Hon. Hesha Withanage Ankumbura Arachchi
Hon. Hesha Withanage Ankumbura Arachchi raised concerns that many National Schools lack qualified principals and argued that the designation of National Schools has often been politically driven without meeting required standards. He questioned why qualified SLEAS Class I officers are not applying for principal posts in certain schools and urged education authorities to examine the reasons teachers are reluctant to take up principal positions, proposing practical solutions such as recruiting more SLEAS Class II officers and addressing underlying issues.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Deputy Speaker, I thank the Hon. Deputy Minister. According to his answer, nearly 150 National Schools lack principals with the required qualifications. Declaring schools as National Schools has been turned into a political project, limited to name boards. Even where basic requirements for National School status are absent, they have been declared so.
¶ 02 Why are SLEAS Class I officers not applying to principal posts in certain schools that require them? Education authorities must understand why teachers in the 1-9 range are reluctant to become principals. Rather than letting this be driven by union politics, we must find real solutions—whether by recruiting more SLEAS Class II officers or addressing root causes.
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Cite as: Hon. Hesha Withanage Ankumbura Arachchi. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 10 April 2025. No. 1747999742032122. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/11219