Teachers in North Central Province take to the streets

FRIDAY, 04 MARCH 2016 

Teachers in North Central Province held an agitation in Anuradhapura town yesterday (3rd) demanding that foreign tours spending Rs.3.9 million should be stopped, the teachers who teach more than 260,000 students should be paid their arrears and they be given their due promotions.

The General Secretary of Lanka Teacher Services Union Mahinda Jayasinghe said arrears for 30 months of teachers in North Central Province have been slashed, their promotions have not been formalized and while teachers are inconvenienced due to all these issues Members of North Central Provincial Council have organized a foreign tour for themselves spending millions from public money.

He said the Provincial Council should immediately mediate in solving the issues of the teachers and added that failure to solve teachers' issues would result in stern trade union action. He said his trade union was prepared to give leadership to teachers' struggles to win their rights.