Ki’linochchi volunteer teachers demand permanent appointment

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 06 October 2010, 07:27 GMT]
More than 300 volunteer teachers serving in Ki’linochchi district without payment for the last ten years in war-ravaged Vanni are to launch a token protest demonstration in front of Ki’linochchi Education Office Wednesday demanding permanent appointments, sources in Ki’linochchi said. Sri Lanka government which has made permanent the volunteer teachers in other districts had ignored the volunteer teachers in Vanni saying it was under the control of Liberation Tigers, the sources added. This token protest is to be staged in the context of Sri Lanka government claiming to have rehabilitated Vanni.

The volunteer teachers in other areas in Vanni including Mullaiththeevu district are expected to join the protest demanding permanent appointments.