Sri Lanka's Higher Education Ministry to discuss lecturers' pay hike with the Treasury
Sun, Jun 19, 2011, 09:05 pm SL Time, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka.


June 19, Colombo: The Higher Education Ministry of Sri Lanka says it is to discuss the salary issue of the university lecturers with Treasury officials this week.
Higher Education Minister S.B. Dissanayake says the government intends to resolve the university lecturers' salary issue at the earliest without allowing it to disrupt the university sector in the country.
Dissanayake has told the media that the government would however not be able to grant the salary increase as stated in 2008.
According to the Minister, the government wants to grant a reasonable pay increase to the lecturers.
The Federation of University Teachers Association (FUTA) has now proposed to the government to grant a salary increase in the range of 30 to 50 percent.