The payment to teacher assistants is barely ample even for their travelling-Joseph Starling

Oct 06, 2016

The Secretary of the Lanka Teachers union Joseph Starling has quipped that while the teachers celebrate the Teachers Day at the air conditioned Nelum Pokuna  performing arts theatre the ten thousand or more who  have been absorbed as teacher assistants for a paltry salary of  Rs 6000 (rupees six thousand only) are been exploited to the full by the authorities.

In this aspect the members of the teacher-principal trade union had made a protest in Colombo requesting  the authorities to assign them to Grade 2 and Grade 3 classes.The secretary of the Lanka Teachers union had quipped that these assistant teacher designate personnel have been deployed to teach at the 07 teacher training schools for a paltry salary of Rs 6000/- This sum is it is learnt is hardly sufficient for them to even manage their travelling expenses.
 
In this regard a plea has been made by the teacher-principal trade union to assign them to lower classes like grade 3 and grade 2 and until such time to increase their salaries to proper proportions.