'Review education structure' - English Teachers' Union

The All Ceylon Union of English Teachers, a unit of Education International has requested President Mahinda Rajapaksa to appoint immediately a commission of prominent educationalists to review the entire education system.

The Union's Secretary-General, M. A. Stanley Perera has pointed out to the President that the proposed establishment of the Education Service Commission should be in control of appointments, transfers, dismissals and connected disciplinary matters of teachers.

The suggested Education Service Commission should consist of eminent educationalists, trade union officials, legal and ministry officials.

The present system of teacher appointments, transfers, dismissals and connected disciplinary matters are highly defective and not carried out properly and as such the education system in Sri Lanka is in jeopardy.

The Union has emphasized to the President that if the above proposal is implemented it would benefit nearly 200,000 teachers in service.

Copies of this memorandum has been forwarded to Dr. Wiswa Warnapala, Minister of Higher Education and Susil Premajayantha, Minister of Education.