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CTSU: Brain drain crippling schools

By Saman Indrajith in The Island, Aug 21, 2023Teachers of English, Mathematics, and Information Technology are among those who are migrating in large numbers, the JVP-led Ceylon Teacher Services Union (CTSU) has said, adding that around 5,000 teachers have left the country during the past nine months alone. CTSU General Secretary Mahinda Jayasinghe said some teachers had resigned and others had obtained leave to go overseas for employment. “This is bound to deal a crippling…

Sri Lanka in deep talent drain in latest currency crisis

report on EconomyNext online, Dec 7, 2022 at 3:49 pmECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka businesses are facing a drain of talent, top business executives said as the country suffers the worst flexible exchange rate crisis in the history of its intermediate regime central bank and people lose hope. “We are seeing a trend towards migrating,” Krishan Balendra, Chairman of Sri Lanka’s John Keells Holdings told an economic policy forum organized by the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce.…