Only trained youth to be recruited as teachers
View(s):Only trained young personnel who undergo a training in the state teacher training institutions will be recruited for the teaching profession, an Education Ministry official said this week.
Recruiting personnel below 45 years of age with high salaries had proved futile and a burden to the already cash strapped Government, the Ministry official said.
Moreover, quoting Education Minister Susil Premajayantha, the Ministry website said to raise all schools to level of national schools it was important for all teachers to undergo training at the National College of Education (NCOE) or at teacher training institutions run by the state.
The best way to recruit teachers was to give opportunities to youth who have sat the A/L exams it said.
For the 2021 A/L exams conducted this year around 171,500 (62.9%) students qualified for university entrance.
However the University Grants Commission (UGC) had said only around 43,000 students would gain admission to the 15 state universities in the country.
In recent recruitment to state services 31,000 of the 53,000 appointed teachers had opted to serve in the education sector, it was learned.
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