Over 5,000 vacancies exist in the Principals' Service, while thousands
of candidates who were selected following a Principal Selection Examination
conducted in 2005, continue to await appointments in government schools, the
Ceylon Teachers' Union (CTU) charged yesterday.
CTU General Secretary, Joseph Stalin pointed
out that the Minister of Education, Bandula Gunawardena, had himself admitted
there are 5,166 vacancies in the Principals' Service, with 926 of the vacancies
existing in the Western Province alone.
Following the examinations conducted to select suitable candidates for
the Principals' Service in 2005, approximately 1,980 principals of Grade 2 and
2,200 principals of Grade 3 were selected and were given appointments in
November 2009. "However, most of the principals, who got through the exam,
are yet to receive schools," Stalin claimed.
"Many qualified principals are serving as teachers, sectional heads
and deputy principals in schools, as they have not been given appointments at
government schools. It is disgraceful. There are such a large number of
vacancies while there are many un-appointed principals who are capable of
filling those vacancies," Stalin charged.
"The reason for not giving the principals appointments is because
politically motivated appointments were handed out to acting-principals by the
Ministry of Education," he alleged. Extract From Online CeylonToday
