School development societies besieged with corruption, should be monitored closely: CTU
View(s):The Ceylon Teachers Union (CTU) called on the Education Ministry last week, to develop a monitoring system to regulate the activities of school development societies.
CTU General Secretary Joseph Stalin said the school development societies are besieged with corruption. He said several schools principals and some teachers and parents are obtaining money from parents for development projects, but no work is being done.
Mr. Stalin said some school development society members do not meet at all and the money obtained were not accounted for. He said several petitions sent in by parents had been ignored by the Education Ministry, and the CTU’s request to investigate had been given any attention either.
“We request that the Ministry develops a mechanism to monitor the activities of school development societies, so that money received by these societies will be accounted for,” Mr. Stalin said. - CC