Teacher unionists, who threatened to boycott G. C. E. Ordinary Level
paper evaluation demanding rectification of their salary anomalies,
lost their bargaining power yesterday when Examinations Commissioner
General Anura Edirisinghe announced that he has a reserve of 15,000
teachers willing to mark papers.
"The G. C. E. O/L examination will be held as two exams, one for the
old syllabus and another for new syllabus. The paper marking will
commence on December 28 and its first session would be completed on
January 6 and we have 15,000 applications from teachers who prefer to
do their job rather than falling for the unionists’ call,"
Commissioner ...
Letters of appointment to 31 electoratal organizers of the National
Freedom Front were handed over by the party leader Wimal Weerwansa at
a meeting held at Savsiripaya Colombo yesterday (3). The picture
records moment when the well known Sinhala writer Cyril Enderamulla,
who was appointed the organizer for Katana gives this unusual
expression of thanks to NFF leader Weerawansa. Looking on are party
General Secretary Nandana Gunatilaka and National Organizer Kamal
Deshapriya.
Pic by Jude Denzil Pathiraja
Menik Ganga to
irrigate 25,000 acres
Minister of Ports, Aviation and Irrigation Chamal Rajapaksa said that
October (30) marks a red letter day in the history of agricultural
development. The Government had been able to divert the waters of the Menik Ganga
...
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