Complete national teacher transfers before next year - Minister

Education Minister Akila Viraj Kariyawasam yesterday advised its officials to complete the national school teacher transfers before commencement of the first term of next year.

He said about 6,000 national school teacher transfer applications for the year 2020 had been received by the Department. About 2,000 applications had been received requesting for transfers, from teachers of national schools who had served for over 10 years.

Necessary steps would be taken to implement transfers of teachers in national schools represented by Teachers’ Trade Unions, after appointing of a Teacher Transfer Committee. The Education Minister had decided to transfer teachers who had served in national schools for over 10 years in 2017. The decision was taken following the instructions of Education Minister Akila Viraj

About 6,000 national school teacher transfer applications for the year 2020 had been received by the Department

Kariyawasam, as the policy on transfers of teachers in National Schools had been abolished for many years. The aim of implementing the transfers is to enhance the efficiency of utilising the valuable human resources in the education system through optimum teacher allocation.

The transfers were made according to the National Teacher Transfer Policy and with the transfers, every teacher would get an opportunity to teach in national schools. 12,000 teachers had been transferred in 2017 and 5,000 transfers had been made in the last year.