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…