The Hon. Sajith Premadasa
Sajith Premadasa raised concerns about unresolved education-sector issues, including unpaid salary arrears for teachers, stating that two-thirds of the dues remain unpaid. He said further discussions were needed with the relevant Minister on matters affecting non-academic staff, teachers, principals, advisors, educationists, and administrators, and rejected the suggestion that members had merely gone for lunch.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Deputy Speaker, while we speak here in the House, we also have matters to discuss elsewhere. For example, two-thirds of the teachers’ due salary arrears have not been paid. We need to discuss those with the relevant Minister. Regarding non-academic staff, teachers, principals, advisors, educationists, and administrators — how can you say we went for lunch? We have further discussions to conduct. I am stating this clearly.
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Cite as: The Hon. Sajith Premadasa. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 7 January 2025. No. 1736487038022510. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/16026