The Hon. Dayasiri Jayasekara, Attorney-at-Law
Hon. Dayasiri Jayasekara raised concerns about severe teacher shortages in National Schools, citing Isipathana College, Colombo, as lacking around 52 teachers and having no English-medium Mathematics teacher. He also questioned reported inadequacies in the quantities of eggs and chicken supplied under the school nutrition programme, and asked what action is being taken on teacher cadre shortages and nutrition provision.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 My second supplementary is about teacher shortages in National Schools. For example, Isipathana College, Colombo, is short by about 52 teachers—25 to 30 percent—and has no Maths teacher in the English medium. This is a major crisis. Also, under the nutrition program, eggs and chicken are to be provided, but complaints say the quantities provided are insufficient. What are you doing about the teacher cadre and school nutrition?
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Cite as: The Hon. Dayasiri Jayasekara, Attorney-at-Law. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 20 June 2025. No. 1751600792021434. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/1820