Tagged Secretary to the President Lalith Weeratunga

FUTA – Government Talks:Should We Sacrifice Education For ‘Development’?

FUTA – Government Talks:Should We Sacrifice Education For ‘Development’? By Kumudu Kusum Kumara – The second round of discussions between the Federation of University Teachers’ Associations (FUTA) and the government took place on the evening of 12th July. At the conclusion the FUTA issued a terse one sentence statement which said it all: “The only consensus of the meeting was that there is merit in discussing the proposal.” This isummed up the mood of the general membership of the FUTA to emerge during the next few days. It was one of utter disappointment. Addressing a meeting of teachers of Colombo…

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President’s Secretary meets FUTA: Will the government risk losing the University Teachers’ Community?

President’s Secretary meets FUTA: Will the government risk losing the University Teachers’ Community? Kumudu Kusum Kumara University lecturers of the entire state sector university system in Sri Lanka except the universities of Kelaniya and Uva Wellasa have been on a continuous strike since 4th July under the leadership of the Federation of University Teachers’ Associations (FUTA). At Kelaniya while the overwhelming majority of the teachers’ union membership had been demanding to join the strike it is reported that some members of the union leadership had got themselves entangled in the elections to the post of Vice Chancellor and thereby wanted…

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