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400 new appointees refuse to work in remote areas
Nearly 400 graduates and diploma holders have rejected their appointments as Information Technology (IT) teachers citing difficulties in serving at remote areas such as Dehiattakandiya and Dimbulagala, Education Minister Bandula Gunawardane said.He said the Education Ministry appointed 936 graduates and diploma holders, who passed out from the National Colleges of Education, as information technology teachers some 400 of them had refused to work in the schools assigned to them in remote villages.
“We have practical difficulties in finding teachers for schools in remote villages. We recruited these 938 teachers after an examination. Because 400 of them did not accept their appointments, we will have to recruit another batch from those next in line,” he said.
The minister said the Education Ministry had wanted to recruit 1,000 English graduates as teachers, but only 400 graduates had applied for this job.
“Not enough graduates have studied English as a subject to be appointed as teachers. We have now decided to recruit those who have done their degrees at least in the English medium. If we fail in this exercise, we will look for those with other English qualifications such as those who have been successful in diploma and certificate courses,” he said. (Kelum Bandara)
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