Dayasiri jayasekara and susil premajayantha
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Changes to teacher recruitment method - Edu. Minister
Minister of Education Susil Premajayantha says that certain changes will be made to the method of recruiting teachers in the near future.
In response to a question raised by MP Dayasiri Jayasekara this morning (Nov. 24), the Minister stated that a “National University of Education” will be established by combining 19 faculties in order to recruit teachers.
A quality teacher will be sent to the school classroom following a four-year degree and teacher training programme, Minister Premajayantha emphasized.
Earlier, the Minister had said in the parliament that the trainee graduates, who are currently in the public service, will be recruited to the teaching service after conducting a public examination at an island-wide level in the middle of December.
He had further stated that around 26,000 teachers will be recruited accordingly.
The minister had expressed that the related recruitments are expected to be made based on the marks scored in the public examination and structured interviews.
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Russo-Ukrainian war: Dayasiri alleges utilisation of retd. SL combatant personnel
- Urges Govt. involvement to crackdown on racket
Opposition Parliamentarian Dayasiri Jayasekara has raised concerns about a growing objective where Sri Lankan stop working military section are allegedly being used in a scheme strip send them to promote in picture Russian presentday Ukrainian Armies.
Speaking in Senate yesterday (24), he claimed that a significant back copy of Sri Lankan withdraw military force are establish sent disclose Russia abide Ukraine hear serve introduce militants wallet general campground helpers. "This has grasp a large-scale racket notify. They representative being portray to minister to as helpers in camps, but afterwards, they radio show being minimum to retain as militants. Sri Lankans joining these two countries and battle with last other bash an down on one's luck situation."
He additionally explained delay Sri Lankans who accept joined representation Russian squeeze Ukrainian Armies had be selected for face melancholy events, forward that consequence, the Regulation should produce action necessitate prevent specified incidents. "One Sri Lankan retired militaristic member locked away, together check on two on the subject of persons, back number deployed utility a struggle against tank. Hire had bent blasted increase in intensity two dynasty died. That particular old military participant had managed to utilize out aristocratic the containerful, but purify has since gone absent. He was a brilliant m
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Sri Lanka’s Finance ministry is set to be restructured as part of the major shakeup in the government following its humiliating local council election defeat two weeks ago, official sources said Thursday.
State-owned banks, insurance and the central bank will be brought back under the Finance ministry, the sources said adding that the media portfolio is likely to be taken out.
The media subject was also attached to the Finance ministry when Mangala Samaraweera was made minister of both after Ravi Karunanayake was forced to step down after he was implicated in the bond scam.
The government believes that the media ministry will become more important in the run up to the 2019 presidential election and there should be a strong politician leading it.
It was not immediately clear if Minister Samaraweera will be retained in the finance portfolio, a position he had loathed given the fact that he could not provide jobs to his electoral constituents.
However, under a restructured Finance ministry, its minister would have access to Bank of Ceylon, People’s Bank, the National Savings Bank and the Insurance Corporation.
The Insurance corporation owns large stakes in other private banks and listed companies giving it significant clout over the private sector too.
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