Compulsory Training Programme for New Teachers

On a directive made by President Mahinda Rajapaksa, the Education Ministry has taken a policy decision to deploy new teachers to the school system only after they have undergone at least one year’s teacher training program, Education Minister Bandula Gunawardena said.

It has been revealed that certain newly recruited graduate English teachers lack teaching capabilities though they are well educated.

The President who was informed of this situation, has directed the Education Minister to conduct a teacher training program before inducting new teachers to the school system. Therefore, it has been made compulsory for new teachers to undergo a teacher training program.The Minister further said that the Education Ministry will only recruit new teachers to the teachers’ service in a highly organized systematic manner from next year.

The system will carefully select the most suitable persons to the teaching career since teachers are directly responsible for the future of the next generation