Minister of Agriculture and Plantation Industry Mr. Mahinda Amaraweera said that last week the government decided to increase the 2500 rupees monthly allowance given to the 34,000 pre-school teachers in Sri Lanka to 5000 rupees.
The minister had a discussion with the representatives of pre-school teachers’ organizations at the Agunakolapalassa yesterday (09) and at that moment the minister mentioned this matter.
The Minister said that this issue was discussed in the Cabinet sub-committee meeting last week. The Minister said that the Honorable President Mr. Ranil Wickramasinghe had instructed the cabinet subcommittee to increase the Rs.2500 allowance of pre-school teachers to Rs. 5000.
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