The Education Ministry has not approved the appointment of the new Principal of Trinity College, Kandy. In a letter addressed to the Provincial Director of Education and the Zonal Director of Education of the Central Province, Education Ministry Additional Secretary Ranjith Asoka had stated that the Ministry disapproved the appointment of W.G.K.Udaya Ariyaratne as the Principal.
The Board of Governors of the College officially announced the appointment of Brigadier (rtd) Aryaratne RSP, USP, C.Eng (I), AMIE as Acting Principal with effect from November 1 stating that the appointment has been approved by the Education Ministry in terms of the Assisted Schools and Unaided Schools Regulations, 1983.
According to the regulations under the Education Ordinance, a principal should be a University Graduate with at least 10 years of teaching experience.
Brigadier (rtd) Aryaratne has only seven years of teaching experience which does not comply with the requirements under the Education Ordinance.
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