Teachers and principals across Sri Lanka have not received their salaries for the past two months, prompting strong protests from education unions and warnings of imminent trade union action.
The Ceylon Teachers’ Union (CTU) has called on the Ministry of Education and Higher Education to launch an immediate investigation into the delays, which have left many educators in financial distress.
CTU General Secretary Joseph Stalin noted that teachers also experienced delays in receiving their salaries last month.
Meanwhile, All Ceylon United Teachers’ Union has announced that it will resort to trade union action if the salaries of teachers in national schools for the month of June are not received by 12 noon today (23).
Its President, Ven. Yalwela Pannasekara Thero, said that although teachers’ monthly salaries are typically disbursed on the 20th of each month, the salaries for June have not yet been credited.
Leave a comment