President direct Authorities to call for applications to resolve teacher shortage

President direct Authorities to call for applications to resolve teacher shortage

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) – President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has instructed the respective Authorities to immediately call for applications to fill the long-standing vacancies for Computer Technology, English, Maths, and Science teachers in schools.

New recruitments will be made for existing vacancies in priority subjects on the basis of 8-years of compulsory service in the same school to which the initial appointments were made, according to the President Media Division (PMD).