An islandwide trade union action is scheduled to be launched after school, targeting all Zonal Education Centres, with several demands including the provision of the promised remaining salary, according to Ceylon Teachers’ Union (CTU) General Secretary Joseph Stalin.
He told the Daily Mirror that all paper marking at marking centres will stop at 1 p.m. tomorrow as part of the trade union action, demanding the remaining two-thirds of the salary increment promised to school principals and teachers.
The CTU demands that the Education Ministry allocate the Rs. 46 billion funds as payment for teachers and principals this year.
Additionally, the CTU has called for an increase in paper marking charges. Despite a committee being appointed last year to address this issue, the charges have not been increased, Stalin said.
He also mentioned the demand to reduce the financial burden on parents regarding school expenses and to end the practice of collecting funds from parents.
