No Tamil Teachers for A/L Science and Maths in 3 Provinces
View(s):Lack of Tamil medium classes in Science and Maths in three Provinces in the country, is barring students from following their Advanced Level studies in the two streams.
Schools in the Central, Uva and Sabaragamuwa Provinces do not teach Science and Maths in Tamil, as they do not have Tamil teachers.
This is despite the Central and Uva Provinces having separate Provincial Education Ministries for Tamil schools.
The Nuwara Eliya District Ceylon Teachers’ Union (NED-CTU), said the Tamil Education Ministries in the 2 Provinces are only concerned with the transfer of teachers and providing in-service advice to officials in the Education sector.
As a result, Tamil students in these Districts undergo untold hardships to study the subjects. NED-CTU Secretary V. Indraselvan said that, the few schools that have Tamil stream Science and Maths, insist that students have 9‘A’s in the Ordinary Level examination, to gain entry into the Science and Maths streams.
He said that, in the past, Maths and Science teachers from the Northern Province were brought down to teach the subjects, but now it is not happening, as the Provincial Education authorities do not show any inclination towards getting them down.
In the CP, the Tamil Provincial Education Ministry Secretary is also the Provincial Agricultural Minister. “He has no time to overlook the Education sector,” he said.
“This has led to the students being deprived of their right to follow the stream of their choice, for their Advanced Level exams,” he said.
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