Promotion for bribery-accused Royal principal! 

Jul 18, 2016

The education ministry has given a promotion to Upali Gunasekara, former principal of Royal College, Colombo, who was sent to the ministry pool last January over bribery accusations.

On the 15th, he assumed duties as administrative director of the National Institute of Education.

Gunasekara stands accused of having opened an additional class for grade six at Royal College and accepted money to admit students to that class.

He was sent to the ministry pool, purportedly while under investigation.

Parents wonder as to whether he has been appointed to the NIE, which even advises the subject minister, in recognition of his ‘deed.’

The most amusing part of the story is that newspaper advertisements had been published to fill that particular position, but the applicants had not been asked to be present for interviews.

The other applicants are planning to lodge complaints with the Human Rights Commission, according to reports reaching us.

Individuals who get promotions to the NIE are the ones who stand accused of one wrongdoing or another. Its director general Dr. T.A.R.J. Gunasekara faces an accusation of examination fraud, and an investigation is pending against her.

Await details of many other irregularities at the NIE….