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First democratic leader of Justice the Godfather of the Sri Lankan Tamil Struggle: Honourable Samuel James Veluppillai Chelvanayakam

Wednesday, February 10, 2016

Thousands of children’s in trouble without the teachers guide

Thousands of children’s in trouble without the teachers guide- Feb 10, 2016
Ceylon Teachers Union said due to not getting the relevant teachers guide for the grade one syllabus and not training the teachers more than 300,000 children’s are in trouble.

The Ceylon teachers union issuing an announcement said although a new syllabus has been introduced to the grade one students from 2016, still a relevant teacher’s guide has not been issued for the teachers. Despite the teachers are not trained to teach the grade one syllabus a serious disorder has been created within the educational sector.

The announcement further stress that due to this serious disorder more than 300,000 students entered for the grade one has been severely inconvenienced.

General Secretary of the teachers union Joseph Starlin said if a new syllabus was to be started, new text books, syllabus and teachers guide should be given by December 2015. Since the teaching are now done in an chaotic atmosphere, this would cause serious impacts for the grade one students who start a formal education.

Unplanned situation
The teachers union said it has urged the education minister and the education secretary to search this chaotic situation happened in the education sector and to provide an expedite solution. The union said that it have informed the chairman of the national education commission and to the director general of the national education institute in writing.

The Ceylon Teachers Union urges the relevant authorities to investigate in to this current critical situation and to take the necessary steps to resolve this.