The Hon. Darmapriya Wijesinghe
Darmapriya Wijesinghe raised a follow-up question on the recent teachers’ struggle and the demand for improved salary scales, noting the Government’s policy commitment to place the teaching service among the top 10 service grades. He asked whether National Colleges of Education would be upgraded to award degrees, so that diploma-holding teachers would have the qualifications needed for promotion to higher grades.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Thank you. Second question: During the recent teachers’ struggle, a main demand was salary scale improvement. The Government’s policy statement says the teaching service will be among the top 10 service grades. A key issue is that many in the teaching service, including NCoE graduates, do not possess qualifications required for promotion to higher grades, as they exit with only a diploma. Under the new plan, will NCoEs be upgraded to confer degrees so teachers can progress beyond diploma level?
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- Hansard, Wednesday, 8 October 2025 ·No. 22594 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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Cite as: The Hon. Darmapriya Wijesinghe. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 8 October 2025. No. 22594. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/18711