Minister of Education Dr. Susil Premajayantha said that despite economic challenges, the government has successfully addressed the teacher shortage by deploying 16,000 teachers at both the national and provincial levels.

He emphasized that under the leadership of President Ranil Wickremesinghe, the government took on the responsibility of steering the country towards recovery within two years, especially during a time when no one else stepped up amidst the country’s most severe crisis. 

The minister highlighted the necessity of this initiative at this critical juncture.

Minister of Education Dr. Susil Premajayantha highlighted this while addressing the press briefing titled “Collective Path to a Stable Country” held at the Presidential Media Centre (PMC) yesterday (22).

Meanwhile, the work to rule campaign launched by Teacher-Principal trade unions continue for the second day today.

The work to rule campaign was launched based on several problems including salary anomalies.

Unions say activities in schools will be carried out as usual from 7.30 am to 1.30 pm despite the campaign.