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Thomas’ Prep. headmaster at annual prize giving At the school’s annual prize giving on Friday, he said it was starkly evident that where market forces constitute the crucial determinant, fee levying schools necessarily would suffer in the quality of service they could provide, such as in the engaging and retention of a competent, dedicated and loyal tutorial staff. Mr. Casie Chetty said, “The fee levying schools are now simply unable to compete with on a level playing field, in the crucial area of the acquisition of high quality teaching staff.” He said the best prospects, that once formed the backbone of schools like S. Thomas’ were not automatically opting to join them due to the vast disparities in the salaries and emoluments which they could offer in comparison to international schools. “The international schools which are able to offer extremely attractive remuneration and terms of employment to its tutorial staff are logically placed in a positive advantage in securing the services of a teaching cadre of high quality. Schools such as ours are losing out to our detriment in this vital area of providing educational services,”the headmaster said. He said the deterioration which was evident must be stemmed if schools such as theirs were to continue to provide high quality education. As it was unfair and irrational to expect individuals to join the tutorial staff of their schools motivated by sentimental considerations alone, as they too were faced with the daunting prospect of surviving and making ends meet in a fiercely competitive society, it was imperative that they urgently address this critical issue. Mr. Casie Chetty said, “Our schools are confronted with a crisis of massive proportions and if we are not alive and sensitive to the realities of contemporary Sri Lanka, it would obviously result in the school relinquishing its standing and losing its reputation. |
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