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Male teacher removed from Visakha

17 Jan 2021

By Hiranyada Dewasiri   The male Sinhala teacher who was transferred to Visakha Vidyalaya and was met with the Principal’s objections, is to be transferred to a different school due to the lack of vacancies in Visakha Vidyalaya, The Morning learnt. Speaking to The Morning, Ministry of Education Secretary Prof. Kapila Perera said yesterday (17) that the school has no vacancies for a Sinhala teacher. “The Principal of Visakha Vidyalaya Mrs. Sandamali Aviruppola had conveyed to me earlier in writing that there were no vacancies in Visakha Vidyalaya for a Sinhala teacher, and through my investigations I have found this to be true. So, the teacher will be transferred to a school that has a vacancy for that subject.” Our sister paper Aruna reported on 7 January that Aviruppola had refused the appointment of a male teacher who was transferred to Visakha Vidyalaya to teach Sinhala who alleged that the Principal had “thrown the transfer letter at the said teacher claiming that a male teacher is not suitable to teach Sinhala language and literature at a girls’ school”. However, speaking to Aruna the following day (8), Aviruppola had refuted these allegations made by the said teacher. A separate investigation regarding the Principal’s behaviour is underway following a complaint made by the teacher. Speaking to The Morning on 10 January, Aviruppola said that there are no vacancies for an Advanced Level Sinhala teacher at Visakha Vidyalaya. “Even if the appointment is completed and I am requested to accept the transfer, I would not be able to, as there are absolutely no vacancies for an Advanced Level Sinhala teacher at the school,” she said. In the same interview with Aruna on 8 January, she claimed that the teacher had acted in an inappropriate manner when teaching the female students in his previous school, St. Paul’s Girls’ School Milagiriya, and that the teachers and students had complained about this to the school authorities. However, Prof. Perera told us on 10 January that the Ministry had not received such a complaint from any of the teacher’s previous schools, previous students, or their parents, and if such a complaint was received, that too would be investigated.  

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