Education Minister Akila Viraj Kariyawasam condemned the measures taken by several trade unions (TU) attached to the Education sector to hold strikes as it was an movement to destroy the country’s education system.
The said trade unions were attempting to impede the plans implemented by the Education Ministry to promote 1,011 teachers and principals who had faced injustice during the previous regime.
However, the trade unions claimed that the ministry was going to promote political henchmen instead and as a response, Minister Kariyawasam said all promotions would be carried out through an impartial and transparent legal mechanism, adding that no unsuitable or disqualified persons would receive any promotions.
The minister condemned the claims of several trade unions, while stating that they were baseless accusations. He also condemned the behaviour of a print media organisation and said that the said paper published false media reports for narrow political gains.
“Could a newspaper close the schools within a country? Decisions with regard to schools are taken by the Education Ministry, not by a newspaper,” the minister said.
He added that 6,000 teachers were promoted sans any transparent mechanism during the previous regime, but the current government had received Cabinet approval as well as approval from the State Service Commission for the aforementioned purpose.
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