NCP gets new Zonal Education Directors

Three officers have been appointed to the posts of Zonal Education Directors in the North Central Province (NCP) according to the order given by the Sri Lanka Human Rights Commission that qualified officers should be appointed to the Education Administrative Service in the North Central Province.

These appointments were made by the NCP Education Secretary on the recommendations made by the NCP Public Service Commission.

Accordingly K. Abeysundera has been appointed to the post of Anuradhapura New Zonal Education Director while K.N. Jayatilake was appointed to the post of Thambuththegama New Zonal Education Director and Upali Jayalath was appointed to the post of Kebithigollewa New Zonal Education Director. They are senior officers at the Education Administrative Service Grade II.

The Lanka Teachers’ Union had produced a petition a few years ago to the Sri Lanka Human Rights Commission to appoint qualified officers to the posts of North Central Province Education Administrative Service by

As a result of the petition, the Human Rights Commission ordered to appoint qualified officers to the relevant posts according to the rules and regulations, after publishing notices in the news papers and calling for interviews

removing the officers who were appointed to the same posts through political favoritism.

The respondents of the petition were Government Officers including the North Central Province Public Service Commission Secretary, Governor’s Secretary, Chief Secretary and the Provincial Education Director.

As a result of the petition, the Human Rights Commission ordered to appoint qualified officers to the relevant posts according to the rules and regulations, after publishing notices in the news papers and calling for interviews.

Lanka Teachers’ Union Chairman Priyantha Fernando and its Secretary Joseph Stalin had again gone to court as the orders were not implemented by the respondents.

Thereafter, the court had ordered the NCP Public Service Commission to appoint suitable officers immediately to the posts in the Education Administrative Service.