Lanka’s gross domestic product (GDP) to
education, grant universities independence from political interference and
increase lecturer salaries by 20%.
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