The Hon. (Dr.) Harini Amarasuriya
The Minister tabled a written answer to a question on teacher vacancies in Government schools in the Eastern Province. She stated that National Schools do not have an acute overall shortage but face subject-specific vacancies in Mathematics, Geography, Civics and GCE A/L English, while Provincial Schools have significant vacancies as reported by the Provincial Director of Education. Subject- and district-wise details were provided in annexes for National and Provincial Schools.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Mr. Speaker, I table the answer.
¶ 02 Government Schools in Eastern Province: Teacher Vacancies (Q. 1112/2025)
¶ 03 (a) (i) In Eastern Province National Schools, we do not observe an acute shortage across all subjects; however, shortages exist in certain subjects (Mathematics, Geography, Civics, and GCE A/L English). In Provincial Schools of the Eastern Province, the Provincial Director of Education reports a significant number of vacancies.
¶ 04 (ii) The subject-wise, district-wise vacancies for National Schools are at Annex 01; for Provincial Schools at Annex 02.
¶ 05 (b) Not applicable.
¶ 06 Answer tabled.
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