Schools in the country are short of over 36,000 teachers, Prime Minister and Education Minister Dr Harini Amarasuriya revealed today.
She told Parliament that provincial and national schools had 36,178 teacher vacancies.
Of the vacancies 1,501 exist in national schools.
She said 4,630 vacancies are in the Western Province, 2,513 in the Southern Province, 6,318 in the Central Province, 2,990 in the North Western Province, 2,780 in the Uva Province, 1,568 in the North Central Province, 6,613 in the Eastern Province, 3,994 in the Sabaragamuwa Province and 3,271 in the Northern Province.
The Cyclonic Storm “Ditwah” moved further north from Trincomalee today evening leaving a trail of destruction including more than 90 deaths, over 100 missing and tens of thousands displaced, officials said.
A third rescue attempt to save 28 people trapped on the rooftop of a farm building in Vithikuliya, Nikaweratiya, has failed due to the dangerous water surge from the Deduru Oya.
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