The Hon. (Dr.) Elayathamby Srinath
Hon. (Dr.) Elayathamby Srinath highlighted severe teacher shortages, stating that only 25 of 75 required teachers are serving and that many are Development Officers currently engaged in industrial action. He urged action through Provincial Councils to ensure equitable resource allocation and proceed with teacher appointments. He also requested that a previously proposed structural meeting be convened without delay.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 I will wind up, Sir.
¶ 02 Where there are 75 teacher vacancies, only 25 are actually serving, and most of them are DOs. They too are now engaged in industrial action. It is clear that with this severe resource shortage, education activities cannot be carried out smoothly. Therefore, pressure should be brought on the Provincial Councils to ensure equitable resource allocation among schools and to proceed with teacher appointments.
¶ 03 The structural meeting you proposed has still not been implemented. I respectfully request that it be convened as soon as possible. With that request and my thanks, I conclude.
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- Hansard, Tuesday, 25 November 2025 ·No. 22979 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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Cite as: The Hon. (Dr.) Elayathamby Srinath. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 25 November 2025. No. 22979. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/16688