Sri Lanka, April 9 -- The Ceylon Teachers' Union (CTU) raised alarm over a critical shortage of teachers for the G.C.E. Advanced Level (A/L) in schools across the country, particularly in urban national schools.

Union Secretary Joseph Stalin stated that the government has failed to implement any concrete plans to address the shortage, despite consistent claims that the education sector is lacking approximately 30,000 teachers.

"The government keeps repeating there's a shortage, but there's no action to recruit teachers. National schools in cities like Colombo are severely affected-especially when it comes to A/L classes. Existing teachers are burdened with excessive workloads, and there's a dire need for English medium graduates in scie...