Sri Lanka: Teachers should constantly update their knowledge

President Maithripala Sirisena (GONP)

Colombo: Sri Lanka’s President Maithripala Sirisena said that teachers should constantly update their knowledge for the sake of the qualitative development of education.

Teachers have a great responsibility to mold a future generation armed with knowledge and creative skills to suit changing world trends and nurture the moral values of the children in keeping pace with new technology, Sirisena told a gathering at the North Central Province (NCP)Graduate Teacher appointments ceremony.

A batch of 539 graduate teachers, including 428 Sinhala medium teachers, 100 Tamil medium teachers and 11 English medium teachers, received appointment letters at this ceremony filling all teacher vacancies in the NCP, the Government Official News Portal (GONP) reported.