The Hon. Sivagnanam Shritharan
Hon. Sivagnanam Shritharan urged the Prime Minister to consider the difficulties faced by teacher trainees from the North and East who, after three years of training, are being posted to distant southern schools with low starting salaries and an eight-year mandatory service requirement. He requested a rule allowing transfers back to their home districts after two years, citing humanitarian concerns and noting existing vacancies in Kilinochchi, Mullaitivu, and Vavuniya.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Prime Minister, trainees from the North and East—after three years of training—are being posted to distant southern schools. With a starting salary around Rs. 60,000, they cannot reasonably bear rent and transport; additionally, they face an eight-year mandatory service at the first station. If at least a rule allowed transfer back to their home district after two years, they could manage. Kindly consider the humanitarian aspects—many decline postings because they cannot even visit an ailing parent—while vacancies in Kilinochchi, Mullaitivu, and Vavuniya remain. Please be more considerate.
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Cite as: The Hon. Sivagnanam Shritharan. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 20 May 2025. No. 1749010823009957. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/25825